how to remove multiple emacs instances in windows taskbar

Question

If I launch emacs with runemacs.exe, the window in the taskbar is associated with an emacs.exe process rather than a runemacs.exe process. This means that if I pin runemacs.exe, I get two emacs icons in the taskbar. If I pin emacs.exe, I get a console. How do I have my cake and eat it?

Answer 1

This looks like an option:

• http://sachachua.com/blog/2012/06/making-gnu-emacs-play-well-on-microsoft-windows-7/

To pin Emacs to your task bar, right-click on the Emacs icon in the task bar. Right-click on the small Emacs icon that appears, and click on Properties. Change the target to c:\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe, and change the start directory to whichever directory you prefer.

A related answer:

• https://superuser.com/questions/259146/why-latest-emacs-version-dont-support-windows-7-taskbar