You can use built-in settings on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge to turn websites into local desktop apps on Windows 11/10. Learn how!

Internet Explorer 9 famously lets you add Web favorites to your taskbar, but Windows has always had the option of adding them to the desktop.

How to Create Shortcuts to Websites on a Desktop for a Mac. If you visit certain Web pages, such as Facebook and Gmail, on a daily basis, you can create shortcuts to them on your Mac OS X desktop.

Add a Shutdown Button to the Desktop Creating a "Shutdown" shortcut on your Windows 11 desktop doesn't require any third-party software. It's as simple as adding any other icon to the Windows 11 ...

Instead of opening Google Docs directly in your browser, you can click on a shortcut on your taskbar or desktop and open the app that way. To do this, open Google Chrome and go to docs.google.com.

Installing Skype for Desktop places a shortcut on the desktop and integrates a link in the Windows 8 Start screen, so the program is readily available for business use.