| how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | flurotwirler | 5/20/09 12:14 AM | lots of people asking how..no one answering..the ANSWER is simple. 1 go to your google home page 2 rest the curser on the gmail link at the top of the page without highlighting it 3 right click and choose 'create shortcut ' from menu....it will te |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | chbrobeck | 8/2/09 1:07 PM | #1: I tried this, and "create shortcut" is not part of my options. #2: What I want is a little Gmail red envelop, the actual icon, and what I get is another copy of by browser's icon. Yahoo gives me an icon, why not Gmail? |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | flurotwirler | 8/2/09 8:51 PM | Ive found an even safer way..you know how you can add "gagets " to your google and igoogle home page..first you add or make sure you have your gmail on that page..then you right clck on the word "gmaill" in blue in the light green bar at the top of t |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | djacobson | 8/2/09 9:17 PM | If you're using Firefox, I would suggest you install the Prism add-on - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6665. Prism allows you to take your favorite Internet applications--like Gmail, Google Calendar, etc.--and turn them into standalon |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | janardhan43143 | 1/28/10 1:46 AM | yes |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | janardhan43143 | 1/28/10 1:46 AM | i want gmail to desk top icon |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | brooksww | 1/31/10 7:52 PM | When I right click Gmail, I don't get the "create shortcut" option. How do I add gadgets? |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | txpackfan | 2/26/10 9:26 PM | f you're still looking for your "Red Envelope", try this method... 1) In Gmail, go to Settings (upper right hand corner of page)2) Click on Offline3) In Other Options, click on hypertext portion of create a desktop icon4) Follow simple instructions |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | hedrick1 | 3/29/10 4:52 PM | please tell me how to get the top of computer, to have file edit favorites etc, it is missing since naking google my home page-HELP |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | Lavenderra | 4/13/10 3:51 PM | the reply from flurowirler was more or less correct, except for the following: on my igoogle home page, I have gmail installed as a widget so I can see new email without opening gmail entirely. I also right clicked on 'gmail' at the top of the widg |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | joebailey | 7/19/10 6:48 AM | txpackfan's sorta worked for me. Clicking on "Create desktop shortcut" did nothing for me when I clicked it. However, I could do a right click and "save as short cut" on the link to get a red envelope on my desktop. I then had to edit the link to go |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | shuggi | 10/30/10 1:26 PM | Got all the way to the OFFLINE page, clicked on create a desktop icon nothing happened 3 times no luck! |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | shuggi | 10/30/10 1:35 PM | I wish I understood joebailey above. Anyway, repeat OFFLINE page wont open icon. Right clicking does not create "save asshort cut" ???????????????????????????????? |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | shutterbug9 | 12/14/10 9:49 PM | Regarding the G-Mail icon on your Desktop (see top notes). Answer was correct, BUT if you want the really neat icon to show (for Google). Do that right-click on your g-mail icon inside your actual g-mail e-mail (as the writer explains up there) and |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | lem | 1/20/11 7:37 AM | If you want the nice red gmail envelope icon, you can download it here http://pinkeyegraphics.co.uk/blog/media/blogs/blog/gmail1.ico Then go into the properties of the shortcut and click on change icon and locate the above file. Worked for me like a |
| Re: how to CREATE a GMAIL DESKTOP ICON | gmaJanice | 2/2/11 6:38 PM | THE QUICKEST AND SIMPLEST WAY TO GET YOUR GMAIL ACCOUNT AS A SHORTCUT ON YOUR DESKTOP: From your account page, click on FAVORITES and add it to favorites! Then open favorites again and DRAG it onto your desktop! VOILA! |