Learn how to pin or unpin program, app, file, folder, library icons to Taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 11 using the context menu.

Windows makes it easy (although not obvious) to customize the Taskbar with custom icons. You don’t need a third-party app, just the icon files to replace the defaults.

You can pin applications and files to your Windows taskbar to allow you to access them quickly and easily.

Drag it to the taskbar -- you should see a tooltip that says Pin to Windows Explorer -- and release. Now, right-click the Windows Explorer folder icon in the taskbar, and you'll see the pinned ...

The Windows Explorer icon on the Windows 7 taskbar gives you easy access to your Libraries, but it's more likely that you want to go to a specific folder or even the root of a particular drive.

Did one of your Taskbar icons suddenly disappear? Fear not: it's easy to get it back, and in fact to pin any other program icon down there.

In today's episode we'll show you how to pin a program to your taskbar in Windows 7. The taskbar is the long bar that shows your active applications on the bottom of your screen.

In Windows 11, your app icons are centered by default, icons are smaller, and a Quick Settings panel has been added. Here's how to master the Windows 11 taskbar (or make it look more like Windows 10).