IIRC it changed with Seven's taskbar, which removed the Quick Launch section, basically unifying it with the usual taskbar buttons (similar to how the Dock work

IIRC it changed with Seven's taskbar, which removed the Quick Launch section, basically unifying it with the usual taskbar buttons (similar to how the Dock works in macOS) To be clear, an API for pinning apps now exists[0], but it asks confirmation to the user [0]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/pin-to-taskbar https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/pi...