Public/Add-ItemToTaskBar.ps1
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<# .SYNOPSIS Creates an item in the task bar linking to the provided path. .PARAMETER TargetFilePath The path to the application that should be launched when clicking on the task bar icon. .PARAMETER IgnoredArguments Allows splatting with arguments that do not apply. Do not use directly. .EXAMPLE Add-ItemToTaskBar -TargetFilePath "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" #> function Add-ItemToTaskBar { param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)][string] $targetFilePath, [parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true)][Object[]]$ignoredArguments ) try { if (test-path($targetFilePath)) { $verb = "Pin To Taskbar" $path = split-path $targetFilePath $shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application" $folder = $shell.Namespace($path) $item = $folder.Parsename((split-path $targetFilePath -leaf)) $itemVerb = $item.Verbs() | ? {$_.Name.Replace("&","") -eq $verb} if($itemVerb -eq $null){ Write-Host "TaskBar verb not found for $item. It may have already been pinned" } else { $itemVerb.DoIt() } Write-Host "`'$targetFilePath`' has been pinned to the task bar on your desktop" } else { $errorMessage = "`'$targetFilePath`' does not exist, not able to pin to task bar" } if ($errorMessage) { Write-Warning $errorMessage } } catch { Write-Warning "Unable to create pin. Error captured was $($_.Exception.Message)." } } |