Windows 7 - Jump Lists - Pin or Unpin Items

   Information

Jump Lists are lists of recent items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you use to open them. In addition to being able to open recent and frequent items using a Jump List, you can also pin favorites to a Jump List, so you can quickly get to the items that you use every day.

This will show you how to pin or unpin items such as recent and frequent items, files, folders, and websites to your Jump Lists in the Start Menu and taskbar in Windows 7.

The same items appear in a program's Jump List on the Start menu and on the taskbar.

   Note

On a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Jump List of an application may disappear permanently when you use the application to open or save a new item. This issue occurs when there are 999 items in the Jump List already.

Installing the update at the link below resolves the issue and enables the displaying of the Jump Lists.

A Jump List is not displayed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if the list contains more than 999 items

1. Open the Start Menu, and do either step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

2. To Pin a Item to a Jump List in Start Menu

A) Open the pinned or recent program's jump list, and click on the pushpin icon of a recent or frequent item you that want to pin to this list. (see screenshot below)

3. To Unpin a Item from a Jump List in Start Menu

A) Open the pinned or recent program's jump list, and click on the pushpin icon of a pinned item you want to unpin from this list. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Open the pinned or recent program's jump list, right click on the pinned item that you want to unpin, and click on unpin from this list. (see screenshot below)

1. To Pin a Item to a Jump List on Taskbar

A) Right click on a pinned program's icon on the taskbar, and click on the pushpin icon of a recent or frequent item that you want to pin to this list. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Drag a file icon or shortcut to the taskbar until you see the pin to.... type message like below, and release. This pins the item to the program's Jump List, and also pins the program to the taskbar, if it isn’t pinned already.
NOTE: Folders are considered Windows Explorer items, and appear in the Windows Explorer Jump List when pinned or opened.

2. To Unpin a Item from a Jump List on Taskbar

A) Right click on a pinned program's icon on the taskbar, and click on the pushpin icon of a pinned item you want to unpin from this list. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Right click on a pinned program's icon on the taskbar, right click on the pinned item that you want to unpin, and click on unpin from this list. (see screenshot below)