Pinning website shortcuts to the taskbar

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Hi:
I'm trying to pin a Gmail shortcut and a few forums shortcuts to the taskbar, but I'm not having any luck doing this.
I'm able to pin programs to the taskbar without a problem though so I'm wondering if somebody can tell me how this can be done in Win 7 Ultimate.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
It would show up if you right click the Internet Explorer icon

EDIT: The way to do this would simply be to save them as a favorite on the favorites bar and then drag them over the IE icon and drop them there
 

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Instructions for Gmail shortcut pinnable to
taskbar:

Right click desktop and highlight "new", then over to "shortcut"
To open Gmail in IE type in the location: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox
To open Gmail in Firefox type in the location: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox
(the quotes are necessary)
Then assign it an icon and you can pin it to your taskbar. This will work for any internet address for your other shortcut needs.
 

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It would show up if you right click the Internet Explorer icon

EDIT: The way to do this would simply be to save them as a favorite on the favorites bar and then drag them over the IE icon and drop them there
Thanks, but that doesn't help me to put an icon on the taskbar the way I could do in XP.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Instructions for Gmail shortcut pinnable to
taskbar:

Right click desktop and highlight "new", then over to "shortcut"
To open Gmail in IE type in the location: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox
To open Gmail in Firefox type in the location: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox
(the quotes are necessary)
Then assign it an icon and you can pin it to your taskbar. This will work for any internet address for your other shortcut needs.

Thanks, but I don't quite understand your instructions. Are you telling me to type in the following in the address bar of Internet Explorer, or are you telling me to right click on the Desktop>New>Shortcut and then type it in there? Either way this doesn't work for me.
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
You create a new shortcut as descripbed. Then right click it and open the properties (if it's not open already after creating it), then you type in the above information into the "target" edit box.

What you are doing is creating a program shortcut to launch IE or FF and passing it the URL of the page you want to load.
 

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Hi I have the same problem but your solution do not work for me cause I have already all my browser pined on my task bar. Previously I had both chrome and gmail pined on task bar. Sinced I changed my computer I did'nt find the way to do it again.
Can you help ?
 

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Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
MAC with Parallels
OS
windows 7 professionnal 64 bit
Found this solution on Youtube.

Open Chrome. Click on Apps in Browser Bar or Address Bar (ribbon at top of screen). This opens with set of
icons including M icon for Mail. Click on that - check Taskbar - click create.

Worked like a charm for me.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Mesh
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade designed for Windows Vista
Browser
Internet Explorer
nb to above.

I don`t like Google much but somehow ended up installing it and its collection of extras. It was worth it for this !
 

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PC/Desktop
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Mesh
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Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade designed for Windows Vista
Browser
Internet Explorer
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