How to Create Office 2021,Word,Excel,PowerPoint icons on Taskbar Using Powershell or Scripts
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I've always done it manually but a discussion in MSLearn says you can do it programmatically with PS
PowerShell Commands for PinnedItem Item to Taskbar - MSLearn
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Seems a Cackhanded way of doing it
Just go to file location, right mouse click on the program whether EXCEL, OUTLOOK etc, select further options -->pin to taskbar. You can also send to desktop (create short cut) if you want those on the desktop too.
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yusop86,
I tried using the sample code but cannot get it to work.
I am used to working with PS to create shortcuts but I have always pinned them manually.
The InvokeVerb lines cause errors. If you expand the Comments section of the MSLearn link, you'll see that others could not get it to work either.
I now think that link was a waste of time and you'll have to search elsewhere for solutions.
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I tried using the sample code but cannot get it to work.
I am used to working with PS to create shortcuts but I have always pinned them manually.
The InvokeVerb lines cause errors. If you expand the Comments section of the MSLearn link, you'll see that others could not get it to work either.
I now think that link was a waste of time and you'll have to search elsewhere for solutions.
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Question -- Why do something programatically when you don't have to -- time is surely better spent on doing things programatically that aren't available by using the normal OS facilities -- why "Re-invent the wheel".
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Anybody knows
If you have done all your Taskbar-pinning once then you can backup your Taskbar-pinned items for later restoration.
Naturally, if your applications, folder paths or icons have changed since the backup was made, you'll get corrupted entries.
Backup and Restore Pinned Items on Taskbar in Windows 11 - ElevenForumTutorials
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