what manner of gheiness is this?

[TdC]

why can't I pin a batchfile to the taskbar in win7?


I know the trick to open the hidden folder that allows you to drop stuff in directly, but if I do that with a batch file I can see it in the folder but the taskbar refuses to show the icon. wtf?

reason: I use multiple languages in my win7 setup. my artsy-fartsy proggy Gimp autodetects them and for some odd reason always starts in Dutch even though my main win language is English. Now I can read that strange Dutch language as well as the next half-dutch-half-scots person, but I FRIGGIN HATE IT IN MY PROGRAMMES

so, I have a batchfile that sets Gimp's environment to en (lang=en) and starts it. this works. why does it not pin to the taskbar? aaargh!

[Jupitus]

Could it be a security of batch file issue? I know doze considers batch files 'unsafe' in various contexts... any options on that somewhere?

[TdC]

it's prolly something tricksy like that. it also won't do it if I link to the batch. also, editing the original link to reflect the lang=en thing after the command fails too :/


edit: I realized that I can remove all the other languages from Gimp except english. hur hur not nice but problem sorted. Still, I'd prefer the more elegant way

[Dukat]

I thought this thread was supposed to be about Guinness!

FOR SHAME!

[Wazzerphuk]

Originally Posted by TdC

I know the trick to open the hidden folder that allows you to drop stuff in directly, but if I do that with a batch file I can see it in the folder but the taskbar refuses to show the icon. wtf?

What's that trick? I want to drop a PC shortcut there but when I try it just forces me to have that ghey libraries link instead, meaning I have to right click before left clicking pc, that's far too many clicks!

[TdC]

the trick may not work for you Wazz.

there's an alternate here:
Workaround to Pin My Computer, Documents, Recycle Bin or Any Folders to Windows 7 TaskBar (Pin to Windows Explorer Alternative) My Digital Life

and the original trick is thus:
start task manager and choose "New Task (Run...)"
type "shell:user pinned" in the text box
a folder will open containing some stuff, one folder in it is taskbar.

enjoy!

[Wazzerphuk]

Top stuff Teeds! Cheers

[TdC]

npiez Wazz, hope it works for you

[soze]

From another forum not my work

I played some more and figured out how to do it.

* First, pin a shortcut for cmd.exe to the taskbar, using the method SoonerSkeene told us about above.
* Right click the shortcut on the taskbar.
* You will see a list that includes "Command Prompt" and "Unpin this program from the taskbar".
* Right click the icon for cmd and select properties.
* In the box for Target, go to the end of "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" and type " /C " and the path and name of the batch file.

You can also change the Icon or click the General tab and change the name of the shortcut if you wish.

[TdC]

ooh better method, cheers! when I tried putting the batch in the task bar direct it wouldn't display on screen but your method is differrent