Create a tile for Non-Default browser shortcut
Question:
I have a website that will only work in Internet Explorer. So how can I create a tile that will open a URL in a specific browser?Answer:
There are, unfortunately, many online apps that will only work with a specific browser. One site I use requires Chrome, another requires Internet Explorer, and others may require a different browser again. Is it possible to create a tile that will open a URL in a specific browser? Of course! The solution is easy.Well, not really as easy as creating a bookmark, but not a gargantuan task. There are 3 steps:
- Create a new shortcut on your desktop; point it to the required web browser and URL
- Drag it to your programs folder
- Pin it to start menu
1. Create a new shortcut (7 steps with about 13 sub-steps!)
- Right-click on an empty spot on your desktop (if you're in tablet mode, exit that first)
- Hover over New and click Shortcut
- A dialog box will open
- In the text field, you need to enter the file path to the target browser and then the URL
- Getting the file path to the browser is tedious, but not overly technical; I'll use Chrome as my example.
- Click Start, and find the required browser in the list of programs
- Right-click the tile, then click More
- Click the option Open file location
- This will likely just open the shortcut location, so right-click the shortcut and click Open File Location again
- Now you'll see the folder where the file Chrome.exe lives
- Click an empty spot in the path bar at the top of the file browser
- Then right-click the highlighted text and click Copy
- Now you have the path to the browser saved to your clipboard
- Go back to the New Shortcut, type quote ("), paste in the path, then type a backslash (\) followed by the browser filename.
(You will see the browser filename in the file browser window) - Then type quote (") again and a space.
Example: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
- 6. Now you put in the URL to finish creating the shortcut:
- Go back to the web browser and copy the URL from the address bar
- After the space, paste in the URL
- Click Next
You've created a Windows 10 shortcut that will open a web page in a specific browser.
Now you need to get it onto your home screen.
2. Drag the shortcut to the programs folder
- In a file explorer window, go to this location:
C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs - Drag the shortcut into this window
3. Pin the shortcut to Home
- Click Start again and you'll see your new shortcut is in the list of apps
- Right-click it and click Pin to Start
Let us know in the comments if you have any questions or issues.
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