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Pin Krita on the taskbar

By Max

tow methods of pinning on the taskbar

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First method: Pin Krita without tracking hours

Seconds method : Pin Krita with tracking hours.

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First method: Pin Krita without tracking hours

right click on Desktop
New > shortcut

Copy-paste (or change it if you installed Krita in a different place)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Krita\krita\bin\krita.exe"
press Next
Give it a name and press "Finish"
drag and drop it on the "taskbar"

Done <3

Seconds method : Pin Krita with tracking hours.

the result will look like this (one icon in default but it will become a double Icons when running the app)

1- Creating a Folder

go create a folder in a safe place

2- Making a file batch

Create a new text file
Open the file via notepad
Copy-paste
start steam://rungameid/280680
save it
change the file name to "Start Krita.bat"

3- Make a new shortcut for the file "Start Krita.bat"

create a shortcut and name it like this

cmd /c "full path to your batch file"
name it "Krita.exe" and press "Finish"

4-Change the icon

left click on "Krita.exe" then press "Properties"
go to "shortcut" tap then press "change icon"
Click "browser" and go find your original Krita.exe by steam
mine on
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Krita\krita\bin\krita.exe
chose the Icon and press "ok"

5-Pin it to taskbar

right click on our "krita.exe. -> "pin on taskbar""

6-Optional:hide the floder

right click on the folder and put a checkmark on "Hidden"

done have fun with drawing

thanks to this guide:
https://www.easytechguides.com/pin-a-batch-file-to-the-taskbar-or-start-menu-in-windows-10/

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Neeps 22 Mar, 2023 @ 3:58am

Thanks for the guide! Helps a ton! For anyone having troubles with getting it to pin on Windows 11, add "explorer.exe" in front the path to your batch file (step 3 of the guide).

Site where I found the fix for Windows 11:
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LotFrat 15 Mar, 2023 @ 1:52pm

Oh, didn't know that, thanks

Max [author] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 11:00am

@UnderFire yeah right that works, however wont track your time

LotFrat 7 Mar, 2023 @ 10:24am

all you actually need to do is: while using Krita, right click on the icon of the task bar and click pin to the task bar

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