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Guide: How to fix Pinned Bing Weather to your Taskbar
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 16164" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">How to fix Pinned Bing Weather to your Taskbar</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[code]Required to use Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9, Notepad.[/code]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 1</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">If your homepage is about:tabs and you have your Bing Weather bookmarked.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/lEzxp" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/lEzxpl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 2</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Drag the Web Icon to the Taskbar.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/mOZoX" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/mOZoXl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 3</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Clicking on the newly pinned icon, will take you to Bing.com. We need to change that so it takes you directly according to your weather code.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Please leave this window open until Step 7.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/63uBj" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/63uBjl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 4</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">We need to find the file location of the pinned site, which is shown in the Properties.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/Xy1dI" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Xy1dIl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 5</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Copy that address link, so we can use it in the next step.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/5GFhb" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/5GFhbl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 6</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Launch Notepad and File > Open.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Paste the address of the location for Pinned Taskbar icons and select to show All Files (*.*), then click to open Bing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/EgPym" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/EgPyml.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><u>Step 7</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Copy and Paste the URL (from Step 1) to where it is highlighted in the screenshot below. Save and then close all open windows.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Before</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[code]URL=http://www.bing.com/[/code]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">After</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[code]URL=http://www.bing.com/weather/search?q {Location} &form {Weather Code}[/code]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/Ugfhv" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Ugfhvl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">It should now open Bing Weather with your saved URL location without using your Bookmarks, or Web Slices.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The great thing about Pinned tabs is that it saves an Icon that fits to the size of the Taskbar.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://imgur.com/OfLvf" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/OfLvfl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 16164, member: 3"] [SIZE=4]How to fix Pinned Bing Weather to your Taskbar [code]Required to use Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9, Notepad.[/code] [u]Step 1[/u] If your homepage is about:tabs and you have your Bing Weather bookmarked. [URL=http://imgur.com/lEzxp][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lEzxpl.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 2[/u] Drag the Web Icon to the Taskbar. [URL=http://imgur.com/mOZoX][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mOZoXl.png[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 3[/u] Clicking on the newly pinned icon, will take you to Bing.com. We need to change that so it takes you directly according to your weather code. [i]Please leave this window open until Step 7.[/i] [URL=http://imgur.com/63uBj][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/63uBjl.png[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 4[/u] We need to find the file location of the pinned site, which is shown in the Properties. [URL=http://imgur.com/Xy1dI][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Xy1dIl.png[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 5[/u] Copy that address link, so we can use it in the next step. [URL=http://imgur.com/5GFhb][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5GFhbl.png[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 6[/u] Launch Notepad and File > Open. Paste the address of the location for Pinned Taskbar icons and select to show All Files (*.*), then click to open Bing. [URL=http://imgur.com/EgPym][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/EgPyml.png[/IMG][/URL] [u]Step 7[/u] Copy and Paste the URL (from Step 1) to where it is highlighted in the screenshot below. Save and then close all open windows. Before [code]URL=http://www.bing.com/[/code] After [code]URL=http://www.bing.com/weather/search?q {Location} &form {Weather Code}[/code] [URL=http://imgur.com/Ugfhv][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ugfhvl.png[/IMG][/URL] It should now open Bing Weather with your saved URL location without using your Bookmarks, or Web Slices. The great thing about Pinned tabs is that it saves an Icon that fits to the size of the Taskbar. [URL=http://imgur.com/OfLvf][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OfLvfl.png[/IMG][/URL] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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