HowTo: Attach via Group Policy and PowerShell taskbar items and solve

In this extensively tested HowTo is about, in a Windows domain with Windows 7 Elemente customers (Shortcuts) on the taskbar automatically via Group Policy or adhere to can also solve. This can be realized with a PowerShell script (.ps1) and GPO, that when the user logs, The script starts.

Windows PowerShell

This howto therefore includes the following points:

  1. PowerShell script for attaching elements
  2. Powershell scripts allow for testing
  3. PowerShell script to release of elements
  4. Path for x86 and x64
  5. Create a Group Policy to distribute the PowerShell scripts
  6. More Links

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HowTo: Windows 7 Explorer Jump List disappeared

Since yesterday I was at the Windows Explorer shortcut in the taskbar no Jumplist (Jump List) more. There were "last used" and do not display any elements of pinned items. Dissolving and re-attaching the link did not change. Well, I thought, A reboot solves the problem safely – Forget it! Have repeatedly neugebootet, also without success.

None of the above "solutions" worked, Therefore, I have in TechNet-Forum Microsoft scanned and've found it:

This process deletes all the fixed elements of the task bar, but the functionality of the Windows Explorer Jump List will return later:

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