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Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu?

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On 13.04.2025 12:52, Peter Johnson wrote:

> I have the apps that I use most often, less than 20, on the task bar,o

No problem for a 30" monitor, but on a 14" Netbook monitor there is
no place for more than a few apps in the taskbar. But with a link
to the folder with the collected apps/folders, it is just one click
more.

But Microsoft didn't make to easy to add a folder to the taskbar.
Maybe somebody doesn't know already, so here in full details
for somebody who doesn't know anything about Windows:

1. Choose a name for the link in the taskbar which is displayed
    when you put the mouse on it. For example: abc

2. Open the folder you want to pin to the taskbar in Explorer.

3. Create an empty text file in this folder with the name "abc.txt":
    right click on an empty space in this folder, select
    new -> text document -> abc

4. Rename this file to abc.exe:
    click on abc.txt so it is highlighted, press the key F2 and change
    txt to exe. (Note: you see the extension only if the option "Hide
    extensions for known file types" is not selected in the Explorer
    options).

5. Drag and drop the file abc.exe to the taskbar

6. right click an the newly added symbol in the taskbar, right click
    on abc, select properties, click "different symbol" (or similar
    name, in German "Anderes Symbol") and select a symbol you like
    (there a many folder symbols available) and then click "apply" in
    the properties window.

7. Still in the properties window click on "target" and remove the
    trailing abc.exe, then press OK in the properties window.

8. Delete abc.exe

9. Move the symbol in the taskbar to the position you like (maybe
    the best place is right next the start button.

10. If you want to use this folder as a replacement for the
     start menu, put all the links to commonly used apps and
     folders into this folder.

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