Icon To Taskbar ((full)): Add Desktop

Therefore, adding a desktop icon to the taskbar often means: Extract the target of the desktop shortcut, and pin that target.

The folder appears as a cascading menu on the Taskbar (not a pinned icon, but a dropdown). For a single-click folder icon, create a shortcut to explorer.exe "C:\path\to\folder" , then pin that shortcut’s target. add desktop icon to taskbar