Any way to pin an .xls file to explorer icon on taskbar

[DaGrandMastah]

I have an xls file that I frequent a lot and was hoping I could pin it to the explorer icon on my taskbar. I know I can pin it to the taskbar under the excel icon but I don't need an excel icon on my taskbar to clutter it up. Is there any way to pin it to the explorer icon instead?

 

[logicearth]

Pinning to the taskbar is for applications, not files. That is the dealio.

 

[reghakr]

Create a shortcut to it and pin that to the taskbar.

 

[garysgold]

Hello DaGrandMastah,

Welcome to 7 Forums.

If you have windows explorer pinned to the taskbar, you could make a shortcut that was pinned to it. Unfortunately a shortcut won't pin to the taskbar itself.

Gary

 

[reghakr]

That;s funny because I just tried it and it worked.

 

[DaGrandMastah]

I'm not looking to make it it's own shortcut on the taskbar. I was hoping that I could add it as a link/shortcut within the windows explorer menu (when you right click on the explorer icon) but it won't allow me. The only thing it lets me do is pin to excel on the taskbar but I don't want/need an excel icon on there.

 

[reghakr]

I'm not getting you, where do you want the icon to appear?

Can you provide a screen shot?

 

[Dinesh]

Sadly, the option is not available to pin any .xls to taskbar.

 

[DaGrandMastah]

I'm not getting you, where do you want the icon to appear?

Can you provide a screen shot?

I was looking to add it to the explorer icon. Right where my pointer is in the below pic.

 

[DaGrandMastah]

bump

 

[DaGrandMastah]

one more time

 

[reghakr]

You can only pin a shortcut to the taskbar, but you've already been told this.

 

[logicearth]

I was looking to add it to the explorer icon. Right where my pointer is in the below pic.

No you won't be able to do that. Windows Explorer does not open files. The jumplist attaches files to there executing program, not to random hog-poges.

 

[reghakr]

Do you want the icon to go to the Libraries or just open up the c: drive?

 

[DaGrandMastah]

Do you want the icon to go to the Libraries or just open up the c: drive?

I wanted it to go under the pinned section of the icon. When I right click on the explorer icon, I was hoping I could have that file there under all the pinned folders. It could even be under the frequent section.

 

[reghakr]

Sorry, I just don't think it's' possible.