{"id":378,"date":"2024-03-03T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2024-03-03T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T13:12:37","slug":"how-to-create-a-shortcut-on-desktop-on-windows-10-and-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-shortcut-on-desktop-on-windows-10-and-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create A Shortcut On Desktop On Windows 10 And 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"378\" class=\"elementor elementor-378\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3778de4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3778de4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2d9ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2d9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Desktop shortcut serves as a tool in enhancing user experience. Creating a desktop shortcut provides convenience to people. It provides quick access to frequently used files, programs, and websites. It saves people time from navigating through their computers and searching for these frequently used systems.<\/p><p>Creating a shortcut on the desktop in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is a straightforward process. Here\u2019s how to do it:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cff2cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cff2cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nFor Files Or Folders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f65c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9f65c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Open File Explorer. To open File Explorer, press the Windows logo key + E on the keyboard.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\"><li>Locate the file or folder you want to create a shortcut for.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Right -click the item and this will open a context menu then select the \u201cCreate shortcut\u201d from the list.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99cb851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99cb851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-387\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png 936w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-768x565.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8317f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b8317f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\">\n \t<li>A shortcut of the item will be created on your desktop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d79de2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d79de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-388\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2-1.png 492w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2-1-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6381565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6381565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Program<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2d1ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf2d1ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Open Program Files. Go to Start menu open the Local Disk (C:) drive and then select the Program Files<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Locate the Program you want to create shortcut for.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Right-click on the Program then select Create shortcut<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e510577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e510577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-389\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3-1.png 624w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3-1-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e97a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36e97a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\"><li>A shortcut for the Program will be created on your desktop<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccbbdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ccbbdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-1.png 648w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-1-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c86bbf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c86bbf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Website<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02d56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a02d56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Launch your web browser; Chrome, Edge, or Firefox.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Open the URL of the website that you want to create shortcut for.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Once the page is loaded, click the icon beside the address bar and drag and drop it into your desktop.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be6047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be6047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-391\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-1.png 624w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-1-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7caa91e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7caa91e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\"><li>A shortcut for the website will be created on your desktop<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160cf42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"160cf42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-392\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6-1.png 648w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6-1-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0865111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0865111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alternately, you can manually create a desktop shortcut by doing the following:<\/p><ol><li>From the desktop, right-click on an empty area to open the context menu<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Click on New, then Shortcut.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4658b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4658b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-393\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7-1.png 432w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7-1-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2f48b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb2f48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"3\">\n \t<li>Browse to the location of the File, Folder, or Program that you want to create shortcut for. For website, type the URL and click on Browse. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-848fc31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"848fc31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8-1.png 648w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8-1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff73e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ff73e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\"><li>Create a name for the shortcut and click Finish.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89156f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89156f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9.png 648w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desktop shortcut serves as a tool in enhancing user experience. 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