Taskbar Shortcut Icon Problem

I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in the
taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Bill

On 7/1/2011 3:47 PM, Bill wrote:
> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in the
> taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
> Bill

You are on an area on the task bar where you cannot drop the icon. There
is a >> symbol on the task bar that you'll have to drag to the right so
you can open up the drop zone on the task bar.

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:47:34 -0700, Bill wrote:

> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in the
> taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
> Bill

Since when I drag a shortcut to the Taskbar I get a flag saying "Pin
this item to taskbar", I concur with Big Steel's diagnosis.

But another method in Windows 7 is to start the program, then right
click on the resulting icon in the taskbar and select "Pin this program
to taskbar". Later, you can relocate it to your preferred location by
dragging it with the mouse.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Bill wrote:
> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in
> the taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

If you want to place a shortcut to an executable on the taskbar
directly, just right click on the shortcut and select "Pin to Taskbar."
If you want to put it in a separate toolbar, you can drag and drop into
the toolbar area.
--
Crash

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:21:19 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

> Bill wrote:
>> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in
>> the taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
>> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
>> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
> If you want to place a shortcut to an executable on the taskbar
> directly, just right click on the shortcut and select "Pin to Taskbar."
> If you want to put it in a separate toolbar, you can drag and drop into
> the toolbar area.

Why do youse guys keep finding easier ways to do things than the ones I
know about?

In other words, thanks for that suggestion.

:-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 02/07/2011 04:16, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:21:19 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in
>>> the taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
>>> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
>>> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>>
>> If you want to place a shortcut to an executable on the taskbar
>> directly, just right click on the shortcut and select "Pin to Taskbar."
>> If you want to put it in a separate toolbar, you can drag and drop into
>> the toolbar area.
>
> Why do youse guys keep finding easier ways to do things than the ones I
> know about?
>
> In other words, thanks for that suggestion.
>
> :-)
>

WEll, that's an open invitation to practise that it's better to give
than to receive.

I do a lot of this; putting items in the Start/ All Programs list.
I used to just navigate in Windows Explorer to the folder and drop
things in there. But I recently found a cool way. You can drag from a
folder directly into the list; mouse over Start orb, All Programs etc.
even using the scroll bar to get to the right place. Provided you don't
take your finger off the left mouse button, Windows opens the road ahead
and displays messages about where you are.

Ed

Hi "Crash",

Thanks for your suggestion but when I right click on the shortcut
icon, I do not see a "Pin to taskbar" option! I'm using Win7, 64-bit
system.

Bill

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:21:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Bill wrote:
>> I've created shortcuts to several programs and want to put them in
>> the taskbar. Normally, you just simply drag the icon to the taskbar.
>> Lately, however, when I drag the icon to the taskbar, it shows a red
>> circle with a slash through it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
>
>If you want to place a shortcut to an executable on the taskbar
>directly, just right click on the shortcut and select "Pin to Taskbar."
>If you want to put it in a separate toolbar, you can drag and drop into
>the toolbar area.

Bill wrote:
> Hi "Crash",
>
> Thanks for your suggestion but when I right click on the shortcut
> icon, I do not see a "Pin to taskbar" option! I'm using Win7, 64-bit
> system.

What program does your shortcut point to? Is it an executable?
--
Crash

Atheism is a matter of faith, too.

The three are: FileLocatorLite, Convert, and 123 Free Solitaire. All
three are executable files! The one interesting fact about these three
is that when I was able to get them in the taskbar, all three would
remain until about the second or third computer restart, then all
three icons in the taskbar would change to "white" icons and I'd have
to start the process all over again. Now I can't seem to get them to
the taskbar at all!

Bill

On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:52:38 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Bill wrote:
>> Hi "Crash",
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestion but when I right click on the shortcut
>> icon, I do not see a "Pin to taskbar" option! I'm using Win7, 64-bit
>> system.
>
>What program does your shortcut point to? Is it an executable?

Bill wrote:
> The three are: FileLocatorLite, Convert, and 123 Free Solitaire. All
> three are executable files! The one interesting fact about these
> three is that when I was able to get them in the taskbar, all three
> would remain until about the second or third computer restart, then
> all three icons in the taskbar would change to "white" icons and I'd
> have to start the process all over again. Now I can't seem to get
> them to the taskbar at all!

Sorry. I don't have any of those, and it is hard to tell what they are
with no extensions. I do have FileLocatorLite under a different name:
Agent Ransack. When I locate "AgentRansack.exe" in Explorer and right
click on it, I get the "Pin to Taskbar" option, which works fine. I can
also create a shortcut and pin that to the taskbar. I don't know why you
cannot. Perhaps some security software is interfering.
--
Crash

I always thought Mensa was a Japanese import.