

Then, choose "Pin to taskbar" from the menu that pops up. If you want to pin a shortcut to the taskbar for an app or program that's already running, right-click or touch and hold on its taskbar icon. Right-click or touch and hold it and then select "Pin to taskbar" on the contextual menu. For example a host application like rundll32.exe can't be pinned and there is no point Pinning it. Why can't I pin some programs to the taskbar?Ĭertain files can't be Pinned to the Taskbar or Start menu because the programmer of that particular software has set some exclusions. Click the Start button, right-click the program you'd like to pin, select More > Pin to start. Pro tip: You can pin a document to an application shortcut on the Taskbar by clicking and dragging the file to the program icon that's already pinned to the taskbar. Click the hamburger icon to see the full sidebar again. The sidebar contracts, so you just see the icons. To change or collapse the sidebar, click the hamburger menu at the top left of the app.
