Windows Explorer icon lost from taskbar

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Go down the list and right click on Explorer.exe and select Pin to Task bar.

Also, see this tutorial if needed.

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Sorry, but as I advised previously, this solution does not work for me. When I right-click on explorer.exe, there is NO pin to taskbar option provided. Here is what is displayed in the window that results:

Run as administrator

Scan with Panda Internet Security 2013

Restore previous versions

Is there another solution.

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Sorry, but as I advised previously, this solution does not work for me.

Where? I didn’t see that indicated in your question.

However, did you try the tutorial?

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See if this tutorial will help.

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Well, after several hours of frustration and following a daisy chain of documents, I’m about to concede defeat. I clicked on the link provided in the e-mail response I received to get «Pin to Taskbar. » document. Clicked the link in that document titled «pinning to taskbar enabled.» Got second document. Downloaded the file in Option One. Saved it, merged it, and restarted. Clicked on the Default File Type Associations link back in Document 1. Found the «lnk» item on the list and saved it. Did Merge>Run>Yes>Yes>OK. Went to explorer.exe in Windows folder and right-clicked it. Pin still not on context menu. Back to first document and clicked on the second «Tip» link. Got third document. Downloaded and ran file under Step 2. Merged it and clicked Run>Yes>Yes>OK.

Went to explorer.exe in Windows folder and right-clicked it. Pin still not on context menu. Help.

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How to get Windows Explorer to Pin to Taskbar

When I right click on Windows Explorer to get it pinned and there is no entry items present forr pinning it either to the TaskBar OR the StartMenu like most other applications in the my system.

I’ve been able to do it on my system at my office, so I know it can be done. I had it pinned on the system now having the problem, that is until Microsoft pushed out the latest patch set on Friday 21-Sept-12 which wacked my entire task bar, Sidebar, and scrogged many other aspects of my system.

I certainly hope that they actually did finally fix the security leak of IE forever with this patch as they promised and not simply Fubar-ing many systems to give the appearance of actually plugging the leak with more than a finger! (but that too might depend on which finger gets referenced as I can think of which one my system appears to have gotten).

That being said, let’s begin by skipping the usual diatribe of suggestions from neophytes who simply parrot what is on so many other boards, blogs, and forums with what I can recall attempting to remedy my situation:

• I have tried to drag «Windows Explorer» and shortcut links to Windows Explorer to the taskbar to get it pinned. No go!
• I have tried all the Registry suggestions to pin Windows Explorer to the task bar. No Go!
• I have searched the Registry for any key with PIN or NOPIN in their name and found nothing. Although the search for PIN did reveal several keys and values with pin embedded in them (i.e. «striping», «Mapining», Snapin«, «OfficeVBAHelpIntlHiddenIntl_1033″, etc. ad nausea to the tune of 3114 hits).

But know that the FUBAR has occurred, does anyone have better ideas on how to correct the issue with Windows Explorer so I can once again pin it to my TaskBar, and possibly my StartMenu too?

Windows 10 File Explorer crashes and resets on open from taskbar or windows tab

Upgraded a Windows 7 install to Windows 10 through manual download app. Installation went without a hitch, but I had several issues upon new startup, all but one of which were addressed by installing new Windows 10 compatible versions of Firefox and Kaspersky Total Security.

Since Windows 10 has booted and continuing, I can only open File Explorer by opening a folder on my desktop first, then navigating via the left hand navigation tree. Opening File Explorer via the taskbar or from the windows tile tab causes the computer to hang for a few seconds, the screen to blink black, and File Explorer to restart (taskbar rebuilds itself from blank).

Sometimes this occurs even while using the navigation tree after opening a folder, but never with a consistent folder. I can open a folder one moment, then the next it causes the reset, and again after than it doesn’t give me problems.

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Upgraded a Windows 7 install to Windows 10 through manual download app. Installation went without a hitch, but I had several issues upon new startup, all but one of which were addressed by installing new Windows 10 compatible versions of Firefox and Kaspersky Total Security.

Since Windows 10 has booted and continuing, I can only open File Explorer by opening a folder on my desktop first, then navigating via the left hand navigation tree. Opening File Explorer via the taskbar or from the windows tile tab causes the computer to hang for a few seconds, the screen to blink black, and File Explorer to restart (taskbar rebuilds itself from blank).

Sometimes this occurs even while using the navigation tree after opening a folder, but never with a consistent folder. I can open a folder one moment, then the next it causes the reset, and again after than it doesn’t give me problems.

Same issue here.. It is fine on my win 8.1 upgrade to win 10 and my win 7 Pro, just not the win 7 home premium update to windows 10 home

Windows Explorer will not pin to the taskbar.

original title: Windows Explorer will not pin to the taskbar. I’ve tried all these solutions.

Windows Explorer will not pin to the taskbar (or start menu either). The only right-click option is «Close Window». Dragging a folder to the taskbar only shows a red circle with a line through it. Other programs pin just fine.

I have been searching all day and tried these solutions so far:

• Registry search for «NoPinningToTaskbar» and «NoPinningToDestination» show no results.
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile IsShortcut registry entry exists
• «Store and display recently opened programs in the Start menu» option is checked
• %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations and
  %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations folders have been cleared
• Replaced explorer.exe with one from a working Win7 PC
• This is a new install, so there is no system restore point to use
• Both explorer.exe and Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer are missing the «Pin to Taskbar» option.
• This update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2607576 was already installed
• I am not using CCleaner

What else is there to try? Has anoyone found a real solution to this problem?

