# Quickly jump to any vault from the Windows taskbar **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [September 27, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quickly-jump-to-any-vault-from-the-windows-taskbar/106183 "2025-09-27T06:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![blue\_emperor](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@blue\_emperor](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/blue_emperor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quickly-jump-to-any-vault-from-the-windows-taskbar/106183/2 "2025-09-27T07:49:28Z")
> [@Windows Taskbar Recent List of Vaults](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/windows-taskbar-recent-list-of-vaults/2949): > > I like that Typora and many other document-oriented apps show a list of recent files on windows when you right-click the icon in the taskbar. That makes it really easy to browse and open projects without having to open the app and use its main interface to find the project and open it. Here’s an example. I wouldn’t want to see individual markdown files in this recent list, but rather the recent vaults that I’ve used. I don’t think this functionality can be accomplished in a plugin, … > [@Add recent vaults option when right-click on the shortcut in taskbar](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/add-recent-vaults-option-when-right-click-on-the-shortcut-in-taskbar/39488): > > Use case or problem when I write in multiple vaults , i must open ‘a’ vault and switch to ‘b’ vault if i want to write in ‘b’ vault. Proposed solution It would be great to have recent vaults option . For example , like vscode or idea . > [@List recent Vaults in taskbar menu](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/list-recent-vaults-in-taskbar-menu/43806): > > Please add recent Vaults into taskbar menu as it works in some IDE’s (VSCode as example). Main idea that each vault is different project and I want quick run vault right from pinned icon [image] > [@Windows: Pinning vaults to Taskbar](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/windows-pinning-vaults-to-taskbar/46224): > > I have a good idea for Windows. I have several vaults and occasionally open them all regularly, but I want to avoid merging them because they are area different. How about opening them directly by right-clicking (for right-handed people) in the taskbar, like Firefox does? Feature idea [2022-10-26\_17-03-18-086\_t6CrX - Kopie] Like Firefox [2022-10-26\_17-16-03-457\_4BGbk] > [@Ability to pin vaults to taskbar similarily to Chrome profiles](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/ability-to-pin-vaults-to-taskbar-similarily-to-chrome-profiles/65761): > > Use case or problem Currently, Obsidian’s behavior wrt multiple vaults is somewhat inconsistent. If you have it pinned to the taskbar, when you boot it, it opens the vault that was last open let’s say Vault 1. If you now open a second one, it opens in a new taskbar icon. This is fine, but the behavior is inconsistent: If you close Vault 1 and open it again, Vault 1 doesn’t open in the pinned Obsidian icon, but as a second window of the temporary icon Vault 2’s window lives in. Proposed solution … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/quickly-jump-to-any-vault-from-the-windows-taskbar/106183)._