How To Create A Microsoft Edge Shortcut On Desktop

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Just like one has desktop shortcuts for your oft-used programs, files or folders Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, etc. browser users can also create desktop shortcuts to open your favorite websites on Windows 11 or 10 PC.

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Create website shortcut on desktop using Chrome, Edge, Firefox

To create web page shortcut using Chrome, Edge, Firefox browser on Windows 11 or Windows 10 desktop:

Launch your browser
Open the web page whose shortcut you want to create
Click and hold the icon just before the URL in the address bar
Drag the icon to your desktop
The web shortcut will be created
Now when you click on it, the desired web page will load right away.

To create a web page desktop using Internet Explorer, one needed to do open the URL, right-click a blank space, and select Create shortcut and the desktop shortcut would be created. But Edge, Chrome, and Firefox do not offer this context menu option.

Create web page shortcut using Create a desktop shortcut wizard

To create a desktop shortcut to open a website or a web page directly you can also follow the usual way to create a desktop shortcut and change its icon.

Let's say you have set Edge as your default browser. Right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. In the Type the location of the item field, type the URL of the web page, say:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/edge-browser-tips-and-tricks

Click on Next, give the shortcut and name and complete the process. You may want to change the icon of the newly created shortcut.

Now when you click on it, the web page will open in Edge.

If Edge is not your default browser, but you want to open a web page using Edge, right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut.

In the Type the location of the item field, type the following path:

%windir%\explorer.exe microsoft-edge:http://www.XYZ.com

Here replace www.XYZ.com with the URL of the site or the web page.

Create web page shortcut for Edge

Click Next, give the shortcut and name, and complete the process. You may then want to change the icon of the newly created shortcut.

Trust you find this small tip useful.

TIP: To launch websites quickly, there is another way – Add the Address Bar to the Taskbar.

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.