This post will show you how to allow easy access to your favorite websites. We will discuss adding a desktop shortcut for any website to your Windows 10 Taskbar or Start Menu.
This is for Windows 10 devices
Using Google Chrome
- Navigate to the website you want to pin
- Click the Menu icon (the one with the 3 dots) in upper right hand corner
- Hover your mouse over More Tools
- Click Create Shortcut
- In the popup menu, change the name of the shortcut, if desired
- Click Create. See below image:
This will create a desktop shortcut. Refer to below image for my techsavve.life shortcut at the bottom:
If you select the option Open in window, Chrome will open the page in its own window.
- Right click on the shortcut and either click Pin to Start or Pin to taskbar. Once you have pinned the website for one or both ways, you can delete the desktop shortcut.
Using the new Microsoft Edge
The new Microsoft Chromium based browser works similar to Google Chrome. Yes, Microsoft has embraced the Chrome browser, even the version number is the same.
- Navigate to the website you want to pin
- Click the Settings and more icon (the one with the 3 dots) in upper right hand corner
- Hover your mouse over More Tools
- Click Pin to taskbar
The new Edge has a new feature called Launch taskbar pinning wizard. It is located just below Pin to taskbar in the menu dialog box.
- Click the wizard. Edge will guide you through a short menu that lets you pin the most popular websites and Microsoft web apps to your taskbar. See below image for the first of the three screen wizard:
Note! The new Edge does not have the feature Pin to Start
The Classic Edge
The classic version of Edge came with the original version of Windows 10. If you have yet to update to the new Edge, then use the following for pinning:
To pin the website to the Taskbar:
- Navigate to the website you want to pin
- Click the Menu icon (the one with the 3 dots) in upper right hand corner
- Click Pin this page to the taskbar
To pin the website to the Start menu:
- Navigate to the website you want to pin
- Click the Menu icon (the one with the 3 dots) in upper right hand corner
- Hover your mouse over More Tools
- Click Pin this page to Start
You can now delete any created desktop shortcut(s).
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