Description:
This powershell function helps you pinning the specified program to Task bar in windows 7/Windows Vista/Windows 2008 computers.
Usage:
[PS]:>Pinto-Taskbar -application “c:windowssystem32calc.exe”
The above statement Pins the calculator program to Task bar.
Code:
function pinto-taskbar {
param(
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$application
)
$appfolderpath = $application.SubString(0,$application.Length-($application.Split(“”)[$application.Split(“”).Count-1].Length))
$objshell = New-Object -ComObject “Shell.Application”
$objfolder = $objshell.Namespace($appfolderpath)
$appname = $objfolder.ParseName($application.SubString($application.Length-($application.Split(“”)[$application.Split(“”).Count-1].Length)))
$verbs = $appname.verbs()
foreach ($verb in $verbs) {
if($verb.name.replace(“&”,””) -match “Pin to Taskbar”) {
$verb.DoIt()
}
}
}