Solved Help pinning *.htm file to taskbar

pseudonym · Nov 19, 2023

Win11 Pro Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2506)

I have a *.htm file on local disk I want to pin to the taskbar.

Have tried every trick I can google up but no joy... drag and drop works with other things but not this file or a shortcut of this file. "Pin to ...." is greyed out both in the shortcut menu for the file and a shortcut to the file, and even Edge has that greyed out if I open the file with Edge and try to use the "Pin to ...." options there.

Thank you for any help.

Kind regards.

Edwin · Nov 19, 2023

pseudonym said:
Thank you for any help.

Keep the original file in a stationary location, change it's extension to .exe, drag it to the Taskbar...

then change the original back to .htm, then the pinned shortcut back to .htm, restart Explorer.

Try3 · Nov 19, 2023

Create a shortcut to the file then manually edit its properties target entry [right-click, Properties, Shortcut tab] by putting
explorer.exe followed by a space
before the stuff that's in there already i.e. the path-filename of the file.

The modified shortcut can then be pinned to the Taskbar.

All the best,
Denis

pseudonym · Nov 20, 2023

Both ways work. Thank you!

lorraineg57 · Dec 2, 2023

In edge>menu> hover over apps>choose install website as app. That will allow you to pin it to the taskbar. I just did this with a website (gmail).

pseudonym · Dec 2, 2023

lorraineg57 said:
In edge>menu> hover over apps>choose install website as app. That will allow you to pin it to the taskbar. I just did this with a website (gmail).

Thanks, but didn't work for me. The install as app option on the menu is greyed out. I think it's because I'm pinning a local .htm file. When I browse to an internet site in Edge and then try, the option is available.