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win7appid

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This is a mirror of the project listed above; created so that it doesn't disappear with Google Code being shut down.

This is a fairly basic console application for setting the application id (System.AppUserModel.ID property) of a Windows 7 shortcut.

In Windows 7, taskbar items are grouped by a string known as the application id or AppId. This can be set in the shortcut that launches a program, or by the application itself. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378459%28VS.85%29.aspx for more information.

This tool allows you to pin an application and then have another application's windows group under the same icon without modifying the applications themselves. It only works if you can launch both apps via a shortcut, child processes will have the default behaviour of having their own taskbar entry.

Usage

Win7AppId <shortcut> [<new_app_id>]

If the app id is omitted, it simply prints the current app id.

Example

I made the tool so I could pin a shortcut to start a Putty session with X forwarding, start gnome-terminal and have it's X window (running under Xming) group under the pinned icon.

I issued the commands:

Win7AppId xming.lnk putty-xming
Win7AppId puttysession.lnk putty-xming

And then put the xming shortcut in my Startup folder and pinned puttysession to the taskbar.

Repository owner notes

This tool works in Windows 10; the command

Win7AppID iTunes.lnk Apple.iTunes

fixes the duplicate icon issue for iTunes. This can also be used with 7+ Taskbar Tweaker's Taskbar Inspector (see http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker for this program) to pair icons on a permanent basis, eg. Silverlight applications such as Foxtel GO, eg.

Win7AppId.exe "Foxtel GO.lnk" Microsoft.Silverlight.Offline.2704512139.foxtel-go-sw.foxtelplayer.foxtel.com.au

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This doesn't seem to work in FF4b2pre anymore.. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. update to Firefox 4.0b2pre
2. execute Firefox portable 4.0pre2 from the pinned shortcut on the taskbar
3. Firefox will open in a new icon on the taskbar

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Firefox portable should work as the regular one and not create another icon in 
the taskbar when the program launches

Will you be fixing this add on to work also on Firefox 4? Hope you do! Best 
addon ever!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 3 Jul 2010 at 12:16

Always opens shortcut in readwrite mode. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run Win7AppId on a system level installed shortcut, ex:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google 
Chrome>h:\tmp\Win7AppId.exe "Google Chrome.lnk"

What is the expected output?
Current AppId: Chrome


What do you see instead?
Error: Failed to load shortcut file



What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Using the "Jan 27, 2010" upload on win7 64bit.

Please provide any additional information below.
It should open in readonly mode if you aren't trying to set a new appid.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 13 Jul 2010 at 4:45

FF4 override appid in link 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Windows 7 Professional
2.Firefox 4
3.Have 2 Distinct Profiles

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
i try to have a 2 distinct ff4 profiles but win7 groups it!

i try to set different appid on links and it works, i mean, the pinned link 
have the appId i choose!

but seems to me that FF4 override this setting to Mozilla.Firefox.4, i got it by
http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker

so when i open the pinned ff4 with custom appid i got unpinned ff4 with 
standard appid instead... 


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 7 Professional, ff4, Win7AppId1.1

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 7 Apr 2011 at 8:33

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