Taskbar Pinned Shortcuts Location

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Ever wondered where those pinned shortcuts are stored in Win7/8/8.1/10? This way you can edit, delete or create new shortcuts. Sometimes they get duplicated but they don't appear as pinned so this is the only way to delete them.

warmth

Posted 2014-12-22T21:44:06.513

Reputation: 916

Question was closed 2016-09-16T09:39:52.233

Answers

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Just need to access this location from explorer:

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

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ben/archive/2009/10/01/taskbar-pinned-shortcuts-location.aspx

warmth

Posted 2014-12-22T21:44:06.513

Reputation: 916

2In Windows 8.1 it is in C:\Users\myusername\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar` - and can be used to move them to another user login. – SDsolar – 2017-08-27T19:52:45.757

1For anyone searching through explorer, %APPDATA% is the Roaming folder, not the Local folder. – Prof Von Lemongargle – 2017-09-26T17:13:46.333

This doesn't include apps installed from the Store. Any idea how to find\edit them? – Serhiy – 2020-01-08T17:19:30.283