Pin Websites to the Taskbar

I love the Windows 7 taskbar, at least with a little tweaking. The Microsoft developers made it really simple to pin a program to the taskbar – which is great – but what about pinning items to the frequent items lists?

Take Internet Explorer. I want to right-click on the icon and choose my website. But my frequent items list is somehow filled with my least frequently visited sites. How can I get this list to show my favorites?

1. Go to the Start Menu and type Favorites. Click on the Favorites folder under Programs.
2. Pick a website in your Favorites and drag it onto the taskbar. This adds the website to your default browser’s pinned items list.
3. Right-click on your browser icon (e.g., Internet Explorer) to view your favorites. Now, that’s more like it!

This tip will work with most other programs too, like Windows Explorer folders or Microsoft Word or Excel documents.

Author:  Ryan Donelan
rdonelan@microknowledge.com

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