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I have to view the Windows services often and would like to pin the "View Local Services" to the Windows 7 taskbar somehow. It doesn't work when I try to drag it from the start menu, nor can I drag a shortcut to it.

Is there another way to do this?

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Yes.

Right-Click the Services icon under Start Menu->Administrative Tools, and select Pin to Taskbar from the dropdown menu.

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  • Perfect! This will be helpful for other things too.
    – Chris
    Oct 1, 2009 at 15:28
  • Indeed. Note also the Pin to Start Menu item on that drop menu. And also note you can do this to about any shortcut or executable. If you right-click an executable under Windows Explorer for instance, you can select any of these two options which will generate a shortcut for you and immediately pin it.
    – A Dwarf
    Oct 1, 2009 at 15:34
  • Works in Windows 10, too. Open the Start Menu, start typing to search for your program, right click and pin to Start Menu or Taskbar.
    – Suncat2000
    Feb 20, 2017 at 18:33
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In Administrative Tools you can right click the icon and pin it directly to the taskbar.

Or

Right click on desktop -> New shortcut

point it to services.msc and pin to taskbar.

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This was different on my machine, which is Windows 8.1 Pro. Here's what I had to do to enable Administrative Tools to be shown in the metro Apps screen (as well as in the Windows search results):

  1. Go to the Start screen
  2. Open the Charms bar (WinKey + C is one way)
  3. Go to Settings -> Tiles
  4. Enable "Show Administrative Tools"

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