Windows 7: Cannot pin application to the taskbar

Question

Note: Since the superuser is also a wiki, here is the solution to a problem i had. Others will have the same problem too.

"I cannot pin an application to the taskbar in Windows 7."

Answer 1

You cannot pin an application or shortcut to the taskbar if it contains any of the reserved words:

• Documentation
• Help
• Install
• More Info
• Readme
• Read me
• Read First
• Setup
• Support
• What's New
• Remove

This list is stored in the registry:

KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \SOFTWARE
    \Microsoft
     \Windows
      \CurrentVersion
       \Explorer
        \FileAssociation

AddRemoveNames  REG_SZ  Documentation;Help;Install;More Info;Readme;Read me;Read First;Setup;Support;What's New;Remove

In my case i could not pin our bug tracking application HelpDesk to the taskbar.
So i renamed my shortcut to HalpDesk.

See also

• Application that won’t Pin to Taskbar in Windows 7
• KB282066 - Frequently Used Programs Not Automatically Added to the Start Menu
• .NET 3.5 Pin to Taskbar Missing