How to Drag Files to the Taskbar to Open Them in Windows 7
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always dropped files directly on the quick launch buttons to quickly and easily open them in the application the shortcut points to, but now Windows 7 doesn’t let you do that—by default, at least.
When you try and drag a file onto a taskbar button in Windows 7, you’ll be prompted to “Pin to Application”, instead of opening the file.
If you right-click the taskbar button, you’ll see that now that file has been pinned there.
What you need to do instead, is hold down the Shift key while dragging the file to the taskbar button, and it will change to “Open with Application” instead.
It’s one of those simple tips that can seriously save you some time.
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I don’t have Windows 7 – can you not simply double click the file to open it with it’s associated application? I don’t see why this is a particularly important function (in any version of Windows, actually).
Nice one!
i guess if u wanted to open a file that wasn’t associated with that program?
Yeah, you can open one file. How about 20 html files dumped into Dreamweaver? It does not work. I just found this out. I’m in disbelief. Someone prove me wrong.