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Thanks for link. Got it to work fine but found easier to copy existing shortcut for non office exe and change rather than use wizard.
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Thanks for link. Got it to work fine but found easier to copy existing shortcut for non office exe and change rather than use wizard.

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I have an access program installed (ade) with access runtime and can set up a desktop shortcut to run this with a custom icon.<br />
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However when I drag this onto the taskbar in windows 7 &amp;&nbsp;8 it sets it up with the access icon and so that you need to right click on the icon and select the file to run.<br />
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Is there a way I can set it up so there is a custom icon on the task bar that starts the ade directly i.e. just click it with no right click options.
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I have an access program installed (ade) with access runtime and can set up a desktop shortcut to run this with a custom icon.

However when I drag this onto the taskbar in windows 7 & 8 it sets it up with the access icon and so that you need to right click on the icon and select the file to run.

Is there a way I can set it up so there is a custom icon on the task bar that starts the ade directly i.e. just click it with no right click options.

Changing icon and functionality for access 2010 ade on taskbar

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.

Microsoft Access

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.