The pin feature on Windows 10 is useful for instant access to documents and applications. Drew Angerer/Getty Images You can pin applications and files to the Windows taskbar to allow you to access ...

How do you keep the files and folders you need within easy reach when using Windows 7? By default, the Recent Documents folder is gone (though you can bring it back from the Start menu Properties ...

If you try to drag and drop the user folders to the Windows taskbar, you will find that you cannot or that they may merge with the Explorer icon and not maintain their identity. If you access your ...

Your Windows 11 taskbar is hiding superpowers you’re probably not using.

I spent last night looking for a way to pin a specific file in Windows 7 to the taskbar, so that I could open my to do list/scribble pad with a Win+key shortcut. While I only used it to open a ...

Q: I am using Windows 7. When I had Windows XP, I was able to place folders in my Quick Launch Bar (to the right of the Start button). Now I can't. Can you help? A: Windows 7 "pins" items to the ...

The Windows Explorer icon on the Windows 7 taskbar gives you easy access to your Libraries, but it's more likely that you want to go to a specific folder or even the root of a particular drive. You ...

Windows 7's taskbar lets you pin any running program to the taskbar for easy future access, but it treats folders like second-class sub-items of the Explorer icon. Create a fake "program" to pin ...

I was able to create a "Games" shortcut on my Win7 desktop and then pin that to the taskbar following a guide here and it works fine. I click the entry on my taskbar and the "Games" window opens. What ...

Now, before we go any further, we must make sure you understand that Steam shortcuts work a little differently when compared to others. In truth, they are internet links than anything else, so now ...