![]() Now I believe there is something wrong in the way the desktop works with browsers in the latest versions of Windows 10. Only then I can reach the desired destination.īut – attention, please! – strangely enough, if I drag this or other "defective" URL shortcut from the desktop into Chrome or Maxthon (not Edge), they open the pages correctly! URL = https: //To go to the correct address, I have to copy the URL of the last line and paste it into the navigation bar. But by clicking the shortcut to open it in Chrome, the result is as follows.įile: /// C: /Users/Paulo/Desktop/Kindle%20PC.urlĪnd the content on this page shows the following: To give you an example, I created a shortcut that way for the Kindle for PC upgrade page. The problem: Chrome now opens the shortcut by displaying a local address on the navigation bar, not the page URL anymore – nor the page itself. I checked on the Chrome forum to see if the problem came from this browser, but other guys with the same version both of Chrome and Windows 10 Pro had no such trouble, and one said that maybe Windows is the culprit. BTW these latter two browsers let me select the URL only, but I can't drag it, when I try to do this the selection is lost. It also doesn't work OK if I select and drag the URL to the desktop (another easy way to do that), the same with Maxthon, Edge, and IE. When the shortcut is created via Chrome (default browser), it works correctly. NB: I'm not talking about creating a shortcut through the Chrome menu, but only by the procedure above. Use the mouse context menu on the desktop Copy the URL from the browser address barĢ. You will now see the website tile pinned to your Windows 10 Start Menu.It has always been easy to create a shortcut to a URL on the Windows desktop using the following procedure:ġ. Else drag-and-drop it on to the Start Menu. Right-click the website icon and from the bottom menu, select Pin to Start. ![]() Now open your Start Screen and go to the All Apps view by clicking on the “down” arrow at the bottom left side of the start screen. Open the desktop version on Internet Explorer and press Alt+T to open Tools. Pin a website shortcut to Start using IE # Right-click on it and select Pin to Start. To quickly access this folder open Run and type shell:programs and hit Enter. In that window, hover your mouse cursor over the address bar at the top of the window, and a small plus (+) icon will appear on the far left side. While still holding the mouse button down, move the pointer to the desktop, then release the mouse button. Then place it in the following hidden folder: To make a desktop web shortcut on a Mac, first open a Safari browser window and navigate to the site you want to create a shortcut to. To do this manually you click chrome options -> More Tools -> Add to Desktop You then need to click open as window and Add, and chrome will save the app to the desktop, and it will open in fullscreen. Open the website in your favorite browser, and drag and drop its favicon to the desktop. ![]() Navigate to your favorite page and click the icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. The following method will work for all web browsers including Firefox and Opera. How to create a desktop shortcut with Google Chrome 1. Source: Command line options - Mozilla MDN. Edit your shortcut to include the -new-window command line option: -new-window URL. ![]() Pin a website shortcut to Start Menu using Firefox or Opera # Im trying to set it so that it always opens in a new window/instance of the browser. Now open Start > All apps, and locate the shortcut you placed. Once this is created, cut and paste the shortcut in the following hidden folder: Pin a website shortcut to Windows 10 Start Menu using Chrome # Pin website shortcut to Start Menu using Edge browser #Įdge makes it very easy to pin the shortcut.
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