| How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | vmars | 7/18/09 4:55 PM | I need to get hold of individual URLshortcuts to save as icons in Folders. This is the default in IExplorer. How do I do it in Chrome? Thanks..vm |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | wár17 § | 7/18/09 8:30 PM | Is the URL already a shortcut? Or do you want to make the URL a shortcut from Desktop? If you asking about the latter, save the URL as a bookmark. Then drag the bookmark to the Desktop as a shortcut. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Thomas J Thomas | 7/19/09 4:41 AM | Vmars you wont get a better answer than War 17 answer, but just to make it extra clear Save Page URL As A Bookmark Then Go To The Customise And Control Google Chrome (The Spanner Icon Top Right) Then Open Bookmark Manger Right Click Your Chosen URL |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | DesignByOnyx | 8/26/09 7:06 PM | I believe the feature that vmars is looking for is the ability to grab the favicon in IE's address bar and drag it to your desktop or folder to create a shortcut. Chrome has this ability (as do most browsers), but with Chrome you must grab the star |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | vlebaron | 10/31/09 12:59 PM | desighbyonyx, definitely has the best answer. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | JohnK300 | 11/6/09 7:13 PM | Oh, I get it (after a bit of experimentation)! To save a shortcut to the current page, just drag and drop the little star on the left of the address bar to the desktop or wherever. Very cute, but not at all obvious. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | hazaelox | 2/23/10 7:53 PM | how do u do it in chrome for mac, i have Chrome 5.0.307.9 beta... maybe this version cant do that .. yet... am i answering myself? lol |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | chillannyc | 2/24/10 7:35 AM | Yeah, doesn't seem to work on mac. :( One of the little things that is making Chrome less than ideal for me. It does work to drag from the bookmark bar though. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | chillannyc | 2/24/10 7:39 AM | Also, if you're going to the desired page via a link, you can drag the link into the Finder |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Rod_J | 3/28/10 4:38 AM | Yes, DesignBYOnyx's reply was what I was looking for too. Many times I want to create a temporary link to a page I want to return to the next day and a quick method of bookmarking to the desktop is what I want to be able to do. I used to be able to d |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | kleight | 4/6/10 7:27 PM | Would really appreciate it if the star-dragging would work on a Mac. I use this feature in Firefox all the time. I love Chrome, but will have to go back to FF if I have to save a bookmark first before I can drag a shortcut to the desktop. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | RabidTribble | 4/7/10 9:01 AM | In Windows, you really don't need to make bookmark or favorite at all. All you need to do is right-click on the Desktop, Select 'New' and then 'Shortcut,' and a 'Create Shortcut' dialog box will open. Type (or paste) the URL in the 'Type the locati |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | rlewisrn | 5/27/10 4:24 PM | On a Mac, just highlight the web address in the chrome browser and then you can drag the highlighted address onto the desktop. This will make an icon on the desktop for that web address as in IE or Firefox. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | anotherscott | 5/28/10 6:26 AM | rlewisrn is correct BUT the file name reflects the URL, unlike a drag from Safari where the file name reflects the title of the page, which is much more useful. In general, saving is an area where Chrome still lags far behind Safari. * saved pages |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | doug.holton | 8/14/10 9:37 PM | Yeah this was driving me crazy in Ubuntu. It was the main blocker that prevented me from using Chrome. I have to be able to drag urls into folders to create shortcuts. The bookmark trick does work. You save the page as a bookmark, then open the b |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | regordrawes | 12/30/10 6:41 AM | Thanks for all theinfo in this thread. However the icon from the site does not follow the link. I end up with a Google icon not the site icon. As a partially sighted person this is confusing with only Chrome icons on the desktop. Anyone help? Thanks |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | kellykellykellyyyy | 1/26/11 7:06 PM | I have the same question as barntwit - no problem dropping shortcuts to desktop or folders yet only get the Google icon, not the site icon. Help please. Thanks. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Boogiemann | 4/14/11 11:23 AM | Click the wrench icon. Select "Tools" From the expanded menu, select "Create Application Shortcuts..." I have this setup for GMail. Works great! |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | bcsinc54 | 5/22/11 4:57 AM | Re: SAVING SHORTCUT TO DESKTOP in GOOGLE CHROME Google team think they are smart - but the so many steps you have to take to save a page to the desktop is absolutely RIDICULOUS. It's like scratching your right side of the head with your left hand. |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Kev007 | 7/13/11 4:04 AM | There's actually a very simple way to do this. Drag and drop the little globe in the left side of the address bar to your desktop, Chrome will place a .url file there. The same can be done by clicking the URL once (so that it's highlighted) and drag |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Taylor5 | 7/25/11 2:56 PM | Hi Kev007, What happens when you try to open the URL shortcut? Have you tried this with different url's? (please list the ones you've tried). What's your computer's operating system?Chrome version (type about:version into address bar)? Thanks,Taylor |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | Kev007 | 7/25/11 8:22 PM | I just made a shortcut of this page and when I double click it, the following text appears in a new tab (rather than the webpage itself): [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?fid=4c3a7bd13c630eaa0004a8ebe37796a4 |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | whiskeyprincess | 8/25/11 10:45 PM | It is simply ridiculous to NOT have a right-click option to save the page to the desktop. This is a non-starter for a lot of people. Dragging the icon to the desktop works but you have to MINIMIZE the browser window to make room to drag the icon to t |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | dleedham | 8/29/11 3:41 AM | So long as Chrome doesn't have a File/Send to..... option it will never rival IE or FF no matter how much better it is in other respects. A quick, minimum click, way of emailing a URL or shortcutting to the desktop is essential. Wake up Google! |
| Re: How do I save a url shortcut to the desktop? | iReece2k | 9/9/11 8:38 AM | There is a way to save a webpage link to the desktop via Chrome. go onto the webpage you wish to save, and click on the tool icon. Then, click on "tools">>"Create Application Shortcut" |
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