I've been trying and failing to pin Notepad to a taskbar. When I open Notepad and right click the taskbar icon, the resulting shortcut opens the app with a modal that says "Cannot find the C:\SESSION:<random characters>.txt file. Do you want to create a new file?" with Yes/No options. If I click Yes, it proceeds as usual with a blank document.

No matter how I try to finagle the shortcut - even pasting the notepad.exe path straight into the text box - I can't get around it. The only way to avoid it is to run as administrator, which opens a blank document with no problem. However I still have to click a button in the popup that says "Do you want to allow this app to make changes..."
Via the Windows taskbar, I use the Notepad shortcut fairly frequently for one-click quick notes. I'd like to do the same thing with the DF taskbar, but the extra click is an annoying barrier.

What am I missing?

Edited to add: I'm using DF Pro 9.9 on Windows 11 Pro build 22000.1219

Thanks, here's the file.

It's installed in the (x86) folder. Do I need to reinstall and make sure it goes in the "Program Files" folder?

Probably has nothing to do with Taskbar but with DF and/or Windows 11. Same error message here. Tried to start Notepad via Custom Script like this one ( https://www.displayfusion.com/ScriptedFunctions/View/?ID=30cda61c-e948-450d-97e1-489e29c58a85 ) and also got the same error message.

DisplayFusion is installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion", I am using the Steam version if that matters. Running Beta 22

Here's the screenshot.
If it matters, for some reason I have two versions of Notepad, at "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" and one at "C:\Windows\notepad.exe". I've tried both, with the same result.

I get the same error with the latest beta.

Yes I can only choose 'open' from the Windows Store. Notepad is installed. I use it a lot.

I am not selecting or pinning notepad.exe at all. I simply do this:

right-click taskbar -> multi-monitor taskbar -> shortcuts -> edit shortcuts -> add file -> select my .txt file

I installed DF Pro 10.0 Beta 23. I'm no longer getting the SESSION popup. Many thanks!

For reference I'm attaching a screenshot of the edit modal for the shortcut after I re-pinned Notepad (by opening the app, right-clicking the taskbar icon and choosing "Pin this program"). Also, the installer failed unless I ran it as admin. Sounds like it might be relevant.

Yes the new beta fixed it for me too! Thanks.

Well the error is back. I guess it only worked shortly after installation of the beta or something? Now I am again getting the SESSION error...

Sure.

No it is not fixed. Same error still.

As a workaround, what does work, is if I add notepad.exe as an application and as commandline argument I add the path to the txt file. However, this only works if I tag "launch as administrator". See added screenshot.