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Pining a .BAT/.CMD File to Taskbar

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When a .BAT file or a shortcut pointing to a .bat file is opened, we will not find an option to "Pin the program to taskbar”; and we can’t neither drag nor drop the file to the taskbar.

The .CMD file has the same behavior as the .BAT file.

Method

 

Please perform the following steps to pin a .BAT/.CMD file to taskbar:

1. Pin a shortcut for cmd.exe to the taskbar.

2. Right click the shortcut on the taskbar and you will see a list that includes "Command Prompt" and "Unpin this program from the taskbar".

3. Right click the icon for Command Prompt and select properties.

4. In the box for Target, go to the end of "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" and add "/C" (without quotations) and the path and name of the batch file.

5. Then the batch file will be pinned to the taskbar.

For .CMD files, you also can try the same procedures.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    September 29, 2011
    This method works well for a single file. Unfortunately it won't let you pin multiple files. Is there any way to do that?

  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2011
    johnastevens.com/helpTopics.aspx a simple application which you can pin to your taskbar that will then allow you to pin batch files to it.

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2014
    This worked like a champ, thanks...
    %windir%system32cmd.exe /C C:UsersClaudioDownloadsPingTest.bat

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    February 27, 2015
    Yep, worked as advertised. If you want to change the icon of the link, make sure you do it before you pin it to the taskbar.

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2015
    Doesn't work. Not ever a little bit.

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2015
    add quotations to paths containing spaces!

  • Anonymous
    November 16, 2015
    Follow Patrick's comment. The correct spacing is needed. I've just added a .BAT to taskbar, works perfectly. Cheers Patrick :)

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2015
    Works perfectly, thank you. This works for several shortcuts as well, not just one. For every shortcut you intend to use just make an additional command prompt shortcut and apply the command instructed above. Reading the directions usually points to success for future reference to those of you claiming "this does not work". First attempt with flying colors, thank you again.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2016
    Works well. Make sure you leave a space after cmd.exe.
    ie. ...cmd.exe /c C:Program Files...filename.bat