How to pin to taskbar using PowerShell

Question

How can I pin some programs to taskbar on Windows 7 using PowerShell? Please explain step-by-step.

And How to modify the following code to pin a folder to taskbar? For Example

$folder = $shell.Namespace('D:\Work') 

In this path, example named folder.

Answer 1

You can invoke a Verb (Pin to Taskbar) using the Shell.Application COM object. Here's some example code:

http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/b66434f1-4b3f-4a94-8dc3-e406eb30b750

The example is somewhat complicated. Here is a simplified version:

$shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application"   $folder = $shell.Namespace('C:\Windows')     $item = $folder.Parsename('notepad.exe') $verb = $item.Verbs() | ? {$_.Name -eq 'Pin to Tas&kbar'} if ($verb) {$verb.DoIt()} 

Answer 2

Another way

$sa = new-object -c shell.application
$pn = $sa.namespace($env:windir).parsename('notepad.exe')
$pn.invokeverb('taskbarpin')

Or unpin

$pn.invokeverb('taskbarunpin')

Note: notepad.exe may not be under %windir%, it may exist under %windir%\system32 for server OS's.