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I use Notepad++ for a bunch of text files. I like to pin my frequently used text files to the Notepad++ icon on the taskbar. There seems to be a limit of 18 items visible. I can pin more than 18 files but I can't see them. I have plenty of screen real estate so the jumplist/pinned list could be a lot taller. How can I increase the size of the "Pinned" portion of the jump list in Windows 7?

Note that I am NOT talking about the increasing the size of the "recent" portion of the jump list (I have that set to zero). I can find plenty of hits on adjusting the size of that, but nothing on adjusting the size of the "Pinned" list.

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Since nothing much returns in a Google search "change size of pinned jump list", your chances are slim in finding an answer soon. Great question. – Moab Oct 16 '10 at 17:51
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Google doesn't seem to have anything on increasing the pinned section, but Jumplist Launcher could possibly get the result you're looking for, albeit with a bit more work. You'd have to add all of the files you want via the program, but the end result would appear be similar to pinning them all.

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Jumplist Launcher looked intriguing but unfortunately it too seems to be subject to the mysterious 18 item limit. There's an option to change the maximum jumplist size, but, at least on my Win7 box, it doesn't work. – mhenry1384 Oct 19 '10 at 2:49
Actually JumpList Launcher seems to work after all, and even better than advertised. Run JumpList Launcher. Increase the "Max. Jumplist-Items". Hit Save. Reboot your computer. Now ALL pinned lists (not just those in JumpList Launcher) have that new size. Including the start menu, which looks a little weird when it's super tall, but whatever. Good enough. – mhenry1384 Oct 21 '10 at 4:23
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Browse to the following key in the registry editor:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ApplicationDestinations\MaxEntries

Change the decimal value of Max entries to whatever you like (the default is 17).

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Not sure what Jumplist Launcher is, but this worked great for me, thanks! – Zannjaminderson Oct 7 '11 at 15:03
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  1. Right click on the Windows orb/start button and click Properties.
  2. Click the Start Menu tab (if not already selected).
  3. Click Customize...
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  4. Set Number of recent programs to display and Number of recent items to display in Jump Lists to to something like 20.
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This also makes your start menu super tall, allows you to add more pinned programs to your start menu and more pinned programs to your pinned programs jump lists.

You don't need the jumplist launcher to do that.

I was wishing that when the limit was reached it would become a scrollable jump list like they do when you click all programs on the start menu. That would be ideal! Does the jumplist launcher do that?

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This is the correct answer. No hacks necessary. – surfasb Jul 17 '11 at 16:17
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Also, there's an optional update to the jump list that allows for more than 999 items, though who would ever want 1,000 items in their list is beyond me.

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