Unable to pin skinstudio

Oh......Windows 7 (64 bit) is my OS

Nope, but then again..... Never tried pinning it, or any other application for that matter.

pinned to start menu with no issues. same OS.

Interesting, can't pin it to the taskbar.

Me neither, actually. Same goes for IconPackager.

Also Win7 x64

It's not a biggie for me as I have it on my dock. But I'm sure that others like to pin their stuff.

Good to know it's not just on my system. Thanks!

Does it here too 2of3, Windows 7 64-bit also.  I addressed this issue to Stardock  a couple of weeks ago and was told that there are just some apps you cannot pin is all. My IconPackager and all other apps pin just fine though, just not SKS after the last update. 

Pinned to taskbar on mine but I am using Bins so thaat couuld effect it.But I know to pin it to either it has to be done from the icon put on the desktop during installation and not the .exe in the folder or in the All Programs List.Also cant be a copy of a shortcut must be the one created during install.Not sure why!

Win7 64

Hmmm, that's odd.  When I install SKS it does not create an icon on the desktop at all.

Mine did then when I pinned it to the taskbar it took it off the desktop . I think memory is slipping LOL !!!

To my knowledge, Stardock apps don't make desktop shortcuts. I have always had to create my own. But SKS is a strange one indeed. I get no icon at all in all programs, a blank one.

I can't pin it either. Win7 32bit.

Jim check this https://forums.wincustomize.com/420954/page/5/#replies reply 101

I see Stardock icons on the screen? I can do that too, but they don't go there automatically on install. You have to make them.

Unless I'm crazy, which is possible.....

WOW. You can put it in the directory for pinned apps and it still won't show there.

C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

The only one that ever created a shortcut was Windowblinds. None of the others.

This is due to a bug in the installer that SDC and the standalone uses.  As I recall all is fine if you had installed it from Impulse.

There is a 7.4 build sitting in the queue, so I would hope that when that gets released the installer has been tweaked to resolve this problem.

I installed via SDC as far as I recall. Thanks, Neil!

Neil is good at fixing things

I have posted this tutorial in some other thread in the past that addressed this same issue. Here it is again, hope it helps.

 Here is a little tutorial you can follow to solve any "pin to taskbar" or "pin to start menu"  issues.

1.) Right-click on any open space on your desktop screen

2.) go to "New" > then choose "text document"

3.) name the text document anything you like except IconPackager, or you will end up with the same problem. I would simply name it "IP"

4.)Next you will want to change the extention from .txt  to  .exe  , so again right-click > rename. A warning will pop up asking if you really want to change the extention, say "yes"

5.) now you should see a default icon with the name "IP.exe"    > now, right click on that and you should see the options to "pin to taskbar" and "pin to start menu" options.

6.) now, after you have "pinned", go to that icon in either the taskbar or start menu or wherever you pinned it ,and right-click and choose "properties"

7.) here is where you set the path to the target program. In this case it is the IconPackager Program. so enter the path to that program in the "Target" box and also the "Start in " box. an example of the path to type would be similar to this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconPackager\IconPackager.exe"

8.) o.k. , now you should have a working shortcut right where you want it, but you still have that ugly default icon. So we want to change the icon to something more appropriate. So , once again right click on the shortcut and click on the "change icon" button. Navigate to an icon you like and apply it. I chose the IconPackager icons from the "non-mainstream" pack by iconboy, but of course it's your call.

Well, that's it. This will work for any shortcut you want to create for your taskbar or start menu. You can even create a taskbar short cut to one of your hard drives by using this same procedure. The sky is the limit. Hope this helps you.     -- Ace -

P.S - Sometimes, just truncating the name of the app will allow an easier pin to taskbar or Start Menu, as in the example above, we had to change the name from "IconPackager"  to something different , such as "IP"

That worked for sks!

Thanks Ace!