Pinto10V2 Has Stopped Working Windows 8.1 As Well

If not, change your beginning command from pinto10.exe to the full path of the application (serversharefolderpinto10.exe).

When I found out that my method of pinning programs to the taskbar was broken in the newer releases of Windows 10, I was predictably unhappy.

See, the Microsoft UI team made the decision that certain actions should be limited to actual user choices.

These actions include invoking the pin to taskbar verb in the previously mentioned script.

We can simply substitute our pinning script with a small pinning executable that is able to bypass the verb restriction.

Pinto10V2 Has Stopped Working Windows 8.1 As Well

Because this solution works on Windows 8.1 as well, we dont have to worry about maintaining separate settings for multiple operating systems.

The utility was created to solve this Microsoft Connect bug.

Note the quotation marks around the file path and around the file name.

Items are pinned in the order that they appear in the script.

In our sample script, Outlook is pinned first and PowerPoint is pinned last.

Dont worry about editing the pinto10.exe path.

We are going to place it and the script with our GPO.

PinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013 PTFILE:Outlook 2013.lnk.

PinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013 PTFILE:OneNote 2013.lnk.

PinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013 PTFILE:Word 2013.lnk.

PinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013 PTFILE:Excel 2013.lnk.

PinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft Office 2013 PTFILE:PowerPoint 2013.lnk.

Create or edit a GPO that will apply to your users and navigate to User ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsScripts.

For efficiency, Martin Binder (Group Policy MVP) suggests distributing these files to the client first and pointing the script to the local instance of the file.

This setting applies to computers and can be set in any general computer GPO.

Be sure to add a comment so future you can remember why this was set.

With a GPUpdate for the computer and a logoutlogin for the user you should now be able to pin items on your Windows 10 (and older) operating systems.

C:WindowsPinTo10.exe PTFOL:C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficerootOffice16 PTFILE:WINWORD.EXE PinTo10.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.