Pin a shortcut to a folder to Win7 Taskbar

[Radical789]

Does anyone know how to pin a shortcut to a folder to the Win 7 Taskbar? I can pin software shortcuts but I need to pin shortcuts to a few folders I use on a regular basis.
It was a piece of cake in XP but not 7.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

If they are frequent folders, you can just drag the folder to the folder icon on the taskbar and it will ask if you want to Pin the folder to Explorer. Click Yes Now right click the taskbar folder and you will see a list of frequently used folders and at the top will be your PINNED items.

Alternatively you can create a new toolbar, point it to a folder you can make that has short cuts to all the folders you use.

I prefer the 1st method.

 

[Radical789]

Thanks for your help. I was hoping to avoid the extra clicks to look at a folder and then make a selection but it sounds like that is not possible in Win 7.
Carol

 

[corkyg]

That correct. Ther is another way, however, and I use it regularly. I have a Notepad text file I use in Command Prompt as Administrator. That shortcut brings up that file in Notepad with one click. It is on the Start Menu. I use it every day. If I pinned it to the Taskbar, the parent program would be pinned (Notepad) and a right click on it would let me select that file which would open in Notepad. The Start Menu is direct - one click.

 

[Steltek]

Try the following to see if it produces a useable result for you:

Right-click on the desktop, select New, and choose to create a new shortcut. Enter the shortcut target as follows: %windir%\explorer.exe /n /select,X: \TEST
where "X: \TEST" is the path to the folder you wish to open as default in Explorer (don't actually enter the space between : and \ -- I had to put this in here to prevent the board from substituting this smilie :\ ). Hit Next, then name and save the shortcut. Right-click on the shortcut to change any properties you wish, such as the shortcut icon or to open in full screen, then save the changes. Right-click on the shortcut, and you should now have the option available to pin it to the taskbar.

When you click on the pinned shortcut, it will open the target folder in an Explorer window. The first time you open it, format the display format to your liking (i.e. columns or icons, hide the preview plane, etc) and close the window. Using the shortcut again should open the folder like that in the future (at least, until you change it again or Windows develops amnesia, anyway).