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URL Shortcuts not working in Edge
We experience the same problem and your workaround is probably the best solution yet...
EDIT:
I just discovered that this fix doesn't work after restart. Sadly it must be reset every time after restart. Maybe some script could do that after power up.
Microsoftmchalapetr Josh_Carpenter joshhuggins Hi Everyone! It looks like you are having an issue creating desktop shortcuts for Microsoft Edge.
You should be able to create a shortcut on the desktop by clicking on the icon next to the URL in the address bar (usually a lock icon) and dragging it onto the desktop. I was able to create a new shortcut on my desktop to this discussion thread.
Another option is to right click on your desktop -> New -> Shortcut and fill out the information in the pop up window.
If you are still having an issue, would you be able to share your OS version and MS Edge version? Thanks!
-Kelly
Hi Kelly_Y,
This does not work for me (Win 10 Enterprise 1909, MS Edge v. 87.0.664.75) but our IT team is supposedly working on it.
My guess is that our company links use a lot of special characters in their URLs and this somehow screws it up. Some methods that I tried worked with only simple URLs (i.e. google.com) but not with more complex ones.
The original solution in this thread seemed elegant to me but is not very lasting so what I do now is manually create shortcut on desktop with target: %windir%\explorer.exe microsoft-edge:URL.
The URL is of course substituted by some web address and this seems to work every time.
- Worked for me! Thanks.
- Kelly_Y
mchalapetr Hi! Glad to hear you've been able to find a workaround that has been consistently working
If you have an example of a URL with a lot of special characters that you've found does not work, I can ask the team to investigate. Or if you haven't had a chance yet, you can also submit diagnostic data through the browser that gets sent directly to the team ("..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback). Thanks!
-Kelly
