I'd love the ability to pin Metro apps to the task bar.
In the meantime, a free third-party tool called OblyTile will let you do this:
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-pin-modern-metro-apps-to-the-taskbar/
The download link on that tutorial page is broken, but you can get it here:
http://www.xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Other/Oblytile
JohnB
Stardock offers it. Download ModernMix. It works.
You can also run the apps in a normal window.
RichardBeal: Thanks, I already have ModernMix, but didn't know it supported this feature. Thanks!
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