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Create desktop Icons

Started by Beaker77 , Jan 16 2021 05:21 AM

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#1 Beaker77

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Posted 16 January 2021 - 05:21 AM

Simply click START, find the program you wish to create a desktop icon for, left click and hold down, drag it to your desktop.

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#2 Goddess_Bastet

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Posted 16 January 2021 - 08:02 AM

Thanks. I created a video some time ago to show how to do this.

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Posted 16 January 2021 - 10:51 AM

They are properly called shortcuts, not icons. After you create the shortcut you can then alter or customize the icon itself.

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#4 Beaker77

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Posted 16 January 2021 - 11:00 AM

They are properly called shortcuts, not icons. After you create the shortcut you can then alter or customize the icon itself.

OK Rocky - shortcuts - for want of a name

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Posted 21 January 2021 - 11:58 AM

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