[Solved]Desktop shortcuts

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 The only part of your instructions I did not know how to do was: "make sure the .URL file type is set to Opera or "Internet Browser". Where or how do I do this. Thanks again.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@rscore In the control panel or in Windows settings.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg All done. Shortcuts still go through Chrome. If I create new shortcuts with Opera, is there a way to change the icon from the generic Opera icon, to the icon associated with the website?

[tparavani]

tparavani @Guest last edited by

@rscore Yes there is, just right-click the shortcut, go to "Properties" (or something like it), and then click on "Change icon", there you can choose some default icons or one you like, if you have the file for it.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@rscore said in Desktop shortcuts:

All done. Shortcuts still go through Chrome.

Open notepad and drag one of the shortcuts into its window. That'll show you the source of the url file. Indent each line by 4 spaces and post here just so we can double-check that there's not something different than normal.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by leocg

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[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 If it helps, in the shortcut properties, the target is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe" --profile-directory=Default --app-id=gljaopfbodkhmenoppknlegalnfolend

And the "start in" address is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application"

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

Yeah, that is some Chrome-specific stuff.

It should look like this:

    [InternetShortcut]

    URL=https://example.com/

with an optional ICON= for a site-specific icon. If it's like that, it should load in the default browser.

You can put that in Notepad and save it as test.url and try it. Notepad might save it as test.url.txt, so remove the .txt if you need to.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

For the icon, you can add:

IconIndex=0
IconFile=https://example.com/favicon.ico 

Knowing that, you should be able to author your own url files and create compatible ones for your existing ones if you want.

If a remoe URL doesn't work for the icon file, save the ico file to your computer somwhere and then put the path to it after IconFile= instead.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

How are you creating shortcuts in Chrome btw?

When I goto https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/ for example and drag the badge (padlock icon usually) on the left of the address field onto the desktop (when the window isn't maximized), Chrome creates a shortcut like:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/

It doesn't create any Chrome-specific stuff.

However if I goto "Menu -> More Tools -> Create Shortcut", that creates an App shortcut which is something different (a .lnk file). But, the source you provided doesn't look like the .lnk files my Chrome is generating. Still seems like a .lnk file in general though.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 When I create the shortcut in the fashion you suggested, I do get the URL format that you describe:

URL=https://example.com/

However, the icon is the generic Opera icon. How and where do I put the "https://example.com/favicon.ico" to try to get the site specific icon back.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Figured out how to do it. Thanks for the help.