public/Add-TaskBarShortcut.ps1
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function Add-TaskbarShortcut { <# .SYNOPSIS Pin Shortcut to Taskbar .DESCRIPTION Pin Shortcut to Taskbar .PARAMETER Path Path and name of item to target shortcut. Alias: Target, FilePath .EXAMPLE Add-TaskbarShortcut -Target "c:\windows\notepad.exe" .LINK https://github.com/Skatterbrainz/ds-utils/blob/master/docs/Add-TaskbarShortcut.md #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$True, HelpMessage="Target item to pin")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias('Target','FilePath')] [string] $Path ) if (!(Test-Path $Path)) { Write-Warning "ooof!!! $Path does not exist" break } try { $KeyPath1 = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes" $KeyPath2 = "*" $KeyPath3 = "shell" $KeyPath4 = "{:}" $ValueName = "ExplorerCommandHandler" $ValueData = (Get-ItemProperty ` ("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\" + ` "CommandStore\shell\Windows.taskbarpin") ).ExplorerCommandHandler $Key2 = (Get-Item $KeyPath1).OpenSubKey($KeyPath2, $true) $Key3 = $Key2.CreateSubKey($KeyPath3, $true) $Key4 = $Key3.CreateSubKey($KeyPath4, $true) $Key4.SetValue($ValueName, $ValueData) $Shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application" $Folder = $Shell.Namespace((Get-Item $Path).DirectoryName) $Item = $Folder.ParseName((Get-Item $Path).Name) $Item.InvokeVerb("{:}") $Key3.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath4) if ($Key3.SubKeyCount -eq 0 -and $Key3.ValueCount -eq 0) { $Key2.DeleteSubKey($KeyPath3) } } catch { Write-Error $Error[0].Exception.Message } } |