How to Create a Website Shortcut on the Desktop

You can use popular browsers to create shortcuts to websites on common computers. These shortcuts will help you open specific web pages quickly.

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Use Internet Explorer or Firefox

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Open your web browser. You can apply this method on both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

If you use Microsoft Edge, you need to open Internet Explorer to proceed, because the Edge browser does not support this feature.
Regardless of your default browser, when you double-click the shortcut, the web page will usually open with the browser you used to create the shortcut.

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Go to the website for which you want to create a shortcut. Open the exact page where you want to create the shortcut. You can create a shortcut to any website, but you still need to log in if the website always requires it.

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Make sure you don’t open the browser in full screen mode. You need to see the desktop for easier operation.

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Click the site icon in the address bar and drag the mouse. You’ll see a slightly fuzzy website icon move with the mouse pointer.

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Drop the icon on the desktop. Shortcut with the same name as the website title will appear on the screen. Shortcuts can carry the website’s icon (if any).

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Double-click the shortcut. If you use Internet Explorer to create a shortcut, this web page will always open in Internet Explorer. But if you create with Firefox, the website will open in the default browser.

Using Chrome (Windows)

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Open the website with the Chrome browser on a Windows operating system computer. On Chrome browser, you can use custom icons of web pages (favicon: small image displayed before the title of the website, in the address bar of the browser). This feature is currently not available on Mac computers.

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Click the shaped options button (⋮) in the upper-right corner of the Chrome window.

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Choose “More tops” → “Add to desktop”. A new window will appear.

If you don’t see this option, the version you’re using may be out of date. Choose “Help” → “About Google Chrome” in the menu and install the latest available update.

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Name the shortcut. By default, the shortcut will have the same name as the website title. However, you can change it as you like.

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Choose to open in a window or not. If you check the “Open as window” box, the shortcut will always open in its own window, almost like an application. This is handy for shortcuts to services like Gmail or the WhatsApp messaging utility.

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Click “Add” to add the shortcut to the desktop. A new icon (similar to the website’s favicon) will appear on the desktop.

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Double-click the shortcut to open it. If you don’t select the “Open as window” feature, the shortcut will open in a regular Chrome browser window. If you select “Open as window,” the page will be opened in a separate window rather than the usual Chrome interface.

Create Shortcuts (macOS)

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Open any web browser. You can create a shortcut to a website using any web browser like Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.

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Go to the website for which you want to create the shortcut. You can create shortcuts to any part of your website, but when using shortcuts, pages that require login still need to be logged in.

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Click on the address bar. The entire address along with the site icon will appear.

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Click the icon and drag the mouse. You will see the icon and the page address move with the mouse pointer. You need to make sure you click and drag your mouse over the icon and not just the address line.

Add Websites to Dashboard (macOS)

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Open Safari browser. You need to use Safari to add many small sections of the website to the Dashboard (screen with small widgets), which allows you to easily keep tabs containing important content.

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Navigate to the website you want to add to the Dashboard. You will be able to add from a section to the entire site, but only in a static view (i.e. no scrolling up/down).

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Click the “File” menu and select “Open in Dashboard”. The web page will dim, and the mouse pointer will turn into a frame for you to limit the scope to save on the page.

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Click where you want to place the frame on the page. What is in the frame will be displayed in the panel. Place the frame where you know it will show what you’re looking for.

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Drag the mouse at the corners to resize the frame. You can adjust the frame size as you like within the window.

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Click the “Add” button to add the selection to the Dashboard. A dashboard screen with a web page snapshot will appear. You can click and drag the mouse to adjust the position of the shortcut on the Dashboard screen.

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Open the control panel to view the snapshot. You can launch Dashboard from the Launchpad app in the dock.

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Click the links in the snapshot to open them. The links you click will be opened right in Safari. For example, on a snapshot of a forum’s homepage, when you click on a link on a topic, that topic opens in Safari. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Set a web page as desktop (Windows)

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Download WallpaperWebPage. This is a free program that allows you to change your desktop into a dynamic web page. Although there are many limitations (your icons will be hidden), it is one of the only options because the live wallpaper feature is no longer supported on Windows.

You can download WallpaperWebPage for free at softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/WallpaperWebPage.shtml

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Right click on the downloaded file and select “Extract All”. The installation files will be extracted to a new folder labeled “WallpaperWebPage” in the Downloads folder.

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Run the setup file. Open the new folder and run the setup.exe file.

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Enter the name of the website you want to set as wallpaper. As soon as the installation is complete, you will be prompted to select the desired website. You can type or paste the address into the data field.

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Right-click the WallpaperWebPage icon with the Earth image, located in the system tray. A small menu will appear.

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Select “Configure” to import the new site. You can use this options panel to change the background web page at any time.

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Select “Autostart” to have the background page automatically load every time Windows starts, which ensures you always see the background website, even after restarting your computer.

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Click the “Show Desktop” button located to the right of the system tray. You will see the desktop icons and the original wallpaper. Or you can press ⊞ Win + D . Then, press this key combination again to return to the web page screen.

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Right click the WallpaperWebPage icon, select exit from the menu to exit the application. The background web page will close and return to the normal desktop. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Steps

Use Internet Explorer or Firefox

Using Chrome (Windows)

Create Shortcuts (macOS)

Add Websites to Dashboard (macOS)

Set a web page as desktop (Windows)

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