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.

Nah, not fixed. Same error. And now the workaround I posted is also broken...

edit: the workaround works again after a reboot.

edit2: this is offtopic, but this latest beta introduces lots of issues when moving a maximized window to another monitor with a hotkey. It flashes and often is not maximized or disappears behind another window.

Sorry for all the edits. I know every edit sends an email to people...

I moved back to the previous beta (25) which doesn't have that issue. I'll wait for the next beta (27) and if that also has this issue I'll see if I can make a video of it.

And it's not really flashing, but after a switch to another monitor it's resizing for a couple seconds and sometimes it maximizes correctly, but sometimes it doesn't. And if you switch quickly between monitors it sometimes disappears behind another window.

Also the monitors I'm switching to have different resolutions. One is 1920x1080, the other is 1680x1050. That might be part of the problem, I don't know.