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This script is useful for new setups / onboarding. It will locate Excel.exe, Outlook.exe, and Winword.exe
It will then ‘pin’ the shortcuts to the Taskbar

This uses the free syspin.exe utility from: http://www.technosys.net/products/utils/pintotaskbar


 

<#
This script is useful for new setups / onboarding.  It will locate Excel.exe, Outlook.exe, and Winword.exe
It will then 'pin' the shortcuts to the Taskbar
* This is currently only for 32bit MS Office
#>
 
# Detect 32/64 bit windows
if ([System.IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) { $winBit = "" } else { $winBit = " (x86)" }
 
# Get Path for Excel, Word, Outlook
$myfile = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files$winBit\Microsoft Office" -Include excel.exe -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Excel = $myfile.DirectoryName + "\" + $myfile.Name
$myfile = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files$winBit\Microsoft Office" -Include winword.exe -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Word = $myfile.DirectoryName + "\" + $myfile.Name
$myfile = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files$winBit\Microsoft Office" -Include Outlook.exe -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Outlook = $myfile.DirectoryName + "\" + $myfile.Name
 
 
# Pin Icons
c:\temp\syspin.exe $Excel c:"Pin to Taskbar"
c:\temp\syspin.exe $Word c:"Pin to Taskbar"
c:\temp\syspin.exe $Outlook c:"Pin to Taskbar"