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Just to clear up a point,

Pressing the windows logo key and typing your search is using windows explorer,

Pinning windows explorer to the taskbar,

Are you referring to the yellow folder which really only opens the win-7 libraries page ?

Windows explorer is a vague term there are many listings on the start menu which can be referred to as windows explorer,

One would be the search box at the bottom of the start menu,

Right click the start button and select properties,

Most all of these listings are considered windows explorer, to me anyway ?

Then you have the Bing desktop search feature which is another story all together 😉

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Paste this into the start menu search box,

You should then be able to either right click and select Open file location or point at send to and click on (desktop) create shortcut,

And drag the desktop shortcut to your taskbar.

You need to create a shortcut before pin to taskbar is available.

If you made changes to your machine system restore to an earlier time might cure the issue faster.

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Hadn’t thought of that one yet. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t work. I get the same red circle with a line through it («No» symbol — there has to be a real name for it).

Right-clicking the shortcut doesn’t give me any pinning options, start menu nor taskbar.

This is a new install, so there is no system restore point to use.

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The red circle with the slash mark will usually disappear when you get to the taskbar/ destination.

Click the start button and click on All programs,

Click on the accessories folder,

Is the yellow folder (window explorer) listed here ?

If so right click it and select Pin to taskbar.

If it’s not listed in the accessories folder,

Drag the desktop shortcut to the start menu button, (do not release yet)

Wait a second and the start menu will popup, (do not release yet)

Then drag it to the accessories folder, (do not release yet) it will expand drag it down until you see a horizontal line between listings and then release/ drop.

Then right click it and select Pin to taskbar 🙂

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While I appreciate your effort, I think we’re on different pages. If you read my original post, you’ll notice that I’ve already answered your questions.

I am an IT professional. Please assume I know things like dragging and dropping, what the start button is, etc. I’m sorry if I come across as a little grumpy, but I have literaly been working on this all day. I have been editing registry entries, booting to Mini XP with Hiren’s boot disk to replace explorer.exe, and trying to actually get some work done at the same time.

I don’t doubt your ablities, I just don’t think you are familiar with this particular issue — it’s widespread, just not enough for everyone to know about (probably because most users don’t even know you can pin anything to the taskbar, so the issue is never raised). The solutions I’ve listed above were found scattered across different forums, each one worked for some people and not for others. My intention here was to start a thread for those, like me, who have tried ALL of these solutions and are still having this issue.

For those who have come to this forum in search of an answer, you can try any one of the bullet points listed above. Some have had success with them. Sometimes temporarily, sometimes permanent (so far). The most popular fix, by far, was to delete all files in «%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations» and reboot.

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I accidentally unpinned Windows Explorer from my taskbar and now I can’t get it back. I can pin other apps like Word and Fallout, for example.

I’ve tried checking this folder, where I assume pinned shortcuts are stored: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar, and I can see all my pinned items, including 70 copies of Windows Explorer.lnk that presumably were generated when I desperately tried to pin it by dragging it and right clicking the shortcut and then clicking «Pin to Taskbar». Windows Explorer won’t pin no matter how hard I try.

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Unfortunately, it didn’t work. I’ve searched all over the Internet and I can’t come up with another solution to this thing that’s been bugging me for nearly three months.
Also, this guy had the same problem on the Beta:

Had the same problem, and all the other solutions suggested here didn’t work.

Simplest way to get around this is — System Restore (assuming you already had Windows Explorer pinned and accidently unpinned it).

Thanks! Good answer and it worked for me too. Opens on the «Libraries» folder and I don’t like that but I believe I can change the shortcut and fix it.

Easiest way I found is go to Start,All Programs,Accessories and then right click Windows Explorer.In the menu choose Pin to Taskbar.

I was having the same problem, I accidentally unpinned windows explorer and couldn’t figure out how to re-pin it. I can’t believe it was that simple. Thank you!

is a bad link as of 3/14.

Easiest way I found is go to Start,All Programs,Accessories and then right click Windows Explorer.In the menu choose Pin to Taskbar.

When I open the menu with a right click, Pin to Taskbar is not available as a choice.

Even easier solution in Win8: Open FILE EXPLORER via ‘Search’ > right-click on folder now in taskbar > select ‘pin folder to taskbar’. Job done 😉

I had same problem, but couldn’t find start menu list in Win8 to access Accessories, so played around til used search option to open File Explorer and above solution did the trick 🙂

If there’s a problem, there’s got to be a solution too — it’s just a case of finding it 🙂

If you’re still searching for the answer, it might be what finally worked for me. Open up REGEDIT (type it in the search bar and it will show). Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\explorer.exe

I had a name called «NoStartPage», of Type REG_SZ. If you have it, delete it. Then Restart your machine. This is what finally fixed it for me, I could now pin to taskbar my Windows Explorer folder.

It’s very simple.

1. Open some miscellaneous folder e.g., music/songs, etc., from My computer’s C drive or any other drive.

2. Right click on the opened folder icon in the taskbar.

3. You will see the Windows explorer in the list.

4. Point on to the Windows explorer and right click and Select the Pin this program to taskbar.

UPDATE: There is an answer in this list that works, I just overlooked it. See SeattleRetro1 above.