How to Create Desktop Shortcuts in Windows 10

One of the best parts of Windows 10 is that it allows users to make desktop shortcuts for apps, files, folders as well as websites. Desktop icons might seem a bit old-fashioned, but they are still beneficial.

The method of making a shortcut for an application

1. Firstly, go to the Start menu of your Windows 10 device. Then, search for the application that you wish to work on by going through the Apps list. It shall be towards the left-hand section of the menu. Note that if it is present in the tiles options towards the right-hand section of the menu, then users shall be able to move it from there as well.
2. After you get it, move the application’s shortcut from the Start menu to the desktop.
3. Note that you shall be able to view the option ‘Link’ that gets displayed whenever you are moving over the screen.
4. Next, leave the mouse option for making a link of a program.

 

The method of creating a shortcut of a file or folder

For making a desktop shortcut of a file, go through the given below instructions carefully.

1. Firstly, place the file anywhere in the ‘File Explorer’.
2. Then, press the Alt key.
3. After that, move the file or folder to the desktop and put it there.
4. Next, note that the option of ‘Create Link in Desktop’ shall get displayed on the screen.
5. Then, lift the mouse button for making the link.
6. Remember that pressing the Alt key is compulsory. If you don’t press the Alt key, Windows shall display the option of ‘Move to Desktop.’

 

The method of making a Shortcut to Website

Luckily, using Google Chrome, as well as Mozilla Firefox, you shall be able to make desktop shortcuts to websites very fast. Whereas this does not happen the same in Microsoft Edge due to a few reasons. Edge doesn’t allow you to add a desktop shortcut straightforwardly.

 

How to work with shortcuts

1. Note that whatever kind of shortcut that you make, you shall do right-click later on, choose ‘Rename’ and modify the name.
2. Remember that any of the ways mentioned above can be used for making shortcuts in other folders also. Do you wish for making a shortcut to the site or else app in the Download folder of yours? Then follow the instructions carefully. Only put it to wherever you want rather than the desktop.
3. By chance if you are unable to view even a single shortcut on the desktop, then it might be hidden. Do a right-click on the desktop and select View. Then, press on Desktop Icons to get back your shortcuts like earlier.

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Kellie Minton  arrived on the cyber security scene in the early 2000s when virus and malware were still new and slowly evolving. Her longtime affair with writing with an interest in the cybersecurity industry, combined with her IT degree, has contributed to experience several aspects of security suite industry such as blogging at norton.com/setup  .