This guide will show you how to create desktop shortcuts for programs or websites in Windows 10 through three different methods.Creating shortcuts from specific websites or programs1) Right click anywhere on your computer's desktop and hover your cursor over New, and then choose Shortcut. 2) Type in a website that you want to create a shortcut for or copy and paste a website URL from a specific page - in this example we will use www.google.com. Once this is determined choose Next. 3) Name your shortcut and then Finish. _____________________________________________________________________________________________Creating shortcuts to a website or web page1) Go to the web page that you want to create a shortcut. Click on the URL at the top of the page to highlight it, then hold on the highlighted link and drag it to your desktop background - this will create a shortcut. 2) Right click on the shortcut and choose Rename. 3) Type in the name that you'd like to use for the shortcut and then press Enter on your keyboard._____________________________________________________________________________________________Creating shortcuts for programs, software or files1) Find the Windows search bar on the bottom of your screen. Type in the program that you are creating a shortcut. Right click on the program and then select Open file location. 2) Right click then hover over Send to and choose Desktop (create shortcut). This will place a shortcut on your desktop. 3) That's it!
