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I just can't figure out how to create desktop shortcuts for both Internet Explorer and Mail. It's awkward having to keep going to and fro from the Start Menu. Can anyone help please?
Steve
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 15:29:07 +0000, Steve100841 wrote:
I just can't figure out how to create desktop shortcuts for both Internet Explorer and Mail. It's awkward having to keep going to and fro from the Start Menu. Can anyone help please?
To create a desktop shortcut for any program, right-drag its exe
file to the desktop. Let go of the mouse button, and on the menu you
get, choose "Create shortcut here."
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:25:38 +0000, Steve100841 wrote:
Hi Ken,
I'm trying your suggestion. So far - so good.
Great, glad to hear it!
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
Bravo GregSB; many thanks for this. I was on the verge of asking my technical friend to wipe my new laptop clean and install windows 7. You've kept me in the windows 8 community, for now. The jury is still out though and, even though I've used pc and windows since UK launch (I worked for IBM at the time), my mac is still very much in use.
I'm surprised I didn't mention what I really do with IE: pin it to the Taskbar in a known position (2), so then to launch IE or switch to already opened windows of it I just press Win-2.
BTW Run... is still in position 1, not because I actually press Win-1 but because before there was an actual Start button to hit I needed it there for that. Now that there is a constantly showing Start button in the Taskbar I still keep Run... pinned because I find it useful for its AutoComplete and MRU list of frequently used commands. The Start Screen has no memory of my commands, so would cause more typing than using Run... (Win-R). This is especially useful when I don't have a keyboard attached, so that's another reason to leave Run... pinned.
None of my apps have the option "open file location". Weird.
I know alternative ways to make a shortcut, but I don't see why it has to be so difficult. Why can't we simply right click and select "create desktop shortcut" like every other Windows OS. Seems like such a simple feature. What's the point in having the desktop at all if people can't figure out how to populate it?
No points for user-friendliness to Win8.
