Pinning Folders. Folders work a little differently than programs and files, and I think this tends to make people think you can't pin folders to the taskbar. But you can.

This tutorial shows you how to Pin a user folder or user files to Windows Taskbar. If you try to simply drag-and-drop the user folders you will find that it does not work.

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how to put Task Manager on Taskbar, Pin Task Manager to Start Menu and and minimize Taskbar to System Tray or Notification Area in Windows.

You can pin it right to the taskbar and it will always open the designated file. That's all it is, but it's uses are pretty widespread, since it runs anything as though it was Microsoft's own code.

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.

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