How to put shortcuts on the desktop. How to create shortcuts for quick launch of programs, files and folders in Windows? Deleting shield icon

Hello, friends! I think that every computer owner has already defined a list of programs that it most often uses. And the operating system helps to receive fast access To them, grouping on the menu recently launched programs.

But most of the users prefers that the launch button of the favorite application has always been at hand. And make labels on the desktop. Therefore, with time Desktop They simply become cluttered with a bunch of icons, among which you can get lost.

Great popularity here today enjoy social networks. So for the younger generation there are no problems to quickly go to your account of any social network, which you will not say about the older generation. AND simple decision This difficulty can be a label of a personal page from the social network on the desktop of the computer.

Label - This is an icon (icon), which is associated with an Internet address or a program, a folder on a computer. When you double click the left mouse button on it, the program launches or opens in the browser page from the Internet.

How to make a site label on your desktop

Methods for creating shortcuts are several. But the simplest is dragging the address of the page from the browser to the desktop.

First, change the size of the browser window so that at least a small part of the desktop is visible.

Click B address line Your browser to highlight the address of the web page. Then hook on the selection left button Mouse and drag on Desktop.

The label will take the view of the browser icon that you have the main to view web pages. When creating several such labels, they will all look equally and distinguished them only by name.

To make images of icons vary need to change the icon icon.

Pre-these icons must be saved on your computer in Special ICO format. I prepared several icons. See the picture below. Files of finished icons can be taken here.

Download and unpack the archive, for example, in the image folder.

Installing an image icon

Select a shortcut you are going to change. Click on it right-click and select Propertiesin the command list opened. Next, the properties window of the selected label opens. On the tab General You can change its name.

On the tab Web document Choose Change icon. A window will open with your program icons (you can choose from them). Click Overview And open the folder with icons.

Select the desired and click Open.
In the window Change icon An image of the selected icon appears. Now click OK And in the window Properties also OK.

Everything, now the label has a clear graphics icon.

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I have Windows 8.1 installed on my laptop. I installed the program, but how to run it, I do not know, then connected the scanner and installed the driver on it and now I can't figure out how to add a scanner label to the desktop, I also need to run the scanner and work with it. No, as generally to all programs I can not imagine. Okay, people suggested that you first need to enter the initial screen of the metro interface and already run all applications from there, but it is uncomfortable, it is all the time to climb into the metro interface to run any program. Tell me, whether there is a way to add a label windows Apps 8 On the desktop and already from the label to run the desired program.

How to add a shortcut on the desktop

Hi friends. I will show you three ways to create a shortcut on the desktop!

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How to add shortcuts to the desktop Windows 8

I agree with you, in previous operating systems, everything was much easier, for example, to add a shortcut on the desktop in operating system It was necessary only to click on the Start button, then without pressing the mouse button to hover the cursor on the All Programs menu,

the list of programs will open, then click once with the right mouse on the folder of the program you need and go to this folder, select the program icon and click on it with the right mouse, the menu will open in which you want to select Send, will open the submenu, you select the desktop in it (create label).

Everything, the shortcut of the program we need is on the desktop.

Friends, firstly, so you can immediately add five labels of the most important elements of the user microsoft interface Windows 8 (computer, user files, network, control panel, basket).

Right mouse on an empty desktop place and choose personalization

Change desktop icons

We celebrate the badges we need. Apply and approx.

The most important labels are now on the desktop.

How to add shortcuts installed programs Windows 8

Do not forget the fact that with its installation on a computer, any program asks you - dear user (user), and can I add a label to your desktop? So, if you allow her it, the program will immediately add your label to your desktop.

If during the installation of the program you did this moment (often happens to me), then act like this.
Click the mouse in the lower left corner and get into the "Metro" interface,

Close on the arrow

And enter the "All Applications" window, we find the icon of the program you need and click on it with the right mouse, the menu will open, you need to select "Open the Location of the File"

Click on the file with the right mouse and choose to send, the submenu will open, select the desktop in it (create a shortcut)

And our label is already on the desktop.

If you select "Secure on the initial screen" in this menu,

The label is added to the initial metro interface screen.

Another way to add a shortcut on the desktop

Friends, let's create the toolbar and with it will add a shortcut program to your desktop. Click on the taskbar with the right mouse button and select the panel -\u003e Create toolbar,

in the "New Toolbox - Selecting a folder that appears, select the Program Files or Program Files folder (x86) and click on the Collect Folder button.

The Program Files or Program Files (x86) button appears on the taskbar.

Let's add a shortcut using this button. browser Opera. on the desktop. We bring the mouse to the Program Files button and click on the dual arrow with the left mouse, the entire list of programs located in our Windows 8 will open, in the Program Files folder, select the Opera folder, then click the right mouse on the Opera.exe executable file and select the Send -\u003e Desktop (create a shortcut).

It will help you to save time when navigating the labyrinth, the role of which is the hard drive of your computer. There are somewhat enough simple methodsThanks to which you can create them almost for any file or folder on your computer. How to create a shortcut on the desktop?

