How to Create Desktop Shortcuts to Websites & Web Applications

How to create shortcuts on your desktop to  websites you visit frequently:

1. Open Google Chrome & navigate to the website you want to create a desktop shortcut for - you can find most  of these links on the Treehouse under the “Web Links” folder – select the “Legacy Treehouse” shortcut. If you  already have the webpage that you want to create a shortcut to, skip to step 5

2. Sign in using your Treehouse credentials (your [e-mail] and your email password)

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3. Click on “Web Links”

4. Scroll down & select the link you wish to create the shortcut for. We will use “Pipeline” as an example

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5. Once you are on the site you want to create the shortcut for:

a. Select the 3 vertical dots at the top right

b. Select “More Tools”

c. Select “Create Shortcut…”

6. Rename the shortcut to how you want it to appear & click “Create”

7. The shortcut will now appear on your Desktop. See “How to Pin an Application to the Taskbar” article to learn  about pinning the app to your taskbar