how do I place a link on my desktop that opens a certain web page?
With IE, I used to create a desktop link that opened a web site page automatically. How do I do that with windows live?
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You can drag the favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create a shortcut.
You can also use an extension.
- SaveLink: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/14019/
- Deskcut: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/66
If you drag a link or favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create an internet shortcut then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser.
If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties).
You can usually get the favicon if you append "favicon.ico" to the main domain of a website (e.g. http://www.mozilla.com/favicon.ico ) to display the favicon in a tab and save that image to a folder or see if you can find it in "Tools > Page Info > Media".