Put web pages desktop windows 7

Click the "File" menu and select "Open in Dashboard. Click where you want the box to be on the site. What's in the box will be displayed on your dashboard. Place the box in an area that you know will always display the content you're looking for. Drag the corners of the box to resize it. You can make the box any size you'd like within the confines of the window. Click the "Add" button to add the selection to the Dashboard. You'll be taken to the Dashboard screen and your new website snapshot will appear.

You can click and drag it to reposition it on the Dashboard screen. Open the Dashboard to view the snapshot.

You can launch the Dashboard from the Launchpad in your Dock. Click links in the snapshot to open them. Any links you click will immediately be opened in Safari. For example, if you created a snapshot of the main page of a forum, clicking any thread links will open that thread in Safari. Method 5. Download WallpaperWebPage. This is a free program that will allow you to change your desktop to an active website. There are a few limitations, such as your icons being hidden, but this is one of the only options since active backgrounds are no longer enabled in Windows.

You can download WallpaperWebPage for free from softpedia. Right-click the downloaded file and select "Extract All. Run the setup file. Open the new folder and run the setup. Enter the website you want to set as your background. As soon as installation is complete, you'll be prompted to select the website you want to use as your background. Either type or paste the address into the field. This will open a small menu. The icon looks like a globe.

Select "Configure" to enter a new website. You can change the website in your background at any time using this menu option. Select "Autostart" to load the background when Windows boots. This will ensure that you always see your website background, even after restarting. Click the "Show Desktop" button to view your icons. Click the button on the far right of the system tray to reveal your desktop icons and original wallpaper.

Press the button again to restore your website background. Select exit from the WallpaperWebPage right-click menu to quit. This will close the website background and return you to your normal desktop. It is a very basic task that should not require multiple steps of opening another application to create a desktop shortcut is the point I think of the OP.

I don't know the reason why they don't have such a feature I suspect that it has something to do with the "sandbox" that protects the Edge browser from the rest of the system. In the meantime, you can always use EdgeManage to create a desktop shortcut from an Edge favorite. Which is very easy to use. It will even kill the Edge session for you now automatically -to get access to the database- so you don't need to leave Edge?

Never mind you were in the middle of an half hour composing a lengthy post that is now gone. You can always redo it from memory, right Emmet? But you will have learned an important lesson: not to mess around with a 3rd party app for such a trivial task.

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Friend trying to put icon from a website on her desktop for easy access. On my computer you just highlight URL and drag to desktop. Hers won't do it! Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums. I will surely assist you to add your website shortcut on your desktop.

Here are the steps. This method works for all web browsers except Microsoft Edge. Open your favorite website or web page. Minimize Windowed mode the web browser window, so that you can see both the web browser and desktop. Home Firefox Learn the Basics: get started Create a desktop shortcut to a website.

You can use Firefox to create a shortcut on your computer's desktop to a page you've visited: Resize the Firefox window so you can see both your computer's desktop and the Firefox window on the same screen. Click the padlock icon on the left of the address bar where the URL is shown. While still holding the mouse button down, move the pointer to the desktop, then release the mouse button.