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Originally Posted by Georgie W
@BetterRed - Thanks for the suggestion. I could create the shortcut, but it did not appear in my taskbar (is it relevant that IE is not my default browser?).
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Originally Posted by Georgie W
I'm still wondering whether over-writing my Appdata configuration settings on re-installation has anything to do with it? I mean, I can start from scratch and recreate them all, but I seriously don't want to.
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That taskbar shortcuts are kept in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\ is a legacy from Windows 95 or maybe earlier. Fact is, they never had anything to do with IE (they're a Windows/File Explorer artefact), and the Quick Lunch feature more-or-less disappeared in Win 7.
Ideally the taskbar shortcuts (that's all they are) should be in a directory at %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Taskbar - alongside SendTo and Startup directories - which are also collections of Windows shortcuts.
History of the Microsoft Windows Taskbar - YouTube
I just remembered - there's a 'proper' way to do this, viz:
So called experts often forget the bleedin' obvious
BR