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You can similarly add the address for the website that you want to add. Since we are adding ‘Google’ to the Taskbar, the URL becomes as follows. Make sure you enter the URL in the correct format. Now enter the URL of the website that you want to add to the Taskbar in the ‘Target’ section next to the existing text. Next, navigate to the ‘Shortcut’ tab, in case it doesn’t launch by default. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.Īfter you have created a shorcut for ‘Firefox’, navigate to the Desktop, right-click on the ‘Shortcut’, and then select ‘Properties’ from the context menu. Right-click on it and then select ‘Create shortcut’ from the context menu.Ī dialog box will pop up informing that the shortcut cannot be created in this location and if you want to create it on the Desktop. The File Explorer window will now launch with the ‘Firefox’ shortcut selected by default. To add a website to the Taskbar with Firefox, search for ‘Firefox’ in the ‘Start Menu’, right-click on the search result, and then select ‘Open file location’ from the menu. The website will now be added to the Taskbar and can be accessed by clicking on the icon. The name of the shortcut will be mentioned in the text box, and you also have the option to change it. The ‘Pin to taskbar’ box will appear at the top of the tab. Next, hover the cursor over ‘More tools’, and then click on the ‘Pin to taskbar’ option in that menu that appears. To do so, navigate the required website, click on the ellipsis near the top-right corner, or press ALT + F to launch the ‘Settings and more’ menu. The process to add a website to the Taskbar with Microsoft Edge is probably the easiest amongst all the browsers. In the above case, it’s the ‘Google’ icon, since we added a shortcut for to the Taskbar. The shortcut icon will be different for different websites. To launch the website that you earlier added, click on the ‘Shorcut’ in the Taskbar. Head over to the desktop, right-click on the ‘Shortcut’, and select the ‘Pin to taskbar’ option from the context menu.Īfter the shortcut has been added to the Taskbar, you can safely remove it from the desktop by right-clicking on it, and then selecting ‘Delete’ from the context menu. The shortcut has now been added to the desktop.

Finally, click on ‘Create’ to complete the process. Next, if you want the shortcut to open in a new window, instead of as a tab in the existing window, select the checkbox for ‘Open as window’. You have the option to modify the name by entering a new one in the text box. The shortcut will by default be named as the webpage. The ‘Create shortcut’ dialog box will now appear. Next, click on the ellipsis near the top-right corner, hover the cursor over ‘More tools’ in the drop-down menu, and then select ‘Create shortcut’ from the menu that appears. To add a website to the ‘Taskbar’ with Google Chrome, navigate to the website that you want to add.

We will walk you through the process to add a website to the ‘Taskbar’ for the four most used browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. You may have added them as bookmarks for quick access, but how does the idea of adding them to the ‘Taskbar’ sound? You can access the website right from the ‘Taskbar’ in a single click, thus saving both time and the minor hassle, you underwent earlier. Another great change is that the app now shows a post-install greeting page that allows easily configuring the OS to use EdgeDeflector for handing microsoft-edge: links.We all got a certain set of websites that we frequently visit.

Starting in EdgeDeflector version 1.2.0.0, the app doesn't require administrative privileges, as it makes the changes per-user.

Select EdgeDeflector from the available apps list, and confirm the change.

Find the microsoft-edge entry in the list, and click on the app icon next to it.

Click on Choose default apps by protocol.

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Install it by following the setup wizard steps.

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Download the latest version of EdgeDeflector from GitHub.

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How to Make News and Interests Open Links in Chrome on Windows 10 For whose who are not happy with move, Edge Deflector comes into play.

Obviously, Microsoft is interested in making users stick with Edge, its own product. Both Cortana and News and Interests use the microsoft-edge: protocol to ensure that the link is opened in Microsoft Edge.

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The software serve only one purpose - to intercept Cortana links and send to to your default browser.

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You may remember Edge Deflector, a tiny app for Windows 10 that was created in Cortana era.