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I would like to prevent regular users from pinning/unpinning shortcuts to the taskbar by enforcing a selective GPO that would be bypassed for administrators. Is it possible?

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  • but why? Taskbar is each user's preferences so they should be allowed to do their own customizations
    – phuclv
    Commented Sep 16, 2023 at 0:22

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You may disallow (un)pinning to the taskbar, but that will apply to all users including administrators. An administrator will need to disable this policy in order to (un)pin tasks.

Here is how :

  • Run gpedit.msc
  • Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
  • Double-click "Do not allow pinning programs to the Taskbar"
  • Select "Enabled"
  • Click Apply and then OK.

You may also choose to do the same for the policy "Do not allow pinning Store app to the Taskbar".

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  • Thanks! In this situation, is there not any way to selectively enable a rule for a specific set of users only? That looks like a serious Windows limitation to me.
    – Sebastien
    Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 21:45
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    I don't know of such a specific policy. I suspect Microsoft didn't implement one.
    – harrymc
    Commented Sep 16, 2023 at 8:06

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