Where is the list of pinned start menu and taskbar items stored in Windows 7

Question

What is the location of pinned start menu and taskbar items?

Is this list a registry, or a folder somewhere?

Answer 1

You can find pinned apps in:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

and for the start menu apps go to:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu

Answer 2

You can find the programs that you have pinned to the start menu at:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned

and the taskbar shortcuts are at:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

Just copying shurtcuts into these locations does not work. You can, however, add shurtcuts via the Powershell.