Pin program to taskbar using PS in Windows 10

Question

I am trying to pin a program to the taskbar in Windows 10 (RTM) using this code:

$shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application"   $folder = $shell.Namespace((Join-Path $env:SystemRoot System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0)) $item = $folder.Parsename('powershell_ise.exe') $item.invokeverb('taskbarpin'); 

This worked on Windows 8.1, but no longer works on Windows 10.

If I execute $item.Verbs(), I get these:

Application Parent Name ----------- ------ ----                    &Open                    Run as &administrator                    &Pin to Start                     Restore previous &versions                     Cu&t                    &Copy                    Create &shortcut                    &Delete                    Rena&me                    P&roperties 

As you can see, there is no verb for pinning it to the taskbar. If I right click that specific file, however, the option is there:

Questions:
Am I missing something?
Is there a new way in Windows 10 to pin a program to the taskbar?

Answer 1

Very nice! I made a few small tweaks to that powershell example, I hope you don't mind :)

param (     [parameter(Mandatory=$True, HelpMessage="Target item to pin")]     [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]     [string] $Target ) if (!(Test-Path $Target)) {     Write-Warning "$Target does not exist"     break }  $KeyPath1  = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes" $KeyPath2  = "*" $KeyPath3  = "shell" $KeyPath4  = "{:}" $ValueName = "ExplorerCommandHandler" $ValueData =     (Get-ItemProperty `         ("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\" + `             "CommandStore\shell\Windows.taskbarpin")     ).ExplorerCommandHandler  $Key2 = (Get-Item $KeyPath1).OpenSubKey($KeyPath2, $true) $Key3 = $Key2.CreateSubKey($KeyPath3, $true) $Key4 = $Key3.CreateSubKey($KeyPath4, $true) $Key4.SetValue($ValueName, $ValueData)  $Shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application" $Folder = $Shell.Namespace((Get-Item $Target).DirectoryName) $Item = $Folder.ParseName((Get-Item $Target).Name) $Item.InvokeVerb("{:}")  $Key3.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath4) if ($Key3.SubKeyCount -eq 0 -and $Key3.ValueCount -eq 0) {     $Key2.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath3) } 

Answer 2

Here's Humberto's vbscript solution ported to PowerShell:

Param($Target)  $KeyPath1  = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes" $KeyPath2  = "*" $KeyPath3  = "shell" $KeyPath4  = "{:}" $ValueName = "ExplorerCommandHandler" $ValueData = (Get-ItemProperty("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\" +   "Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Windows.taskbarpin")).ExplorerCommandHandler  $Key2 = (Get-Item $KeyPath1).OpenSubKey($KeyPath2, $true) $Key3 = $Key2.CreateSubKey($KeyPath3, $true) $Key4 = $Key3.CreateSubKey($KeyPath4, $true) $Key4.SetValue($ValueName, $ValueData)  $Shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application" $Folder = $Shell.Namespace((Get-Item $Target).DirectoryName) $Item = $Folder.ParseName((Get-Item $Target).Name) $Item.InvokeVerb("{:}")  $Key3.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath4) if ($Key3.SubKeyCount -eq 0 -and $Key3.ValueCount -eq 0) {     $Key2.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath3) }