Windows 7 "Pin to taskbar" feature test

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All,

One very useful feature of the new Windows 7 taskbar is the capability to
"pin" applications - keep an application's icon in the taskbar at all times
for easy access. Instead of cluttering your desktop, browsing your "Program
Files" folder or clicking through the Start menu, you can launch apps from
the taskbar with one click.

Unfortunately, Windows 7 does not support an interface for doing this
programmatically. That means, you, as a software developer, can't pin your
application to the taskbar during the installation process.

We have an experimental new feature available now to automate "Pin to
taskbar" (install) and "UnPin from taskbar" (uninstall) from a SetupBuilder
7 application. If it works, we'll add it to SetupBuilder 7 Developer
Edition.

We need a Windows 7 team to test the above feature. If you have a few
minutes, please download and test the following code-signed test installer:

http://www.lindersoft.com/projects/Win7Pin.exe

1. Start Win7Pin.exe. This is an application developed with SetupBuilder 7.

2. Press the "Install Test Pin" button (see pin1.jpg and pin2.jpg). This
will create a c:\testpin folder and copy a SB7 "dummy" pindemo.exe. And now
you should see "the magic" -- the SetupBuilder application "should" pin the
application to the taskbar (see pin3.jpg)!

3. To uninstall, start Win7Pin.exe again and Press the "Remove Test Pin"
button. This will UnPin the application from the taskbar, remove the
"dummy" pindemo.exe and remove the c:\testpin folder.

If there is any problem, please let me know.

Thank you for your help!

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

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Friedrich,

W7 Ent 64 : PERFECT
W2008 R2 64 : PERFECT

You are a genius !

JP


Merci

Cordialement - Best regards
Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

> W7 Ent 64 : PERFECT
> W2008 R2 64 : PERFECT
>
> You are a genius !

COOL! Thank you so much!!!!!!!

Friedrich

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Oh, and I'm on W7 64 bit with UAC off.

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>If you have a few minutes, please download and test the following
>code-signed test installer:

Cool - worked like a charm! RC here, I haven't got around to installing
the RTM yet.

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Hi Dave,

> Cool - worked like a charm! RC here, I haven't got around to installing
> the RTM yet.

PERFECT!! Thank you

Friedrich

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It works fine on W7-64 (final). I also tried it in XP, and it
displayed a suitable blocking message.

Mike Hanson
www.boxsoft.net

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> It works fine on W7-64 (final). I also tried it in XP, and it
> displayed a suitable blocking message.

Thank you, Mike!

Friedrich

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> All,
>
> One very useful feature of the new Windows 7 taskbar is the capability to
> "pin" applications -

Friedrich,

Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64

AND

Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x86

Works like a charm!

David

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> Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64
>
> AND
>
> Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x86
>
> Works like a charm!

Thank you, David!

Friedrich