Pin a Drive to Taskbar in Windows 10 Version 1903

[The AchieVer]

Pin a Drive to Taskbar in Windows 10 Version 1903 

The Windows taskbar remains a key feature of the desktop, and it’s pretty much the easiest and fastest way to launch apps or access your files, be they stored locally or on other systems in the network.

One thing that I used to do on previous Windows versions was pinning a drive to the taskbar for faster access, and this came in incredibly handy because I had all my files at a one-click distance without the need for a shortcut on the desktop or anything else.

In the latest Windows 10 versions, however, pinning a drive to the taskbar isn’t as easy as you think it is, especially because Microsoft has apparently removed the two methods that most people used.

For instance, the majority of users turned to a very simple trick that involved creating a shortcut of an executable file and then changing its target parameters to point to the drive they wanted to be pinned to the taskbar. This method, however, no longer works because you can no longer pin that shortcut to the taskbar.

Then, others used a slightly different trick. They first pinned their drive to the Start menu, which is a thing that we still can do in Windows 10, and then they pinned the pinned shortcut to the taskbar. As weird as it may sound, it worked, but once again, Microsoft blocked this life hack and you can no longer pin Start menu shortcuts to the taskbar.
 

 

 

Fortunately, a method still exists, though it’s not as straightforward as you think it is. And it all starts with the creation of a drive shortcut on any location on your desktop – I recommend you to use the desktop because it’s easier to understand the process.

So head over to your drive, let’s say C:\ in File Explorer, right-click it > Create shortcut. Windows should warn you a shortcut can’t be created “here” and offer to transfer the shortcut to the desktop. Hit Yes and then go to the desktop.

Next, you need to change two different settings of the shortcut, namely the Target and the Start inparameters. To do this, right-click the shortcut > Properties > Shortcut.

If you want to use the C:\ drive as explained here, both fields should mention explorer.exe C:\ as in the screenshot here. Click Apply and then close the window. You can obviously replace the 😄 drive with any other letter you want, as long it’s a valid location on your computer.
 

 

 

Additionally, you can further customize the shortcut by choosing another icon using the Change iconbutton in the same location. You can use either an icon stored in the system library or pick a third-party one downloaded from a different source. Obviously, you can also change the name to anything you want.

When you’re done with this simple customization process, just right-click the shortcut > Pin to taskbarand the shortcut should now show up in the shortcut. Clicking it should launch File Explorer to the destination drive, as per the parameters configured above.

You can also remove the desktop shortcut because the pinned taskbar icon should technically continue to work correctly, albeit I’ve also seen reports saying that the icon was reset after a computer reboot. If this happens, you can move the shortcut to a different location on the device and store it there to avoid the pinned taskbar icon from stopping working.

I tried out the aforementioned steps on both Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows 10 19H1, and everything works just as expected. The same guide applies to Windows 10 20H1 preview builds too.

 

 

 

 

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[Snuffy1942]

I use the make shortcut add to desktop, then when i open any program or shortcut it appears on taskbar i then pin to Taskbar... be it MiniTool, FTP, Macrium, Acronis or FF. even from menu it works the same.  Windows 10 20H1, 18865.