How to add a shortcut to your desktop?

Today let us see another tip which is probably a simple one, but very useful.

At times, we may have some favorite files which we may want to access quite frequently. What should we do then? We’ll have to go to the location where it is stored and then open the file, which is obviously time-consuming. Right? Yes, but how else can we do it then?

You can do it by creating shortcuts. You can create shortcuts on your desktop that enable you to open the file/folder by simply double-clicking the mouse on it.

To add a shortcut from a file to your desktop

1. Locate and open the folder in which your file is stored and select the file that you want to create a shortcut to.

2. Right-click the file, click Send To, and then click Desktop.

You’ll see the shortcut on your desktop like the one below.

This shortcut has an arrow in the lower-left corner. We can identify any shortcut with this arrow symbol. The real file will not have this arrow.

If you move the mouse over the shortcut, you can see the location of the file.

We can open the file by double-clicking this shortcut. Another point to note here is, we can also delete a shortcut. Deleting a shortcut will not delete the original file. Only the shortcut will be deleted. Nice. Isn’t it?

Try creating shortcuts and enjoy quick access. Good day!