Drag file to app in Task Bar (to open that file with that app)


  1. rumplestiltskin
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    Drag file to app in Task Bar (to open that file with that app)


    Sorry for the thread title in case it's not clear.
    I came from a Mac so dragging a file to, let's say, the Mail app in the dock would open a new outgoing message in Mail and attach the dragged file. In Windows, I just discovered that depressing the Shift key while dragging a file to the Thunderbird icon in the Task bar would do exactly the same thing (Yeah!).

    I know that dragging the file to, let's say, Thunderbird, without depressing the Shift key would "pin" that file to the app (in the Task Bar).

    Is there a way to reverse this behavior so I wouldn't need to use the shift key for the first example? Thanks for any advice/suggestions.
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  3. dalchina
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    Hi, please try setting the bottom option using this free tweak tool.
    Drag file to app in Task Bar (to open that file with that app)-1.jpg

    Dragging 'n dropping e.g. a jpg file to an Edge icon on the taskbar then offers 'Open with Edge' rather than 'Pin..'
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  4. rumplestiltskin
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    Ahh! Thank you. I did Google for a solution but only found the shift key thing. Your suggestion should do the trick.
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  6. dalchina
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