To display the Edge Bar on Windows 11 desktop, create an Edge shortcut using this parameter and then change this Edge Setting.

This means you will have to recreate your desktop shortcuts from scratch. In my experience, Microsoft Edge doesn’t seem to manage these kinds of shortcuts very well, so this might not always work.

Internet Explorer 9 famously lets you add Web favorites to your taskbar, but Windows has always had the option of adding them to the desktop.