Yahoo Mail Icon To Quick Launch Toolbar

[telboy1938]

I have tried many ways to put my yahoo mail icon to my quick launch toolbar without success. Sky can't or wont help so I am asking you guys for assistance please. Thanks Tel

[pinkyboyid]

What version of Windows are you using?

You could try:-
- Right-click the Taskbar and click 'Lock the Taskbar' to unlock
- Assuming you have an existing Yahoo Mail Icon on your Desktop, Right-Click it and Drag to your Taskbar / Quick Launch bar and select 'Copy here'
- Right-Click the Taskbar and click 'Lock the Taskbar' to lock

[telboy1938]

When I do that I get the message it will connect to google chrome. Is this correct? Thanks in advance pinkyboyid. Tel

[pinkyboyid]

Do you currently access and login to Yahoo Mail via your Web Browser?

[telboy1938]

I have previously gone to "My Sky" and opened my email from there. Then I pasted the opened page to my Desktop which enabled me to open my Yahoo email without going back to "My Sky" again. Although I have the icon on Desktop, I can't get it to go to "Quick Launch". When I try it tells me it will "Add to Google Chrome"

[pinkyboyid]

Try the following:-

- Right-Click a blank area of your Desktop
- Select 'New'
- Select 'Shortcut'
- In the 'Type Location of item' box, enter the text
"http://login.yahoo.com"
- Click 'Next'
- Enter a name for the Shortcut of your choosing e.g. 'Yahoo Mail'
- Click 'Finish'
- Right-click the Taskbar that runs along the bottom of your screen and click the option 'Lock the Taskbar' to unlock it
- Right-Click and hold the newly created 'Yahoo Mail' icon located on the Desktop and 'Drag' it to your Taskbar / Quick Launch bar and select 'Copy here'
- Right-Click the Taskbar and click 'Lock the Taskbar' to lock

You should now have the 'Yahoo Mail' icon located in the Taskbar / Quick Launch bar that runs along the bottom of the screen.

[Buenchico]

^^^ An easier way to get the shortcut onto your desktop (which you can then drag onto your task bar, as above) is simply to go here:
https://login.yahoo.com/
Reduce the size of your browser window (by clicking on the overlapping squares at the top right) and then drag the symbol to the immediate left of where it says 'www' (in this case, a padlock) onto your desktop.

[pinkyboyid]

A few more thoughts about your problem based on Windows response of "Add to Google Chrome" when attempting to place a 'Yahoo Mail' shortcut onto the 'Quick Launch Toolbar'.

The 'Quick Launch Toolbar' is NOT the same as the Taskbar. Both are 'quick launch' but Windows treats each slightly differently.

The "Add to Google Chrome" response you are seeing indicates that you are attempting to place the 'Yahoo Mail' shortcut icon onto the Taskbar and as you have discovered does NOT accept the shortcut.

So, a couple of options,

Option 1
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To add 'Yahoo Mail' shortcut icon to the Taskbar without the need to activate the Quick Launch Toolbar, perform similar instructions as per my previous post, but enter a slightly different 'Location of item' as follows (assumes you are using the Google Chrome Web Browser) :-

- Right-Click a blank area of your Desktop
- Select 'New'
- Select 'Shortcut'
- In the 'Type Location of item' box, enter the following text (alternatively, to make it easier, suggest you highlight the following text with the mouse cursor and then use the Windows Right-Click, Copy and Paste method to enter the text exactly as shown, including the Quote marks and Space characters)

"%programfiles%\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe" "http://login.yahoo.com"

- Click 'Next'
- Enter a name for the Shortcut of your choosing e.g. 'Yahoo Mail'
- Click 'Finish'
- Right-Click and select 'Add to Taskbar'

You should now have 'Yahoo Mail' icon located in the Taskbar area.


Option 2
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As an alternative, (which you may not need if Option 1 is ok), if you have not already done so, you can opt to activate the Quick Launch Toolbar and when activated, the Quick Launch Toolbar sits alongside / integrates with the Taskbar where you can then perform the 'Drag' 'Yahoo Mail' to that Quick Launch Toolbar location.

To activate the 'Quick Launch Toolbar' there is some useful instructions at the following location showing how to perform the activation:-

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-enable-quick-launch-in-windows-10/