adding shortcut to a desktop

[kia cat]

I'm clearly having a senile moment [again!] how do I put a icon onto a desktop which would be a quick link to a particular website. eg if I just wanted to open AB, how would I got about pasting that on the screen? [running an aged Windows Vista home basic] Thanks

[albaqwerty]

I've just got AB in my Bookmarks (or favourites) links.
How are you and Mrs Kia, hopefully you're both well xx

[bibblebub]

Copy the URL from the address bar, then right click on the desktop and in the menu that appears you'll see New which (when you put your mouse over it) will reveal the Shortcut option. Select that and paste the URL into the first form asking for location and once you've done that and selected Next then you can call it whatever you like.

[rojash]

In your browser, go to Website in question.

Firefox: There is a little globe icon that appears to the left of "www" in the address bar. Click and drag it to the desktop

Chrome: There is a little page icon to the left of "www" in the address bar. Click and drag it to the desktop.

IE: There is a little icon (either a page with the E logio, or the favicon for the site) to the left of "www" in the address bar. Click and drag it to the desktop.

[bibblebub]

thanks rojash - i've never been in the habit of clicking and dragging other than when moving things around on the desktop, maybe i should try it more often

[sunny-dave]

Well you learn something new every day - thanks Rojash, excellent answer

dave

[vivandorron]

As rojash has said....Click and drag to desktop.

You will require a blank area on the screen to release the icon. So you will need to 'restore down' the page before clicking and dragging off the icon.

It's a simple matter and I have an icon which takes me directly to my Profile page in AB. I never log-out from AB and as a result I get immediate access into the site, without having to 'Sign-in'.

Ron.

[TheOtherHalf]

I too have it on my favourites (bookmark) as it is one of my favourite websites

[vivandorron]

No searching and less clicking if you have an AB page as a desktop short cut icon.

Ron.