"Pin to taskbar" missing from context menu under Win10

[wanderer]

"Pin to taskbar" is missing from context menu under Win10, while on the same file in Explorer it appears and works normally. I'm using latest TC x64.

[Horst.Epp]

Thats a known problem with no work-around.

[wanderer]

Thats a known problem with no work-around.

Thanks for the info.

A search in the forums did not reveal much, only something i had reported several years ago about a missing "Pin to Start" menu item.Any more info about it? Is it due to something in TC or once again MS has made something that should work but doesn't?

[ghisler(Author)]

MS doesn't want programs to be able to pin something to the taskbar. When using the context menu, you get back a command which you then execute yourself to add something. This could also be done without showing the context menu (silently), so MS is blocking it.

[wanderer]

Great. Al those "security reasons" again, which have crippled Windows.

I wonder how difficult it would be for them to allow this operation but ask for UAC permission.

Anyway, thanks for the explanation Christian.

[wanderer]

Hi Christian.

Sorry to revive this old thread, but could the following link be helpful in restoring this functionality?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/pin-to-taskbar

[ghisler(Author)]

This cannot be used to pin an arbitrary file to the task bar. The function is:
1. Named RequestPinCurrentAppAsync, so it can only pin the program which calls it, nothing else. There is also a function RequestPinAppListEntryAsync, but it only works on "Windows apps", not arbitrary files.
and
2. It can only be called by these "Windows apps" which are sold via Microsoft Store.

[wanderer]

Anyway, thanks for checking it out.