The collaborative DIY web site Instructables has a neat trick for adding a shutdown shortcut to your Windows desktop complete with the shutdown icon (or anywhere else, for that matter).

The second method of creating a shortcut requires you to RIGHT click on the desktop then select New. From there you will select shortcut and the create shortcut wizard will pop up.

To create a desktop shortcut to a file stored on your Windows PC: Begin by navigating in Windows Explorer to locate the file for which you wish to create a desktop shortcut.

After copying a Web page's URL, you can right-click your desktop, click "New" and then click "Shortcut" to view the Create Shortcut window. There you can paste your URL and give it a descriptive ...

If you are looking for a way to to put favorites on desktop, then you need to create a Desktop shortcut to Favorites in Windows. It lets users quickly access frequently used items.

Google Chrome is a highly customizable web browser that allows you to personalize many of its features. In order to help you to easily keep track of your favorite websites, the browser lets you create ...

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.

Want to create a shortcut to a specific Chrome user profile? Learn how to create a Chrome profile shortcut on your Windows desktop by toggling this setting.

Follow the steps below to create desktop shortcuts to specific setting page in Windows 10 1- Choose what settings you want to access and copy one of the settings paths.