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Pin to 8

Software: Sergey @ Friday 2013 February 01 - 23:40:01
Pin to 8, formerly known as Start Screen Pinner - the universal pinner software for Windows 8. It can pin anything to the Start Screen or Taskbar in Windows 8. Finally it got the possibility to pin anything to Taskbar!


Latest version is 1.1.0.0, the change log is available below.
With our Pin to 8 you will able:
  • to pin ANY file regardless of its type;
  • to pin ANY folder;
  • to pin drive;
  • to pin Control Panel items, all them including some hidden like God Mode/All Tasks, Network Connections;
  • to pin Libraries;
  • to pin Shell Objects like Run command, "Show Desktop", Window Switcher;
  • to pin any folders or files with drag and drop. Drop them on application window.


Note this pinning tool works properly in Windows 8 regardless of UI language.


Pin to 8 in action




Change log


1.1.0.0
  • Fixed a bug in "already pinned" check
  • New command line options are implemented:
    "Pin to 8.exe" /t c:\DWM\DWMLoader.exe - pins DWMLoader.exe to taskbar.
    "Pin to 8.exe" /s c:\DWM\DWMLoader.exe - pins DWMLoader.exe to Start Screen.

1.0.0.1
Provided x64 version, which contains most complete list of "Special Items" of Windows 8 x64.

1.0
Initial release, based on Start Screen Pinner

Pin to 8 is a portable application and doesn’t require to be installed. Just unzip and run it.

Download: Pin to 8

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Comments
alex|04 Oct
Guest


motivates not see that you can create shortcuts in the menu to tile windows 8 metro OblyTile keep using that is better than this.

Sergey |04 Oct
Comments: 369


I understand nothing from your comment except OblyTile

David|09 Oct
Guest


Great Work! A commadline option to pin link would be perfect for IT admins!!!

Gaurav|16 Nov
Guest


Yeah a cmd line option would be great for pinning to Start screen. Taskbar Pinner for Windows 7 has it.

sebas101|24 Nov
Guest


Still cannot pin Steam game (shortcut) to homescreen... i don't understand why because they are URL and you can pin URL shortcut :( can you add that feature soon ?! it would be amazing :d no need to go to desktop or steam to launch a game !

thanks|22 Dec
Guest


A dream come true. Windows 8 suddenly makes sense. Thank you.

nicklemarr|05 Jan
Guest


Does not work on any version of Windows 8 I try. I also tried the old version. Please update.

Sergey |05 Jan
Comments: 369


it works properly here
Can you share more details?
What is your OS language?
What you have tried to Pin? Please tell the full path of file.
Where you tried to Pin: Start screen or taskbar?

slyrcc|17 Jan
Guest


Pin to 8 1.0.0.1 can not run in Win8 OS<Chinese (Simplified)>,but 1.0.0.0 run normal

Sudhir Dudeja|20 Jan
Guest


it doesn't work i tried to pin computer on my task bar but it crash

Mvd|24 Jan
Guest


Hello, what is the commandline for this tool? Is there an option to run this every logon without having duplicate items?

Thx for the good work!

Sergey |24 Jan
Comments: 369


There is no command line for this tool.
The command line was "dumbed down" while it grows up from "taskbar pinner" to currect implementation

Jeff Alessi|07 Feb
Guest


Is it possible to add "windows\fonts" fonts folder to the taskbar in Windows 8?


Thank You

No Excel support|07 Feb
Guest


I tried to pin a special excel file I use daily to the Taskbar, using a custom icon. It doesn't work. The Win 7 version of this worked flawlessly, until you added a routine that checks to see if it is being used on 7 or 8. Losers.

Sergey |16 Feb
Comments: 369


Pfff, they have exactly they same source base under the hood.
Look for the troubles at your side.

sss|24 Feb
Guest


win8 language polish pin don;t work well

Tom|02 Mar
Guest


Windows 8 with german language. I try to pin a program from my nas with unc path. The result is a shortcut to my local temp folder. Then I tried with a local program, but with the same result. All pinned shortcuts go to my temp folder. And yes, I use the last version for win8.
Thx for your help

Sergey |05 Mar
Comments: 369


Hello Tom
I very sorry about this issue.
I will try to resolve it as soon as I reproduce the bug.

r0k|19 Mar
Guest


Hi. It would be nice to have an option to change display name of the pinned items. Some applications insist on having generic executable names like "launcher.exe" so being able to change the name of the Start Screen shortcut would be nice.

For anyone willing to so this as long as a direct rename option has not been included : once you added your shortcut you can right click it and you'll have an option to "open the file location", from there you can simply rename the file the old way. It works great for normal files, didn't test for special folders or libraries.

Jojo|03 Apr
Guest


I have the same problem with my German Windows 8 version.
All Icons link to my C:\Temp folder where i find files like "Run....exe" or "All Tasks.exe". The filesize is always 0.

I should mention though, that i set my temp path variable to "c:\temp".

Tom|05 Apr
Guest


Hi Jojo, I'm sure that the temp variable isn't the fault. I did the same like you. But I switched it back to the default folder with no success. Always the same issues. I've a win7 + 8 pc with the same problems. The only solution is to copy the real path to the .exe file and edit the wrong link in the taskbar (shift+right mouse button). You can copy the path during the search dialog from pinto8. Quick and dirty but it works.

Ragnar|06 Apr
Guest


Thank you Sergey! It's working great for me. Microsoft should hire you since apparently they aren't smart enough to figure this out for themselves.

Tom|16 Apr
Guest


OK, my last post was a mistake. Now I had a little bit time to check the conditions more exactly. The Pinto8 and also Taskbarpinner works only correct if the user temp variable set to "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp". All other variations are going wrong. The system temp variable is no matter.

Raven|27 Apr
Guest


I have to say thank you very much for this simple portable program
that I was hoping for to just Pin a folder to the Taskbar. Thank you
again and thanks for creating it

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