How To Drag Files to the Taskbar to Open Them in Windows 7

By 20/01/2012How To

I’ve always dropped files directly into the Quick Launch bar allowing me to quickly and easily open them in the application the shortcut points to, however Windows 7 now no longer allows you to do that – by default at least.

So now, when you try and drag a file onto the taskbar it offers to *Pin to application* for you rather than allowing it to be opened.

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If you right-click the taskbar button, you’ll see that now that file has been pinned there with it either not opening, or being asked if you want to open it.

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What you need to do here is hold the shift key while dragging the file to the taskbar button. It will now change to *Open with Application* instead of being pinned.

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Just a very simple tip,  but one that can save you a lot of time. We hope this helped.

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