"Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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"Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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"Pin to taskbar" is missing from context menu under Win10, while on the same file in Explorer it appears and works normally. I'm using latest TC x64.
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Re: "Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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Thats a known problem with no work-around.
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Re: "Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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Horst.Epp wrote: 2021-01-22, 10:26 UTC Thats a known problem with no work-around.
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Thanks for the info.

A search in the forums did not reveal much, only something i had reported several years ago about a missing "Pin to Start" menu item.Any more info about it? Is it due to something in TC or once again MS has made something that should work but doesn't?
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MS doesn't want programs to be able to pin something to the taskbar. When using the context menu, you get back a command which you then execute yourself to add something. This could also be done without showing the context menu (silently), so MS is blocking it.
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Great. Al those "security reasons" again, which have crippled Windows.

I wonder how difficult it would be for them to allow this operation but ask for UAC permission.

Anyway, thanks for the explanation Christian.
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Re: "Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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Hi Christian.

Sorry to revive this old thread, but could the following link be helpful in restoring this functionality?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/pin-to-taskbar
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Re: "Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

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This cannot be used to pin an arbitrary file to the task bar. The function is:
1. Named RequestPinCurrentAppAsync, so it can only pin the program which calls it, nothing else. There is also a function RequestPinAppListEntryAsync, but it only works on "Windows apps", not arbitrary files.
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2. It can only be called by these "Windows apps" which are sold via Microsoft Store.
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:( Anyway, thanks for checking it out.
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