Pinning Word File to Taskbar

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  1. Eksy61
    Posts : 141
    Windows 10
       New #21

    steve108 said:
    What happens if you just disregard the tutorial and drag your PW.doc file to the taskbar empty area?
    I just tried to drag a Microsoft Word file to my taskbar and it caused Explorer to crash.
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  3. steve108
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       New #22

    Eksy61 said:
    I just tried to drag a Microsoft Word file to my taskbar and it caused Explorer to crash.
    not good.

    I named a file to test.doc and it worked/pinned here without issue. I don't have Word installed, so it tried to open the document - then gave me an uninstalled error, but no crash.
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  4. MisterEd
    Posts : 2,191
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v22H2
       New #23

    Works fine for me. I tested it in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

    Example: Test.docx

    • Rename Test.docx to Test.docx.exe
    • Right-click on Test.docx.exe and select "Pin to taskbar"
    • Right-click on pinned icon on taskbar
    • Right-click on pinned "Test.docx.exe" file name in list
    • Select Properties
    • Change target from TEST.docx.exe to TEST.docx
    • Important do not click OK yet
    • Rename original file TEST.docx.exe to TEST.docx
    • Now click OK in properties dialog
    • Double-clicking on pinned icon opens TEST.docx

    BTW, this even works with a Notepad .txt file
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