Comments on: Pin and unpin applications from the taskbar and Start-menu using Windows PowerShell http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/ On Windows PowerShell and other admin-related topics Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: HowTo: Per Gruppenrichtlinie und PowerShell Taskleiste Elemente anheften und lösen | dertechblog http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-1048 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:05:18 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-1048 [...] http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-usin... [...]

]]> By: Tom http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-848 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:56:26 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-848 Thank you!!

I have asked on powershellcommunity forum how I can check for which server/computer is being logged into to deal with that issue.

As to un-pin, maybe there’s something in group policy to prevent unpinning but allow pinning.

Thank you, Tom

]]> By: Jan Egil Ring http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-847 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:52:27 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-847 1) No, it get`s pinned only once.
2) No, the path is still “1.0″ for PowerShell 2.0 which is integrated in Windows Server 2008 R2.
3) Yes, if not you would have to distribute the module to the clients as well (can be scripted)
4) Yes, lnk-files can be pinned.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-846 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:44:19 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-846 1) If I run it each time the user logs in will it pin the app multiple times to their taskbar and start menu??

2) I notice your path says ’1.0′, our XenApp servers are Windows 2008 R2 SP1, should it be ’2.0′??
I assume this module gets placed into each of our XenApp servers.

Our current login script applies to all domain users on several different Windows OSes — it only maps network drives and can’t be taken out etc.

3) Should I learn how to make this module/script run ONLY when they are logging into one of our XenApp servers??

Otherwise XP or 2003 will throw errors when they can’t execute the module??

4) Will this module work if I specify a shortcut instead of an *.exe?? (I don’t need people getting messages about Office needing to install things, smile, we just want to pin IE, word 2010, excel 2010, outlook 2010 to both taskbar and start menu plus windows explorer to start menu only)

This blog appears to say shortcuts are better to use:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/04/08/pin-items-to-the-start-menu-or-windows-7-taskbar-via-script.aspx

“Update 28 April 2009 – This post originally had the sample scripts pinning the executable (calc.exe) directly. A colleague of mine pointed out that it would be better to pin the Start Menu shortcuts for items instead of directly pinning the executable. This should be done because shortcuts for Windows Installer applications are special. Launching applications using their Windows Installer shortcuts can, for example, initiate a repair of the application it if is needed. So I have changed all the samples to point to shortcuts. I have also rewritten the attached script as an MDT script and add added a function library that allows the CSIDL (constant special item ID list) values for “special” folders to be used a variables in the item path.”

Thank you for taking time to respond…your script is easier than the one in the blog if I can get it to work properly…

Thank you, Tom

]]> By: Jan Egil Ring http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-845 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:33:18 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-845 No, you could run it only once per user if needed. However if the user unpins a program the program won`t be re-pinned if the script is`n run for every logon.
You can place the psm1–file in the following folder on a terminalserver: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PinnedApplications

]]> By: Tom http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-844 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:25:39 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-844 Must this script run every time the user logs in??
Where should the *.psm1 file live so it can be called by a logon.bat script when people log in to a XenApp server??
Thank you, tom

]]> By: Jan Egil Ring http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-843 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:06:43 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-843 To be able to launch several exe-files I guess you`d have to put them in a cmd/bat-file. I haven`t tested pinning cmd/bat-files, however it is possible to do it manually when holding Shift + right click on the file so it should also be possible to automate the process.

]]> By: Martin http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-842 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:48:23 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-842 I need to set a pinned icon that launches two executables, e.g. “C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net\SIMSLoad.exe” “C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net\Pulsar.exe”, is it possible to do this?

]]> By: Jan Egil Ring http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-816 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:34:05 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-816 Honestly I don`t know, but I`d guess it`s possible since you can do it manually by using shift+right click. I`ll let you know if I find out.

]]> By: Jonathan http://blog.powershell.no/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-806 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:22:59 +0000 http://janegilring.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell/#comment-806 Is there a way we can pin non-exe files to the Start menu as well? I understand that you go through the verbs , find the “Pin to start menu” option and execute it. This option only appears for .exe files. (I know that if you shift+ right click , you will see these alternative actions for non-exe files.)

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