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Create shortcut on desktop
Is it still possible to add another feature to Edge Chromium?
I would love to be able to do like in IE11 where you right click on text in a web page and choose Create a Shortcut and it creates a shortcut to that web page on your Desktop.
I use this all the time and is the only reason I've enabled IE Mode in Edge Chromium.
If you drag from the circle area to the desktop, you create a shortcut to the url. This is what you need?
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Hi SmlBizAdmin
Yes you can do it on Edge insider too,
the name is changed but the end result is the same.
press the ellipsis menu button at the top-right corner of the browser,
doing this will add a shortcut of that website to your desktop and start menu. from there you can also pin it to the taskbar too if you want to.
Thanks for the suggestion but I don't want a bunch of apps filling up my Programs and Features list. I just tried it and while it did add the desktop shortcut, when I uninstalled the app the shortcut got removed.
So for me that is not really a suitable substitute. I don't care how the feature is accessed or what it's called but I only want to create a shortcut to the website on my desktop, not install several unwanted apps.
- It's not an app. how can it be an app? Edge insider can't create application from websites.
like I said the name is different but the behavior is the same. the app list is just a simple list that keeps track of your shortcuts, nothing else.
