How to Make a Shortcut to an Application on Your Desktop

Tony Mitchell August 2005

• Go to the Start menu, to All Programs, then to the Program or Application you want to use, such as Microsoft Word
• Hover over the launch icon, rather than click on it to start the program
• Right-click on the launch icon to make a popup menu appear
• From the popup menu choose, Send to, and then Desktop
• Move the mouse away from the menus and to the desktop to close the pop-ups
• You should now see a shortcut for the application you chose
• Shortcuts are identified by a small arrow in the corner of the icon
• Now to launch the program (application), double click on the shortcut on the desktop rather than using the Start menu