Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: Create a shortcut quickly
• Method 2 of 2: Create Shortcut Wizard
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Do you want to open a website from your desktop without launching your browser? To do this, you need to place a shortcut to the site on your desktop. It takes no more than 5 minutes to create such a shortcut!

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Create a shortcut quickly

1. 1 Launch your browser.
2. 2 Open the site.
3. 3 Right click on the site.
4. 4 Select Create Shortcut from the menu.
5. 5 A window will open.
6. 6 With the message: "Add a shortcut to the desktop?" Click Yes.

Method 2 of 2: Create Shortcut Wizard

1. 1 Open the site.
2. 2 Highlight the site / page address.
3. 3 Right-click on it and select "Copy" from the menu (or press Ctrl + C).
4. 4 Open your desktop.
5. 5 Right click on the desktop and choose New from the menu.
6. 6 Click Shortcut (Windows) or Link (KDE).
7. 7 The Create Shortcut Wizard will open.
8. 8 On the Specify Object Location line, right-click and click Paste (or press Ctrl + V).
9. 9 Click Next.
10. 10 In the "Enter shortcut name" line, enter a name for the shortcut.
11. 11 Click Finish.

Tips

• Be sure to add http: // to the site / page address.
• If the site is not open, its icon will not appear on the shortcut.

Warnings

• A site opened from the desktop can open in a window / tab with an already open (other) site.

What do you need

• Computer
• Access to the Internet
• Free space on your desktop
• Windows / KDE