You should see File Explorer in the list of search results. Right-click it, then choose Pin to taskbar. Presto! When you return to the Desktop, you'll see your beloved File Explorer icon.

Pinning the Windows File Explorer on the Taskbar makes it very easy to have ready access to folders & files. The process has been explained here.

You can pin applications and files to your Windows taskbar to allow you to access them quickly and easily.

To add Drag and Drop support for Windows 11 taskbar, download this tool from github.com. It is a portable tool so just execute its EXE file to launch it.

Microsoft has released the newest Windows 11 Build 25163 to the Dev channel insiders today. As usual, the new build brings plenty of changes and improvements, as well as bug fixes.

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Today I thought it might be a good idea to give a short refresher on how to pin stuff to the taskbar -- which might avoid the need for an add-on like Piles to begin with.

All you have to do is hold down the Shift key while dragging a file to an icon on the taskbar, and the tooltip will change to say "Open with" instead of pinning to the taskbar.