This method can be modified to pin virtually any folder to the taskbar with its own button. If you would like to use different icons you can also change the icon of the shortcut before pinning it.

Within Windows 7 you can pin applications within the Start Menu to the main menu.  To bring this feature outside of the start menu to the folders and files of your Windows 7 machine, all that is needed is a simply registry change. Open regedit.exe by opening the start menu and type “regedit.exe” (without quotations) [...]

Shell commands are incredibly useful when creating shortcuts or quickly accessing hard to get to locations. They can be used to pin shortcuts to the Taskbar or just to make your life easier.  For those that are preceded by “Shell:” when using them in shortcuts you need to add “explorer.exe” in front of them.  It [...]