Tip of the Week: Pin a Program to the Task bar

Application: Windows 7

If there are certain documents or programs that you use frequently, consider pinning them to the task bar. This feature eliminates the need to navigate through the Start menu to find an item. Programs and documents can be pinned or unpinned as needed.

Pinning a program to the taskbar

Choose one of the following:

If the program is open, right-click the program button on the taskbar and select Pin this program to the taskbar.

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If the program is not open, click Start, navigate to the program and right-click, then select Pin to Taskbar.

Pinning a document to the taskbar

Select the closed file and drag to the taskbar. The icon for the associated program will appear. Right-click the icon to find the document.

To unpin items from the taskbar, right click and select Unpin this program from taskbar.

Watch it happen in this video: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Pin-a-program-to-the-taskbar