How to remove a dead item from the taskbar?

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Hi,

I'm using Start 11 on Windows 11.
I was playing around and trying to pin a .bat file to the taskbar and ended up with the dead icon, which I cannot remove.
It looks like this - https://imgur.com/dWZeW9n
When I click on it, nothing happens, right-click does nothing.
It's also not in this folder C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\
So my question is how to remove that icon from the taksbar?

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Have you tried, restart explorer.exe or rebooting the system?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, several times, it did not help. Maybe you could tell where the order of the task bar items is stored? I could check if something is there as I can move that item around.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I am not sure where those are located. However, I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Solution, which worked for me:
- Uninstall Start11 (not delete the settings)
- Unpin the icon (the right click and unpin was working for the icon from the Standard Windows 11 taskbar)
- Install Start11.