Thursday, May 19, 2016

How to create a pinned website and desktop shortcut to open a specified website by IE 11 in Windows 10?

Step 1: In the Windows 10 taskbar search, type Internet Explorer and you will see it appear in the results.

Clicking on it will open Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 

Step 2: Enter the website into website bar:

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Step 3: Move the mouse cursors to the website bar icon, you will see a message “Drag to taskbar to pin site”, click on it by using left button on your mouse and hold it

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Step 4: Move your mouse cursors to your desktop, you will see the icon like the following:

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Step 5: You will get a shortcut on your desktop which is open the pinned website by using IE 11.

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More information about this shortcut, it is a file .website:

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When you open it by using notepad, you will see some information like the following:

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You can copy the file and change the “URL” to the other website you want to open by using IE11 via a shortcut.

Reference:

How to launch Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10

http://blogs.interfacett.com/how-to-launch-internet-explorer-11-in-windows-10

How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/open-internet-explorer-in-windows-10

Internet Explorer 9: Pinned Site Shortcuts vs. Internet Shortcuts

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cbowen/2011/05/12/internet-explorer-9-pinned-site-shortcuts-vs-internet-shortcuts/

How to Pin a Website

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg618532%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Print Friendly and PDF
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