Creating Desktop Shortcuts
Overview
At times it is useful to create Desktop shortcut icons to files, folders, applications, or Web pages that you access or use frequently. Examples of items you may want to create shortcuts to are:
- division or grade level folders on the Employee Share,
- a file that you update frequently,
- a program you use every day such as Microsoft Outlook,
- or your favorite Web page
Fortunately, it is extremely easy to create a Desktop shortcut to nearly anything you would want.
How to create a desktop shortcut to a...
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Folder or File
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Navigate through My Computer to the folder or file you want to create a shortcut to
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Right-click on the file/folder and select Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut)
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For example, if you wanted to create a shortcut to the S:\SUPPORT\Information Technology folder, it would look like the following image
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Application
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Navigate through the Start Menu to the program you want to create a shortcut to
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Right-click on the program shortcut and select Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut)
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For example, if you wanted to create a shortcut to Microsoft Excel, it would look like the following image
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Web page
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Using Microsoft Internet Explorer (doesn't work with Mozilla FireFox), open the Web page you want to have a shortcut to on your Desktop
- Right-click on an empty area of the Web page to bring up the right-click context menu
- If you right-click on an image, Flash animation, Java applet, etc., it will not show the correct options
- Select Create Shortcut as demonstrated in the following image
- When prompted if you want to put a shortcut to the website on your desktop, click Yes
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Last modified at 11/4/2009 12:47 PM by Panagos, Michael
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