Although Windows has a lot of useful features, if you’re like most people, the majority of your digital activity takes place on your web browser and nowhere else. Because of this, you should have your most vital websites easily accessible. The Start menu and taskbar, which treat them essentially as standalone apps, provide the simplest way to access them in Windows.
Getting a webpage from your browser to your taskbar is generally simple, although it varies a little bit depending on the browser you’re using.
Google Chrome
It only takes a few simple steps to pin your favorite website to your Windows taskbar using Google Chrome:
Step 1: Open the Google Chrome browser and navigate to the website you want to bookmark.
Step 2: Click the three dots icon in the top right corner. Choose Save and share from the menu that appears.
Step 3: Click Create shortcut. In the Create shortcut? dialog box, check the box next to Open as window and then click Create. That’s it! Now your favorite website shortcut should be automatically pinned to your taskbar and desktop.
Firefox
Regretfully, unlike Chrome, Firefox lacks an integrated method for adding shortcuts to the taskbar. There is a workaround, however.
However, there are a few things you should be aware of before learning how to implement the workaround:
Before attempting to utilize the workaround, the Firefox browser shortcut cannot already be pinned to your taskbar. If not, the technique won’t function. Unpin Firefox from your taskbar if it is pinned there.
Use this procedure only after you have closed all open Firefox browser windows.
Your new website shortcut must have a name that you manually enter. You won’t get a result using this approach that has a shortcut named like the website you choose to pin.
This is how to use Firefox to pin a shortcut to a website:
Step 1: Look for Firefox using the Windows taskbar’s Search bar. Right-click Firefox when it shows up in the search results.
Step2: After that, choose Open file location. The location of the Firefox app will be shown to you in a Windows Explorer window. Do a right-click on Firefox in this window.
Click Show more choices from the menu that opens. Next, choose Yes under Create shortcut.
Step 3: Your desktop will display a new Firefox shortcut. When you do a right-click on this icon, choose Properties.
Regretfully, unlike Chrome, Firefox lacks an integrated method for adding shortcuts to the taskbar. There is a workaround, however.
However, there are a few things you should be aware of before learning how to implement the workaround:
Before attempting to utilize the workaround, the Firefox browser shortcut cannot already be pinned to your taskbar. If not, the technique won’t function. Unpin Firefox from your taskbar if it is pinned there.
Use this procedure only after you have closed all open Firefox browser windows.
Microsoft Edge
Your new website shortcut must have a name that you manually enter. You won’t get a result using this approach that has a shortcut named like the website you choose to pin.
This is how to use Firefox to pin a shortcut to a website:
Step 1: Look for Firefox using the Windows taskbar’s Search bar. Right-click Firefox when it shows up in the search results.
Step2: After that, choose Open file location. The location of the Firefox app will be shown to you in a Windows Explorer window. Do a right-click on Firefox in this window.
Click Show more choices from the menu that opens. Next, choose Yes under Create shortcut.
Step 3: Your desktop will display a new Firefox shortcut. When you do a right-click on this icon, choose Properties.
Step 4: After that, choose Pin to Taskbar.
Your Windows taskbar will then immediately display a shortcut to that page.
That is all there is to it. We’ve just shown you an overview of our top Internet browsers and shown you how to pin a website to your taskbar for easy access. We’ve written a number of articles to assist you learn the ins and outs of navigating the Internet, including our list of the top browsers and the safety measures you should take to maintain your anonymity when browsing.
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