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DMilkes
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March 11, 2014
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Standalone RH10 has no Windows 7 taskbar functionality

  • March 11, 2014
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I just got a slightly rude awakening today. I had to give up my license for TechComm suite and just have RoboHelp 10. Now I can't pin the RH icon to the taskbar, nor do I have the usual options when right-clicking the window indicator that does appear on the taskbar when a project is open. All I can do is close the window:

Is there a way to get the taskbar functionalities back for the standalone RH 10?

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    March 12, 2014

    You say you cannot pin it but then show you have, albeit not with full functionality. It works as expected on the machines I have looked at so it might be worth deleting this icon and trying again.

    If you right click the icon in the start menu, there should be a Pin to Taskbar option. Try that.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

    @petergrainge

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    Willam van Weelden
    Willam van Weelden
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    March 12, 2014

    It's a Windows thing: you're not allowed by default to pin items with

    Help in the name to the taskbar.

    There are two solutions:

    • Change your shortcut name. See

    http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2012/09/adobe-robohelp-pining-to-pin.html

    • Change your registry to remove this limitation altogether. See

    http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2009/Oct/08/Application-that-wont-Pin-to-Taskbar-in-Windows-7

    Kind regards,

    Willam

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    DMilkesAuthor
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    March 12, 2014

    Thanks, William. I renamed the shortcut and I was able to pin it. And I can open more than one window from it.

    That restricted list for pinning has to be the most ridiculous Windows quirk in a long time.

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