I have some pinned entries in the Jumplists for various of my Taskbar-pinned programs:
I want to re-order those pinned entries. Is there any way to do so?
Drag-and-droping does nothing, alas.
I have some pinned entries in the Jumplists for various of my Taskbar-pinned programs:
I want to re-order those pinned entries. Is there any way to do so?
Drag-and-droping does nothing, alas.
Jump lists are created automatically when a user interacts with the system, doing such acts as opening applications or accessing files, are stored in the folder:
%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\
They all have cryptic names based on the application id (APPID).
For example, the one for Explorer is
f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms
.
An automaticDestinations-ms
file is a Structured Storage file and cannot
easily be read in Notepad or the like.
You may use for that the
Jump List View utility
from NirSoft, where the "Application ID" column contains the APPID.
This app fails to give the name of the application itself, but you may infer it from
the item's file-path.
The files themselves are in COM Structured Storage format that is hard to read and even harder to update.
The entries can be read and modified by a utility such as Structured Storage Viewer, but they are displayed in hex, so this is not an easy task. There also exist libraries for programs needing to access these files.
For more information, read the article Windows 10 Jump List Forensics.
A utility that can do more is the Jump List Manager, whose usage is also explained in this tutorial. It was conceived for Windows 7, but still works in Windows 10.
You can't change the order of the items in the jump lists of taskbar. But there is a workaround to do so. First unpin all items from the jump list. Then pin all items again in your order. I know, this process is a bit lengthy and time consuming, but i can't find any other way.