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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: gord99 on November 01, 2008, 07:54:51 AM

Title: creating shortcut
Post by: gord99 on November 01, 2008, 07:54:51 AM

How do I eliminate the "do you want to create a shortcut to desktop"  yes or no box that appears after clicking "create desktop shortcut" with a right mouse click?
If I didn't want to create the shortcut I wouldn't have selected it in the first place. 

Title: Re: creating shortcut
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on November 01, 2008, 09:51:09 AM

Create Desktop Shortcut? Where is this? (or is this Vista?)

Title: Re: creating shortcut
Post by: gord99 on November 02, 2008, 06:56:29 AM

This is using XP.   You know like when you are on any web page and you want to put a shortcut to that page on the desktop you right click and get the menu.  You select "create shortcut".  But then I get this box I don't want that says "Do you want this shortcut placed on the desktop."  How do I eliminate this additional message/question?   Thanks!

Title: Re: creating shortcut
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on November 02, 2008, 07:02:19 AM

Ah, you mean in Internet Explorer.

Google didn't help much, and I'm not a regular IE user, so I am afraid I can't be much help here. (hopefully someone will be along shortly with a definite answer, but I don't think it can be removed)

Does this really bug you? ???

Title: Re: creating shortcut
Post by: kpac on November 02, 2008, 12:43:46 PM

Try doing it a different way...

Click and hold the link you want to save, and drag it onto an open space on the desktop. This should create a shortcut straight away.

Title: Re: creating shortcut
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on November 03, 2008, 04:49:05 AM

Unless it's the current page you want to link to, in which case you can drag the Tab to the Desktop.