

TIP: To launch websites quickly, there is another way – Add the Address Bar to the Taskbar.ABeldecos thank you, your method is the only one that worked for me (Windows 10, Chrome.

You may then want to change the icon of the newly created shortcut. Here replace with the URL of the site or the web page.Ĭlick Next, give the shortcut and name, and complete the process. In the Type the location of the item field, type the following path: %windir%\explorer.exe microsoft-edge: If Edge is not your default browser, but you want to open a web page using Edge, right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. Now when you click on it, the web page will open in Edge. You may want to change the icon of the newly created shortcut.

In the Type the location of the item field, type the URL of the web page, say: Ĭlick on Next, give the shortcut and name and complete the process. Let’s say you have set Edge as your default browser. Right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. To create a desktop shortcut to open a website or a web page directly you can also follow the usual way to create a desktop shortcut and change its icon. Create web page shortcut using Create a desktop shortcut wizard TIP: You can also create a Keyboard Shortcut to open your favorite Website.

But Edge, Chrome, and Firefox do not offer this context menu option. To create a web page desktop using Internet Explorer, one needed to do open the URL, right-click a blank space, and select Create shortcut and the desktop shortcut would be created.
