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Suffice it to say that this utility can be executed simply by launching the exe file. What this utility does is not important in the scope of this example (I talk more in depth about it in another article).

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I have created a small test-scenario on a Windows 7 computer to show you how the problem appears.ДЇor this test scenario, I have used a small utility called bulletpassview, which comes as a single, executable file, called bulletpassview.exe.

If you are unable to pin to taskbar and you are running Windows 7, you can be almost certain that the reserved word list is whatвЂ™s causing you a headache. Now if you find it hard to believe that using a reserved word is causing the 'cannot pin program to taskbar' problem, consider this: Microsoft has changed this behavior in Windows 8. ThatвЂ™s right, not only must the program or shortcut not have one of the reserved words as a name, but also when the name *contains* one of the reserved words are you in trouble. What this actually means is that, if the program or shortcut that you are trying to pin has one of the вЂњreservedвЂќ words in its name, it will not allow you to pin it to the taskbar. Here are a few of the reserved words that are known to cause trouble: The unfortunate decision was to use a number of вЂњreserved wordsвЂќ that cannot be pinned to taskbar.

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The reason for this is a rather unfortunate decision in the Microsoft software engineer department and I can assure you that many people have spent a lot of time banging their heads against the wall trying to figure out how to solve this.

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Pin To Taskbar Windows 7 vs Windows 8 вЂ“ Problematic Behavior вЂ“ Cannot Pin Program to TaskbarДЄll of the above is of course very fine if everything works as could be expected, but there are a few exceptions, where Windows will throw a вЂњCannot pin program to taskbarвЂќ message or where you have the pin to taskbar missing in the context menu when you right-click a program icon or shortcut. Or, alternatively, you can drag the desktop icon to your taskbar and windows will help you with a вЂњpin to taskbarвЂќ command. Pinning a shortcut to taskbar basically comes down to right-clicking the icon and selecting вЂњPin to taskbarвЂќ from the context menu. You can of course also pin a desktop shortcut to your taskbar, like I also illustrate in my article on how to create a Windows 8 shutdown icon. To remove the Control Panel program button again from your taskbar, simply right-click its button on your taskbar and select вЂњUnpin from taskbarвЂќ. In Windows 7, click the Windows Start button and then select вЂњControl PanelвЂќ from the Start Menu.ДЇrom now on, the Control Panel program button will always be on your taskbar, so that it is only one click away for you to open it.

The easiest way to go about this is to open Control Panel the usual way. LetвЂ™s say, for example, you want to pin Control Panel to taskbar. However, for the sake of completeness, IвЂ™m going to go quickly over the normal steps again on how to pin to taskbar, before I show you how to address the situation if you cannot pin to taskbar. If youвЂ™ve noticed that the вЂњPin to taskbarвЂќ menu item is missing from your right-mouse button context menu when you right-click on an item that you want to pin to your taskbar, then you probably already are familiar with the pin shortcut to taskbar concept. The new article also contains a link back to this one so you can come back here easily. Feel free to check out my updated pin to taskbar article first. Therefore I have published a new, updated article with step by step instructions to fix pin to taskbar issues.

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Update 1: Some people have reported that their situation was different from the one described in this article.

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