Adding a site to the desktop

[dondel]

Hello, please help. So far, I haven't found a way to add a site to my desktop icons. This was easy with 8.1.
Appreciate help!!

 

[davidhk129]

I have a feeling I do not understand what you are asking.

Would you mind give me an example of a website, any website will do ?
Thank you.

Usually, If I open a website, say www.windows10forums.com > once opened, right click inside the page > click Create shortcut > click Yes to confirm.
A desktop shortcut will be added to my desktop.

But that is not what you meant, is it ?

 

[clifford_cooley]

Drag and Drop from address bar to desktop, easy and still works in Windows 10.

 

[davidhk129]

Here is the desktop shortcut of www.windows10forums.com I mentioned in my reply.

 

[davidhk129]

dondel,

Here is another method....................

Above is an example of creating a shortcut of this forum to the desktop.
Use the similar method for other sites.

 

[Trouble]

That is exactly what we have been saying.
That symbol is call a favicon see my post above
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

 

[davidhk129]

I made this reply because the OP asked me the question in conversation section and I don't know how to post screenshot there without using dropbox or onedrive.
So I posted in the thread he started.

 

[Trouble]

Sorry david he PM'd me as well asking the same question.
I then responded in this two page thread here https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...con-to-desktop-to-access-favorite-sites.4403/
Thinking that he might see that.
I did not realize that dondel had created his own thread, asking pretty much the same question.

Adding a site to the desktop

Versus

Simple way to add icon to desktop to access favorite sites

I obviously need a break to rest my head.

 

[RecumbentTim]

I drag the favicon to the desktop and it has a Google icon, not a Windows 10 icon because I have the Chrome browser. I recall doing that on Windows 7 from the IE browser and it had the IE icon. And of course Edge has an E icon as well. I do not like the Google icon so I change it to something I like.

 

[clifford_cooley]

I drag the favicon to the desktop and it has a Google icon

It uses the browser icon because that is the application associated (default browser) with the Internet Shortcut.

 

[RecumbentTim]

It uses the browser icon because that is the application associated (default browser) with the Internet Shortcut.

So when does it show the Windows 10 icon as in the pic supplied by Davidhk129 earlier in this thread?

 

[davidhk129]

dondel,
In you PM ( private messge ) you said....................
When I right click a site attempting to add it to the desktop, UNLIKE Win 8.1, I get a small box with 3 options.
Select all, inspect element, and view source....................................

THAT is because you are using Edge browser.
I gave my examples based on using Internet Explorer.
If you want to do it my way, you will have to switch back to IE11.
IE11 can be found at.......................
Start button > All apps > under alphabet W, click open Windows Accessories > Internet Explorer is there.
Right click at it and you can either Pin it to Start or Pin it to Taskbar, or click Open File Location >right click at Internet Explorer > click Sent To > click Desktop (create shortcut).
Lastly, set IE11 as default browser.

 

[clifford_cooley]

That depends upon how the Internet Shortcut was created. If an icon is not chosen (either manually or automatic by the application creating the shortcut) during the creation of the shortcut, it will use the default icon of the associated application.

In answer to your question about the Windows 10 icon, that is the icon @Ian uses as the Favicon for this website. When the shortcut was created the process used the favicon automatically as the desktop icon for the shortcut.

Beyond that I can say when the favicon (if the site even uses one) will or will not be used in creating shortcuts.

 

[davehc]

Is this a discussion of the help requested for dondel or jerry 2000, or is it the same guy?

This thread seems to be a repetition of the contents of the other thread.

With the veiled mention of "conversations", I I, like Trouble, am getting snowed under. Ill leave it to you guys.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Seeing how @dondel only posted once, it would probably be safe to link the other thread and then close this one.

 

[davehc]

Seeing how @dondel only posted once, it would probably be safe to link the other thread and then close this one.

Best suggestion!

I think maybe it is the same person.

Another site I frequent, bells something up to the Admin, when a double IP address pops in under a different username. Can be useful.

 

[RecumbentTim]

This may be off topic but A second account can be created in a forum simply by using a second email address to register. Do not know if that applies to this forum.

 

[davehc]

That is known. But, unless they are using one of the methods of using a fake IP, that (IP)address will remain the same