pin batch file to taskbar

makhan10 · 05 Apr 2020

i have created a batch file on my desktop

when i right click on batch it dont show option to pin to taskbar

when i am running this batch files, i pin it to taskbar

however after terminating the batch file when i click on taskbar icon to run batch file

it open command prompt instead of batch file

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Try3 · 05 Apr 2020

Create a shortcut to the batch file.
Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, write into the start of the target field explorer.exe [Windows will later change that automatically to C:\Windows\explorer.exe and this is not a problem]

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Then right-click on the shortcut and select Pin to taskbar

Denis

makhan10 · 05 Apr 2020

Try3 said:

Create a shortcut to the batch file.

Thanks Try3

but i also tried c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\users\hp\desktop\test.bat

it didnt work

Edwin · 05 Apr 2020

Put the .bat file somewhere stationary, change it to a .exe, drag and pin it to Taskbar, change the file back to .bat, change the pinned shortcut back to .bat, restart Explorer.

Try3 · 05 Apr 2020

makhan10 said:

Thanks Try3

but i also tried c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\users\hp\desktop\test.bat

it didnt work

Exactly what did you do, exactly what did not work and exactly what did happen?

makhan10 · 05 Apr 2020

Try3 said:

Exactly what did you do, exactly what did not work and exactly what did happen?

i type c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Users\hp\Desktop\test.bat in test.bat short cut properties

it open command prompt at following location instead of running batch file

c:\users\hp\desktop

Try3 · 05 Apr 2020

I said

Code:

explorer.exe C:\Users\hp\Desktop\test.bat

or

Code:

explorer.exe C:\Users\Aziz\Desktop\test.bat

and the batch file will run. This is what lots of us do.
- The shortcut will automatically use the real path-name of the batch file. Do not change that. Just add explorer.exe in front of that.

It does not apply in this case but if your username or any other part of a file path-name contained any spaces then you would enclose the whole path-name in quotation marks

Code:

explorer.exe "C:\Users\hp\Desktop\test.bat"

Denis

makhan10 · 06 Apr 2020

i also found another way to accomplish the same thing thnx to google

pin batch file to taskbar - Google Search

Try3 · 06 Apr 2020

Yes,

Code:

cmd /c C:\Users\hp\Desktop\test.bat

works as well as the explorer method does & as well as Edwin's suggestion does.

Denis

WTenNewbie · 06 Jun 2022

I found another way:

Rename your .cmd/.bat file to .exe
Right click on the *.exe and choose "Pin to taskbar"
Rename the batch file back to .cmd/.bat
Shift + Right click on the taskbar icon (for the exe) and choose "Properties"
Change the reference from *.exe to .cmd/.bat and change the icon as needed

Source: 3th answer in How to pin either a Shortcut or a Batch file to the new Windows 7, 8 and 10 Taskbar and start menu? - Super User
In this answer it is noted that

"It starts working right away but the icon refresh needs a reboot."

And another comment says:

"You don't actually need to reboot, you can just kill off explorer.exe and re-run it from task manager for the icon to refresh."