PinUtil : Pin To TaskBar And StartMenu Utility

PinUtil : Pin To TaskBar And StartMenu Utility

Usage1: PinUtil (TaskBar|StartMenu) File ["File 2" "File 9"]

Ex1: PinUtil TaskBar %windir%\System32\calc.exe %AllPrograms%\Accessories\Paint.lnk
Ex2: PinUtil StartMenu "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" "%windir%\System32\calc.exe"

Usage2: PinUtil Config ConfigFile [Section]    (Default Section=PinUtil)

Ex: PinUtil Config %windir%\System32\PintUtil.ini

PinUtil.ini (Limited To 9 Elements For TaskBar And StartMenu):
[PinUtil]
StartMenu1=%AllPrograms%\Accessories\Paint.lnk
StartMenu0=%WinDir%\Explorer.exe
TaskBar0=%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe
TaskBar9=%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe

Usage3: PinUtil Pecmd ConfigFile [SubSection (Default=PinUtil)]   (_SUB SubSection)

Ex: PinUtil Pecmd %windir%\System32\Pecmd.ini PinUtil

Pecmd.ini
_SUB PinUtil
PINT %AllPrograms%\Accessories\Paint.lnk,StartMenu
PINT %WinDir%\Explorer.exe,StartMenu
PINT %SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe,TaskBar
PINT %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe,TaskBar


Environment Variables are Available As Well As:
%StartMenu% ($Start_Menu), %Programs%, %ALLPrograms%, %Desktop% ($Desktop), %QuickLaunch% ($Quick_Launch)

Support: StartIsback, Start10, Start8, Open-Shell, Classic Shell, Explorer7ForWin8, Windows 7 StartMenu

It behaves ~like Explorer's Context Menu
If an item is not pinned, check if the option is available in Explorer context menu 
You Cannot Pin Applications from a Removable Media...

A big thank to JFX for the base code, the core    I couldn't have done it without

Yes it gives the appearance of explorer.exe and so the the "pin to taskbar" item
will show up in context menu, bypassing MS simple trick to hide it.

 PinUtil_v1.3.0.7z (73.92 kB - downloaded 65 times.)  - 2019-09-20

Thanks will give this a try in XPE

I updated PinUtil v1.3.0 with support for Pecmd syntax added
Use and example on the 1st post

Hey @Chris

I am trying to understand how this works with Pecmd.ini as well PinUtil.ini

Is it better to use PinUtil.ini and if so if you use Ex: PinUtil Config %windir%\System32\PintUtil.ini does XPE write the pins to the correct ini file?

Basically im trying to get explorer.exe to behave correctly. Now if you click on the shortcut it opens another windows.

Hope i am clear.

Yes, there are a lot of posts on this, in real Computer
PinUtil gives the same result as choosing Pin To Tasbar from Explorer Context Menu. It is the same also by using PinTool.exe
Try on your computer to Pin To Taskbar %windir%\explorer.exe from explorer Context Menu

To pin without having a new tab or icon, it must be pinned from the taskbar jumplist from the running application (explorer in the example here) or with drag and drop a shortcut.
I don't know if there's a way out of doing it manually

One way to do this is possibly to save the shorcuts manually pinned and the registry

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband
and .lnk from
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

And add them to the build. But, it's manual, it can't be automated

Is it better to use PinUtil.ini and if so if you use Ex: PinUtil Config %windir%\System32\PintUtil.ini does XPE write the pins to the correct ini file?

No XPE AddPin macro is defined to write in pecmd.ini section PinUtil

is it possible to pin KeyboardLayout.cmd and set an icon?

StartMenu0=%WinDir%\System32\KeyboardLayout.cmd,%WinDir%\System32\shell32.dll#173

I do not think the AddPin Macro allows for Parameters

There is not hard work for that, It is just LINK+PIN combine, few lines code.
Just in the mood of the developer, if they will offer the interface for that.

if you can't wait, WinXShell.exe(Lua) command has the interface:

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Taskbar:Pin('cmd.exe', 'KBLayout', '/c KeyboardLayout.cmd', 'shell32.dll', 173)
Startmenu:Pin('cmd.exe', 'KBLayout', '/c KeyboardLayout.cmd', 'shell32.dll', 173)

There is not hard work for that, It is just LINK+PIN combine, few lines code.
Just in the mood of the developer, if they will offer the interface for that.

if you can't wait, WinXShell.exe(Lua) command has the interface:

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Taskbar:Pin('cmd.exe', 'KBLayout', '/c KeyboardLayout.cmd', 'shell32.dll', 173)
Startmenu:Pin('cmd.exe', 'KBLayout', '/c KeyboardLayout.cmd', 'shell32.dll', 173)

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I love you guys but you are way smarter than me.

How can I implement it? I'm not using winxshell.