Pin to taskbar problem

[ags1234]

BowPad 3.9.4
Windows 11 24H2

Start BowPad with double click on BowPad.exe.
Right click on taskbar and select Pin to taskbar.
Close BowPad. A corresponding button remains on the taskbar.

Expected behavior:
BowPad can be started again from the taskbar.

Observed behavior:
Nothing happens when the user presses the button on the taskbar.
Other apps do not have this problem.

[stefankueng]

works fine for me here.

on the BP icon in the taskbar (when it's not running), hold down the shift key and richt-click on it, then from the context menu select "properties". That will show you the info of the shortcut you created by pinning it to the taskbar.
Maybe the path is wrong? Or something else?

[ags1234]

Yes, indeed, the path to BP was wrong.
I realized that at first I unpacked BowPad to a temp directory to test it.
Then I moved BP directory from that temp location to a different location.
Now when I pin BP to the taskbar, the path that is stored there is the path to the first temp location, where there is no BP anymore. Strange behavior.

In the hope I would correct the config and make BP forget older paths, I deleted the following files: mru, ribbonsettings, settings. But this did not correct the problem, the pin is still created with that temp path.

Can't really figure out what is happening here, it is the first time I see pinning does not work for a software. Does BP store settings in the registry?

[stefankueng]

search the registry for "BowPad". The taskbar remembers paths of apps that get pinned.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppLaunch
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\ShowJumpView
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\JumplistData
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store

are all candidates to store such info.
Haven't checked the HKLM hive, but there may be the same paths

[ags1234]

I have searched the whole registry and couldn't find any reference to the directory that gets pinned and that does not exist anymore. Also, I have made some tests pinning Notepad++ and others. Every time I moved their directories, the pinning was done correctly. The problem seems limited to BowPad.

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On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM Stefan Küng ***@***.***> wrote: search the registry for "BowPad". The taskbar remembers paths of apps that get pinned. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppLaunch HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\ShowJumpView HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\JumplistData HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store are all candidates to store such info. Haven't checked the HKLM hive, but there may be the same paths — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#410 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFAJYOLHGKX2ZNNVK4QBC632UP27TAVCNFSM6AAAAABYFAJEFCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMRWGQYDKOJQG4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> [image: stefankueng]*stefankueng* left a comment (stefankueng/BowPad#410) <#410 (comment)> search the registry for "BowPad". The taskbar remembers paths of apps that get pinned. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppLaunch HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\ShowJumpView HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\JumplistData HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store are all candidates to store such info. Haven't checked the HKLM hive, but there may be the same paths — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#410 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFAJYOLHGKX2ZNNVK4QBC632UP27TAVCNFSM6AAAAABYFAJEFCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMRWGQYDKOJQG4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>