How To Pin A Website Link To Windows 7 Taskbar
Posted June 22, 2010 – 5:59 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesEarlier we have shown you how to pin programs and control panel to your Windows 7 taskbar. For those who love to pin their favorite websites we have small tip that enables you pin any website shortcut to the taskbar.
As you may know, by default, you can pin a website page to your default browser’s jump list only. So, here are the steps you need to follow in order to pin a website link to Windows 7 taskbar:
# Right-click on the desktop, select New and then select Shortcut to launch Create Shortcut wizard.
# In the location box, you need to enter browser’s installation path followed by website address. For example, if you want to pin Into Windows shortcut to the taskbar and want to open open it in Internet Explorer browser, you need to type the following command:
“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” http://www.intowindows.com
# Click Next to enter a name for your shortcut and finally click Finish button to close the wizard.
# Now, simply drag and drop the shortcut to your taskbar to pin it. Click on the shortcut to launch the website in your favorite browser.
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5 Comments
Great tip for users, very helpful!
Cheers,
Kyler
IE Outreach
thanks, this also works for Firefox
Thanks.. This works for Opera too. I used in Opera v11.50.
It doesn’t show on the taskbar with firefox.
thanks, works great with chrome too!