Windows 10 PinToTaskbar does not work

More Windows 10 fun. Trying to get a nice customized image for deployment. In the past I have used the verb “taskbarpin” and a RunOnce script to put icons on the users Task Bar.
For example:

$ShellApplication = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$result=$ShellApplication.Namespace("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office").ParseName("Microsoft Outlook 2010.lnk").InvokeVerb("taskbarpin")
$result=$ShellApplication.Namespace("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office").ParseName("Microsoft Word 2010.lnk").InvokeVerb("taskbarpin")
$result=$ShellApplication.Namespace("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office").ParseName("Microsoft Excel 2010.lnk").InvokeVerb("taskbarpin")
$result=$ShellApplication.Namespace("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office").ParseName("Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.lnk").InvokeVerb("taskbarpin")

Well, with the current build/set of patches, it no longer works. That was a waste of a day!

Here is the bug filed with Microsoft Connect:

Pint To Taskbar no longer working

Hope that helps someone.

One Response to Windows 10 PinToTaskbar does not work

  1. dave October 12, 2015 at 4:25 pm #

    … Ah right, Well that explains my previous query then.