Where are the shortcuts for the Windows 7 Taskbar stored on disk?

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Where, in the Windows 7 file system, are the taskbar shortcuts stored (per user)?

score 156 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 14 '15 at 12:00

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Taskbar shortcuts are located in: %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar.

You can also add the "Quick Launch" folder to your task bar as a toolbar to re-enable the quick launch feature.

edited Dec 14 '15 at 12:00

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answered Oct 21 '09 at 23:38

Joe Internet

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Yes. Can anyone explain why they're in an "Internet Explorer" folder? – outsideblasts Oct 22 '09 at 16:01
Hint: sometimes you place links to apps here and they do not appear on your taskbar. This is probably because your app is on a network drive. Only local apps are working. – Business Tomcat Feb 08 '19 at 09:46
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More specifically, look under: AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar – James Dunn Sep 05 '19 at 21:34

isherwood · Answer 2 · 2017-05-16T14:27:49.717

Hit the Windows key and paste

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

to find the pinned taskbar items, or simply

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\

to see the folders for those and the start menu items.

If you're having trouble getting Windows to remember pinned items you may need to remove the Favorites registry key at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband\.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '20 at 23:56

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For me, it's %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned.

answered Jul 10 '20 at 23:56

Pei

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That answer has already been given a couple times. – music2myear Jul 11 '20 at 02:17
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@music2myear Please look at the answer in detail. It's different path than others thats why I added a new one. – Pei Jul 12 '20 at 01:20
Your issue was different if this "solved" your problems. %AppData% IS the user profile AppData folder for the active session's user. – music2myear Jul 12 '20 at 01:26
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at least the addition of **%USERPROFILE%** makes it different from the others thus making it easily understandable – linker Nov 05 '20 at 23:34
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@music2myear you really don't understand what's different in detail. None of the other answers has specified `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming` path – Pei Nov 06 '20 at 00:21

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 02 '13 at 22:28

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If you don't like Quick Launch, you can create your own with "New toolbar", which can be anywhere; it's a folder. The toolbar name is the folder name.

I put it under the hidden folder C:\ProgramData so it will be easily accessible to all users. But it can go wherever you like.

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answered Feb 19 '13 at 17:22

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How do you get to "new toolbar"? – interestedparty333 Aug 07 '17 at 14:46
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@ragerdl, right click the task bar and open the 'toolbars' sub menu. – daveloyall Sep 14 '17 at 23:13
where this setting is stored? I need to find it to check why windows keep forgetting my new toolbar – Dreaded semicolon Dec 16 '17 at 05:24

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 09 '22 at 09:33

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The folder is in this location , windows 7 Ultimate. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Hope to help you !

answered Jun 09 '22 at 09:33

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