How to determine what process a taskbar icon invokes

Phillip Richcreek 870 Reputation points
2026-07-17T04:31:40.4966667+00:00

I have reason to believe that incepting a given taskbar icon does not invoke the process to which I assigned it.

Thanks for your help,

PR

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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DaveM121 914.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-07-17T05:13:32.2933333+00:00

If that is a taskbar icon you have created yourself, open File Explorer.

Paste this into the address bar and press Enter:

shell:User Pinned\Taskbar

In the resulting folder, you will find the icons you have pinned to the taskbar.

Right click an icon and select Properties.

On the resulting Properties dialog, in the Target box, you will find the process and any arguments associated to the Taskbar icon.

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Senthil kumar 1,730 Reputation points
2026-07-17T04:50:51.4466667+00:00

Hi @Phillip Richcreek 

Get-StartApps | Select Name, AppID
Name                                                 AppID
----                                                 -----

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