Policy

Do not allow pinning programs to the Taskbar

This policy setting allows you to control pinning programs to the Taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot change the programs currently pinned to the Taskbar. If any programs are already pinned to the Taskbar, these programs continue to show in the Taskbar. However, users cannot unpin these programs already pinned to the Taskbar, and they cannot pin new programs to the Taskbar. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can change the programs currently pinned to the Taskbar.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Start Menu and Taskbar
Policy ID a8e236395460
Internal name NoPinningToTaskbar

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoPinningToTaskbar (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoPinningToTaskbar (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to control pinning programs to the Taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot change the programs currently pinned to the Taskbar. If any programs are already pinned to the Taskbar, these programs continue to show in the Taskbar. However, users cannot unpin these programs already pinned to the Taskbar, and they cannot pin new programs to the Taskbar. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can change the programs currently pinned to the Taskbar.

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