And if we don't have the source (Skype, Canabalt, TeamViewer, uTorrent, etc) we won't know the AppID either. So, we still have to tell users 'No, you can't just pin the app' for nearly every app.Īnd we can't find out the AppID of an app without analyzing the source (can we?), so we can't set it in the launcher and even provide the work-around of telling users to drag and drop Notepad++Portable.exe to your Windows 7 task bar and that will pin it. And we can't tell Windows that when they pin it, it should really pin Notepad++Portable.exe. We can't alter the AppID of Notepad++.exe (may be a bad example, because, like many of these apps, it will probably never have a manually-set AppID, but let's assume it does). I understand your willingness to help, but I'm still missing entirely how this will help with, say, Notepad++. As you probably figured out, an empty value disables it. Pass an AppID on the command line with the '-win7appid=my.app.id' parameter.

Edit/disable the default AppID on the add-on's options page.For FirefoxPortable: replace 'Windows7AppID' with the desired AppID (or an empty value for disabling) in your.If you want to costumize or disable the AppID setting, you can the following: That's when you should pin the program to the taskbar. By default, the first run of FirefoxPortable will show you a dummy message box. If done as I said, you need not do nothing: both applications will default to the AppID 'Mozilla.Firefox'. If you can, you should check and compile it yourself: a little paranoia can be healthy when running native code from random people on the internet. The DLL provided as a compiled version, but source code is also included. Or just use the provided compiled executable. Afterwards, compile FirefoxPortable.nsi with NSIS. You can use TortoiseMerge, WinMerge, or any other software you prefer. Apply the provided patch (on FirefoxPortable 1.6.6.0's source) containing the needed changes.Use a Firefox extension coupled with a native DLL, interfacing through XPCOM, to set Firefox's appID on start.

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