Pinning Folders. Folders work a little differently than programs and files, and I think this tends to make people think you can't pin folders to the taskbar. But you can.

The Windows 11/10 Taskbar explorer.exe shortcut icon, by default, opens the Quick Access folder. We have already seen how you can make Explorer open to This PC instead of Quick Access. In this ...

If you press the key combination Alt-Shift-Esc or right-click an empty area in the taskbar, you can launch the Task Manager ...

You can create File Explorer shortcuts in Windows 10 that will open specific folders, but there's a better way.

Pin it to the taskbar. You can pin any number of folders to the Windows Explorer folder in the taskbar. I think that Windows 7 actually simplifies file management, but YMMV.

Windows 7: Piles for Windows is a Stacks-like file management tool that places recently created or altered files in a Windows 7 jump list on the Windows taskbar for your quick-access convenience.

Press the Win + X keyboard shortcut or right-click the Windows icon in the taskbar. Type explorer and hit Enter to open a File Explorer window. Click on File Explorer to open a new app window. Rodell ...