Use PowerShell to disable Taskbar shortcut depending on Target Path shortcut

Question

Problem with some PowerShell. Basically I am trying to remove some shortcuts in the taskbar based on the path / exe shortcut file.

In the following code, I have attached shortcuts and their name from the AppData folder:

Function Get-TaskbarShortcuts
{
Begin{
  Clear-Host
        $Path = "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar"
        $x=0
      } # End of Begin

Process
    {
        $TaskbarShortcuts = Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse -Include *.lnk
            ForEach($ShortCut in $TaskbarShortcuts)
            {
                $Shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell 
                    $Properties = @{
                    ShortcutName = $Shortcut.Name 
                    LinkTarget = $Shell.CreateShortcut($Shortcut).targetpath 
                                    }
                New-Object PSObject -Property $Properties 
                $x ++
                Write-Host $ShortCut
            } #End of ForEach
        [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Shell) | Out-Null
    } # End of Process
  End{}
}

I need to change this code to remove some shortcuts ... let's say, for example, the user pinned "C: \ Windows \ notepad.exe", but called the shortcut "Name" something strange. How to remove the actual output from the taskbar (and not just delete the shortcut file)?

Answer 1

"C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" , , , . , , .

, , , TechNet Script, :

""

###########################################################################" 
 #  
 # 
 # NAME: PinnedApplications.psm1 
 #  
 # AUTHOR: Jan Egil Ring, Crayon 
 # 
 # DATE  : 06.08.2010  
 #  
 # COMMENT: Module with the ability to pin and unpin programs from the taskbar and the Start-menu in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. 
 # 
 # This module are based on the Add-PinnedApplication script created by Ragnar Harper and Kristian Svantorp: 
 # http://blogs.technet.com/kristian/archive/2009/04/24/nytt-script-pin-to-taskbar.aspx 
 # http://blog.crayon.no/blogs/ragnar/archive/2009/04/17/pin-applications-to-windows-7-taskbar.aspx 
 # 
 # Johan Akerstrom`s blog: http://cosmoskey.blogspot.com 
 # 
 # For more information, see the following blog post: 
 # http://blog.crayon.no/blogs/janegil/archive/2010/02/26/pin-and-unpin-applications-from-the-taskbar-and-start-menu-using-windows-powershell.aspx 
 # 
 # VERSION HISTORY: 
 # 1.0 17.04.2009 - Initial release by Ragnar Harper and Kristian Svantorp 
 # 1.1 26.02.2010 - Update by Jan Egil Ring. Added the capability to unpin applications. 
 # 1.2 06.08.2010 - Update by Johan Akerstrom. Added full MUI support. 
 #  
 ###########################################################################" 


function Set-PinnedApplication 
{ 
<#  
.SYNOPSIS  
This function are used to pin and unpin programs from the taskbar and Start-menu in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 
.DESCRIPTION  
The function have to parameteres which are mandatory: 
Action: PinToTaskbar, PinToStartMenu, UnPinFromTaskbar, UnPinFromStartMenu 
FilePath: The path to the program to perform the action on 
.EXAMPLE 
Set-PinnedApplication -Action PinToTaskbar -FilePath "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe" 
.EXAMPLE 
Set-PinnedApplication -Action UnPinFromTaskbar -FilePath "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe" 
.EXAMPLE 
Set-PinnedApplication -Action PinToStartMenu -FilePath "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe" 
.EXAMPLE 
Set-PinnedApplication -Action UnPinFromStartMenu -FilePath "C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe" 
#>  
       [CmdletBinding()] 
       param( 
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Action,  
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$FilePath 
       ) 
       if(-not (test-path $FilePath)) {  
           throw "FilePath does not exist."   
    } 

       function InvokeVerb { 
           param([string]$FilePath,$verb) 
        $verb = $verb.Replace("&","") 
        $path= split-path $FilePath 
        $shell=new-object -com "Shell.Application"  
        $folder=$shell.Namespace($path)    
        $item = $folder.Parsename((split-path $FilePath -leaf)) 
        $itemVerb = $item.Verbs() | ? {$_.Name.Replace("&","") -eq $verb} 
        if($itemVerb -eq $null){ 
            throw "Verb $verb not found."             
        } else { 
            $itemVerb.DoIt() 
        } 

       } 
    function GetVerb { 
        param([int]$verbId) 
        try { 
            $t = [type]"CosmosKey.Util.MuiHelper" 
        } catch { 
            $def = [Text.StringBuilder]"" 
            [void]$def.AppendLine('[DllImport("user32.dll")]') 
            [void]$def.AppendLine('public static extern int LoadString(IntPtr h,uint id, System.Text.StringBuilder sb,int maxBuffer);') 
            [void]$def.AppendLine('[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]') 
            [void]$def.AppendLine('public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string s);') 
            add-type -MemberDefinition $def.ToString() -name MuiHelper -namespace CosmosKey.Util             
        } 
        if($global:CosmosKey_Utils_MuiHelper_Shell32 -eq $null){         
            $global:CosmosKey_Utils_MuiHelper_Shell32 = [CosmosKey.Util.MuiHelper]::LoadLibrary("shell32.dll") 
        } 
        $maxVerbLength=255 
        $verbBuilder = new-object Text.StringBuilder "",$maxVerbLength 
        [void][CosmosKey.Util.MuiHelper]::LoadString($CosmosKey_Utils_MuiHelper_Shell32,$verbId,$verbBuilder,$maxVerbLength) 
        return $verbBuilder.ToString() 
    } 

    $verbs = @{  
        "PintoStartMenu"=5381 
        "UnpinfromStartMenu"=5382 
        "PintoTaskbar"=5386 
        "UnpinfromTaskbar"=5387 
    } 

    if($verbs.$Action -eq $null){ 
           Throw "Action $action not supported`nSupported actions are:`n`tPintoStartMenu`n`tUnpinfromStartMenu`n`tPintoTaskbar`n`tUnpinfromTaskbar" 
    } 
    InvokeVerb -FilePath $FilePath -Verb $(GetVerb -VerbId $verbs.$action) 
} 

Export-ModuleMember Set-PinnedApplication

Answer 2

:

Set-PinnedApplication -Action UnPinFromStartMenu -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

:

Verb Unpin from Start Menu not found.
At line:37 char:18
+             throw <<<<  "Verb $verb not found."             
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Verb Unpin from Start Menu not found.:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Verb Unpin from Start Menu not found.