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Why latest emacs version don't support Windows 7 taskbar?

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Mar 15, 20264767 views
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I have downloaded latest emacs for Windows here, but starting it on Windows 7 shows a taskbar icon that ignores right-click and so can't be pinned I have searched Google and found a lot of bug reports for emacs not supporting Windows 7 taskbar and that it's a bug fixed in version 23.1+. Current ver…

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Fix for: Why latest emacs version don't support Windows 7 taskbar?

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I think I've found a way though I have no idea why it works... Instead of dragging the emacs icon from the folder to the taskbar (which will duplicate icons), open 'runemacs.exe' with no pre-existing icon in the taskbar. Now right click on the icon …

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