For these purposes, Windows provides two possible method to choose from.

Method number 1:

Click once right-click on the free desktop area, then select "Create", and then click "Create a shortcut".

In a new window, click "Overview".

Now select the file or the program for which you want to create a shortcut, highlight it / it, click "Open", then click the Next button.

Then enter the name for the label. If the "Close" button appears, click on it. If not, click "Next", select the icon you want to use for quick access, and then click the "Finish" button.

Method number 2:

Click "Start", click the "Programs" item, then right-click on the program for which you want to create a shortcut.

Click the "Create Label" button.

It is now located at the very end of the list of programs. For example, if you have created a shortcut for Microsoft Word.To find it, click "Start", select "Programs". You will find the "Microsoft Word (2)" label, (of course, without quotes) at the bottom of the list.

Drag it to a free place on the desktop.

How for printer or internet connection?

To do this, do the following:

Click "Start", then select "Printers". For the Internet connection, you must perform almost identical actions: also click "Start", select "Control Panel", only then - "Network and Internet".

Right-click on the printer or the connection icon, drag it to the open space of the desktop, the label will appear automatically.

How to create a shortcut for other objects?

For other objects (for example, folders, documents, computer, or basket), it is created almost as well:

Use "My Computer" to find the object for which you want to create a shortcut.

Right-click on this object, and then select "Create a shortcut".

Transfer the finished shortcut on the open space of the desktop.

Useful advice

To change the quick access settings, right-click the shortcut button, after which the "Properties" button. Thus, you can modify the key combination in the currently opened tab, which is used to start a shortcut, and minimize-maximize the icon itself.

To delete a shortcut, right-click on it, and then click "Delete". Or you can simply drag it to the basket. When it deletes it, the source object will not be destroyed and will not change (if this is not the only file or program label).

Sometimes you want to use other icons for shortcuts or files. There are many alternative optionsYou can use in Windows, but it is difficult to find them if the desired file is not yet used.

Icons are in the file named shell32.dll, which is located in the System32 special folder in windows folder. Right-click on the icon you want to change, and click "Properties". Select "Edit". Click on the "Overview" button, and then on the "My Computer" button on the left. After that, double-click on local disk (C :), Windows, System32, and then shell32.dll. Default B. Windows Icons Will appear in the Changes window. Select any icon and click on the "OK" button. Be extremely attentive! Files in System32 are very important, so be careful and do not attempt to access icons differently.

Before creating a shortcut, think about whether you are going to move the folder or source file, since it will not work.

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When installed microsoft programs Office You can create shortcuts for them on the desktop. However, if you do not create a shortcut when installing Office, you can easily do it later.

Note: This article explains how to create a shortcut on the desktop. In addition, you can add a program to the taskbar. If you use Windows 10, click the Program Name or Tile Right-click and select Additionally > Secure on the taskbar. If you use Windows 8 or more early version, Right click on the name of the program or tile and select Secure on the taskbar.

Creating a shortcut on the desktop for Office application

In Windows 10.

Click the name of the program with the left mouse button and drag it to your desktop.

In Windows 8.

Click windows key and find office programFor which you want to create a shortcut on the desktop.

Click the name of the program or tile on the right mouse button and select Open file storage location.

Right-click the Program name and select Commands Send > Desktop (create a shortcut).

A shortcut for the program will appear on the desktop.

Creating a shortcut on the desktop for document or Office file

You can also create shortcuts on the desktop for individual files and Office documents.

In the Explorer, select the document or file for which you want to create a shortcut on the desktop.

Right-click the document name and select the command. Create a shortcut. In Windows 8, click send to > Desktop (create a shortcut).

A shortcut will appear on the desktop for this document or file.

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To provide yourself with quick access to any file, folder or program, you can make a label (link). Then you can run the mouse directly from the desktop right from the desktop or open a folder or file. How to install a shortcut on your desktop? Let's figure it out.

Create a shortcut directly

Directly - this means directly from the storage location the right file or folders.

1. We find on your computer you are interested in a folder (document, program).
2. Click on its image with the right mouse button.
3. In the window that opens, select the "Create Label" menu item and click on it with the left mouse button.
4. In the same folder (maybe next to necessary document) A shortcut appears. It will look like an icon of the file itself, but with the arrow in the lower left corner of the new icon.
5. Created shortcut drag on the desktop.

Create a shortcut "bypass" by

This way you can create a shortcut on the file or directly from the desktop.

1. On the desktop in any empty place by clicking the right mouse button.
2. In the window that opens, select the menu item "Create". In the new window that opens, select the menu item "Label" - another window will open.
3. Next to the empty string of this window we see the "Overview" button, and find the file you are interested in (folder).
4. We click on the left mouse button on this file so that it is released by the marker and press the "OK" button.
5. In an empty line, the path to the document will be registered.
6. Press the "Next" button and enter the name of the shortcut.
7. Click on the "Finish" button - a label will appear on the desktop.

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