How to Permanently Pin a Program to the Windows 7 Taskbar

Have you been constantly running a program, but always find it gawky to keep clicking it through the Start Menu, pinning the item to the taskbar has now come to your rescue. This article will tell you how you will be able to do this. Turn...

Method 1 of 2:

Program Not Started (From Start Menu)

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Turn on your Windows 7 desktop PC.
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Log into the account you'd like to modify the taskbar of.
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Wait for all running processes to begin and your computer's CPU's light to be in a "stable" (non-blinking) state.
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Open your Windows start menu. Click it in the bottom left corner to begin.Find your program you'd like to pin. Whether it's pinned to the Start menu, or in the "All Programs" menu or if it's somewhere else, there's a lot of places to turn to, to find it.
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Right-click the program, when the exact program you want is highlighted with the mouse. Select the "Pin to Taskbar" option.

Method 2 of 2:

Program Running (Temporarily in Taskbar)

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Locate the program you are currently running from the Recent Program (started) area just to the right of the the Start menu.
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Click and drag upwards. As you drag upwards, you'll see a menu pop open.
1. If you don't understand this, you can also right-click it. But get to know the newest ways that Windows uses to do stuff, by completing these easier tasks.Select the "Pin this program to taskbar" option.

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Samuel Daniel

Update 04 March 2020

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