Create a Website Shortcut Internet Explorer Must Open

When you double-click a website shortcut that is sitting on your desktop, your default browser will open the website. But what if there is a website that you MUST open with Internet Explorer?

This is not an unusual request, unfortunately, since there are still some websites, and applications tied to websites, that must use Internet Explorer to work properly.

So - here’s how you do it!

• Bring the website up in any browser, but size the browser window so that part of your desktop is visible. Highlight the website’s entire URL or address, right-click, and click Copy
• Next, go to your desktop. Right-click on an empty place on the desktop, hover the cursor over New and click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut window will open
• Click the Browse button. Even though My Computer may already be highlighted, gently single-click on My Computer. Then click once on Local Disk (C), click once on Program Files, and click once on Internet Explorer. Look for a file named iexplore.exe
• Click once on iexplore.exe, and click OK
• Now, in the Create Shortcut window, carefully place the cursor at the very end of the text in the location field ... right after the quotation mark. Press the spacebar once. Then right-click and click Paste.
• Click Next. If you get an error message, cancel the process and begin again with Step #2 above
• If you do not get an error message, type a name for your shortcut and click OK
• Double-click your new shortcut and Internet Explorer will open the website you have chosen

The text in the location field of the Create Shortcut window should look similar to this, except that your website URL will be different of course:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.website-name.com/

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