If I launch emacs with runemacs.exe, the window in the taskbar is associated with an emacs.exe process rather than a runemacs.exe process. This means that if I pin runemacs.exe, I get two emacs icons in the taskbar. If I pin emacs.exe, I get a console. How do I have my cake and eat it?
This looks like an option:
To pin Emacs to your task bar, right-click on the Emacs icon in the task bar. Right-click on the small Emacs icon that appears, and click on Properties. Change the target to
c:\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe, and change the start directory to whichever directory you prefer.
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