Solved Creating a URL Shortcut Icon to Taskbar - Please Help

[ESL]

I am having trouble creating a URL shortcut icon to my taskbar that will, when clicked, take me right to that website (www.canadapost.ca). I could do this in Windows XP, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it in Windows 7. I read a tutorial here about it, but it didn't work. Please help.

 

[mrdemon]

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[Brink]

Hello ESL,

Option One or Option Three in the tutorial below can show you how to create a website shortcut that you are able to pin to the taskbar.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/60274-internet-website-shortcut-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[ESL]

Will this work with IE8?

 

[Brink]

Yes for OPTION TWO and OPTION THREE in the tutorial.

 

[ESL]

It just moves the shortcut to the desktop. I can't get it to appear on my taskbar.

 

[Brink]

Use OPTION THREE for the best results.

If you already have Internet Explorer pinned to the taskbar, then you could also pin the website in IE's Jump List if you like.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/210794-jump-lists-pin-unpin-items.html

 

[ESL]

Did that, and it still doesn't work. It just pins it to some menu, and doesn't give me the option to pin it to my taskbar.

 

[Brink]

Did you scroll down and use OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to create the website shortcut? When you right click on the shortcut, it should have a "Pin to taskbar" option.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/60274-internet-website-shortcut-create.html

For example, create the shortcut using this below.

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.canadapost.ca

 

[SledgeDG]

It just moves the shortcut to the desktop. I can't get it to appear on my taskbar.

If you now drag that shortcut to the taskbar don't you get the option "Pin to Taskbar"?
Not 100% sure for W7 but in W8 it works that way.

-DG

 

[ESL]

Did you scroll down and use OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to create the website shortcut? When you right click on the shortcut, it should have a "Pin to taskbar" option.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/60274-internet-website-shortcut-create.html

For example, create the shortcut using this below.

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" [url=http://www.canadapost.ca]Canada Post - Mailing, Shipping, Marketing, Shopping, Sharing[/url]

Thanks, Shawn. I was looking at step 3 instead of OPTION 3. It works now. I see I am able to change the icon. The next question is, how do I get the icon of the website so I can use it instead of the default blue E?

 

[Brink]

Great news.

The note under step 5 in OPTION THREE will give you more details on where to find the favicon for the website.

Here's an .ico file for this you might like.

 

[ESL]

Excellent, Shawn! So, I can find that icon in Temporary Internet Files? I'm glad you gave me that one, because the only one I could see in the folder was a lot smaller.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome. Yeah, those default favicons are tiny little icons.

 

[ESL]

One other question. Can I set it up so when I click the website icon on my taskbar, it opens as a new tab in the existing tabs of IE's current browsing session rather than opening as a new window? Thanks.

 

[Brink]

Nar, it'll always open a new IE window. However, you could quickly add the tab from the new window to the other one by dragging the tab from the new window and dropping it on the tab bar in the other window.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/119348-internet-explorer-tabs-drag-drop.html

 

[ESL]

Thanks for the info, Shawn.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome.