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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:08 AMGregaRepar Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hello Everybody,

    I'm having trouble deploying shortcut to Taskbar on Windows 7 through GP Preferences. There is no predefined location for Taskbar.
    I tried using Quick Launch ToolBar and specifing additional path "User pinned\Taskbar" with shortcut name.
    I also tried using <Specify full path> in location with variable "%AppDataDir%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User 
    pinned\Taskbar\shortcut" in name.
    In both cases GPO creates shortcut in location C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User pinned\Taskbar\shortcut but doesn't appear on taskbar.

    Is this supported method or is this bug/feature issue?

    Best regards,
    Grega
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  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:10 AMMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi Grega,

    I would like to explained that Pinned items information were stored in the following locations:

    File System:
    %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

    Registry:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]

    We can try the steps below to deploy pinned items by Group Policy:

    1.    Configure Pinned items on one Windows 7 system.
    2.    Export Reigstry Key to pinned.reg file:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]

    And copy items in the "%APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" to a shared folder.

    3.    Create a GPO to import pinned.reg on client machines and copy shared shortcut files to client machines.

    Thanks.
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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:40 AMgotsch-it Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    So far, I have not seen integrated support for adding items to the Win 7 taskbar.
    Instead, some scripting is needed:
    http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2009/04/08/pin-items-to-the-start-menu-or-windows-7-taskbar-via-script.aspx
    Patrick
     
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:10 AMMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi Grega,

    I would like to explained that Pinned items information were stored in the following locations:

    File System:
    %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

    Registry:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]

    We can try the steps below to deploy pinned items by Group Policy:

    1.    Configure Pinned items on one Windows 7 system.
    2.    Export Reigstry Key to pinned.reg file:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]

    And copy items in the "%APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" to a shared folder.

    3.    Create a GPO to import pinned.reg on client machines and copy shared shortcut files to client machines.

    Thanks.
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  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:55 AMGregaRepar Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Mervyn,

    I tried your suggestion and it's not working. Shortcut is copied to %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar, but it's not shown on taskbar. Taskbar is not locked.

    Any other suggestion?

    Regards,
    Grega
     
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:29 AMMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Grega,

    Did you export the Registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband] from a configured system and import the target system?

    Thanks.
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  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:45 AMManU PhiliP Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hai,

    The following Group Policy settings are introduced in Windows 7 to control the Start menu and taskbar. The full path of this node in the Group Policy Management Console is: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar

    See here for more info http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617162(WS.10).aspx

    regards from www.windowsadmin.info

    ManuPhilip
     
  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:48 AMMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Grega,

    Is the suggestion helpful? If not, please let us know more information for research. Any update is welcomed.

    Thanks.
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