winforms - How to add Windows 7 Jump Lists to a application

Question

I want to add custom jump list entries to my application in Windows 7.

The menus I am referring to are the following.

1. Pin a application to the taskbar.

2. Now right click on the application.

3. Some applications like windows media player etc. have custom options that you can run.

How do I go about adding these to my application.

Answer 1

The Windows Team Blog has some articles about Jump Lists and other new Windows 7 Shell features:

• Developing for the Windows 7 Taskbar – Jump into Jump Lists – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Those are geared towards C++ applications, there are also managed code APIs which package those in a way a little easier accessible to .NET developers.