If an app is already open, its icon will appear on the taskbar. Right-click that icon and select Pin to taskbar to keep it there after you close it. Advanced Pinning: Folders and Websites

He had heard the IT guy, Sarah, talk about it once. "If you use it more than twice a day," she had said with the gravitas of a shaman, "it belongs on the bar."

Whether you are using the latest Windows 11 or the classic Windows 10 interface, the process is straightforward: