Windows 10 Pin to Taskbar is grayed out, Unable to pin to taskbar error

Q: How do I pin an application in the taskbar if the option is not there when I right click?

A: It turns out that if you application or the shortcut that points to it refers to a removable media or a network location then the option does not appear.

Workaround:

  • Copy the app locally temporarily.
  • Make a shortcut.
  • Pin the shortcut to the taskbar
  • Change the shortcut in the taskbar (make it point to the network app.)
  • Clean up the local app & shortcut you used to do the above step.

Let me know if this worked for you. We tested it with some apps and it solved the issue.

 

Bob “CTOBOB”