title: Pinning advertised shortcuts on the taskbar in windows 7
body: <p>My application launches using an advertised shortcut in the Windows Start Menu. This means the shortcut doesn't link directly to my exe, though the exe is ultimately what runs. </p>
  
  <p>My problem is: when I right click the shortcut in the Windows 7 taskbar and select Pin to Taskbar, and then launch my application, I end up with two icons in the taskbar. (So the running app does not re-use the existing taskbar icon.) Does anyone know how to fix this?</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, the choice of using an advertised rather than a direct shortcut is not up to me. </p>
  
  <p>By the way, there is another way to pin a program to the taskbar in Windows 7: right click the icon of the running application. If I do it this way, I don't end up with the duplicate icons, so I'm fairly certain the problem is the advertised shortcut.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Amy</p>