{"id":2207,"date":"2016-03-19T12:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T07:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:55:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:55:38","slug":"pin-folder-to-taskbar-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-folder-to-taskbar-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pin a Folder to Taskbar in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By default, when you drag a folder and drop it in Taskbar, the folder is added to the File Explorer Jump list, and not as a separate item. To Pin a folder as a separate item in the Taskbar, use these steps.<\/p>\n

Right-click on the folder you want to Pin to taskbar, click Send To and click Desktop (create shortcut)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This creates the shortcut to that folder in the Desktop. Right-click on the newly created desktop shortcut and choose Properties.<\/p>\n

Prefix the Target field with “explorer”. For example, if the folder path is<\/p>\n

C:\\Users\\Ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots<\/pre>\n
Change that to:<\/p>\n
explorer C:\\Users\\Ramesh\\Pictures\\Screenshots<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
You can change the shortcut icon by clicking the C<\/u>hange Icon…, and select an icon from the Shell32.dll<\/i> or ImageRes.dll<\/i> (both located in C:\\Windows\\System32 folder.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Click OK.<\/p>\n
Right-click on the Desktop shortcut and click Pin to Taskbar. The desktop shortcut can now be deleted.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Note:<\/b> Although this adds the folder as a separate item in Taskbar, thumbnail preview won’t work for the item. Instead the thumbnail preview for it is seen when you hover your mouse over the File Explorer icon.<\/p>\n
Create a Custom Toolbar in Taskbar<\/h2>\n
Another option is to create a custom toolbar in the taskbar, and add shortcuts in there.<\/p>\n
1. Create a folder in your preferred location that’s permanent. Add shortcuts to various folders inside that folder, and customize the icons for each folder shortcut.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
2. Right-click Taskbar, click Toolbars, and click New Toolbar…<\/p>\n
3. Select the folder you created in Step 1. This adds the folder as a menu in the Taskbar.<\/p>\n
4. Right-click Taskbar and uncheck Lock the Taskbar<\/p>\n
5. Drag the separator shown near the custom toolbar item, and expand it to the left.<\/p>\n
6. Right-click the custom toolbar, and uncheck Show Text<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Optionally, right-click on the custom toolbar, click View and click Large icons<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n
7. Right-click Taskbar and click Lock the taskbar. You’ve now added a custom toolbar that contains shortcuts to various folders.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By default, when you drag a folder and drop it in Taskbar, the folder is added to the File Explorer Jump list, and not as a separate item. To Pin a folder as a separate item in the Taskbar, use these steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5754,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-any-file-or-folder-taskbar-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":2207,"position":0},"title":"Pin Any File or Folder to the Taskbar in Windows 10","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Windows 8 and Windows 10 lets you pin folders to the Start screen, but pinning data files and folders to the taskbar is not allowed. 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