How to Make Desktop Shortcuts - Windows 11 Tutorial Tips - Free & Super Easy

See how to Make Desktop Shortcuts Windows 11, super easy way to create desktop shortcut in Windows. It's easy to learn how to create a Windows 11 desktop shortcut in this video tutorial. When you see how to create a desktop icon on Windows 11 you might say to yourself that was easy. And it's true! So in this Windows 11 video tutorial it will help you to learn how to customize a Windows 11 desktop in just a few moments. Making a Windows 11 desktop shortcut from any installed app or shortcut game app in your Windows 11 start menu takes only a few seconds to make happen. All I can say is in this video you will see how a Windows 11 desktop shortcut can be created from start menu is made today, so you can create one or more for yourself. Windows 11 desktop customization can be done quickly by creating a simple and easy desktop shortcut for easy and convenient access right from your Windows 11 desktop.
When you follow my video steps on how to make desktop shortcuts on Windows 11 you will find accessing apps is better and makes better use of your Windows 11 desktop space. Do things the easy way in Windows 11 desktop customization process. So simple to learn how to put Apps on Desktop on Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC. The most important thing this video will show you is how to add Apps to Desktop on Windows 11.
So the next time your want to or need to create a shortcut on desktop Windows 11, you can use the methods in this tutorial to see how to add icon on desktop in Windows 11. It makes no difference if you are using a desktop computer or a laptops computer. It will work the same way in either computer device for Windows 11 desktop icons.
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[@andikardian9014]

I never thought before that I would have to watch a CZcams tutorial just for add new shortcut in my desktop.

[@gsin311]

is windows turning into mac or something. The things that we were able to do for years now take fucking forever to do

[@jaymarkgaming5113]

same

[@TX2Fan452]

same

[@davem.9341]

Thank you.. Microsoft just wants to make things more complex 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome.

[@rafthebfdifan]

Fuck it, start tab does not work

[@Romoredux]

They literally made some Navigation's thru Windows 11 HARDER/LONGER by adding 1 or 2 extra mouse clicks or menus...it's absurd imo.

[@dipenpatel9104]

You should go with Apple environment then,

[@OtterThunder]

@@Romoredux Thank you for saying this, I've been going crazy feeling like I'm the only one who's annoyed by the Microsoft changes. Like for workflow efficiency this seems like a step backwards

[@sabrewolf479]

I've been using computers for 25+ years. I don't know how many computers I've built, but Windows 11 has me watching youtube videos like this.

[@wanderlust706]

thankyou SO much! the windows 11 is just complicated for no reason but so quick and easy when people like you explain so thankyou so much nick

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome. Thanks for your nice comment. Happy my video was easy to help.

[@claddy737]

Thank you so much. Looked at other videos and was lost. This video gave a simple explanation for something that should of been easy from the start.

[@nickscomputerfix]

Great to hear!

[@ppokorski]

Thank You...just upgraded a computer.....and was going nuts trying to figure how to drag to desktop or use "send-to" commands...which didnt' work....Now I now how to get to the app list and left click drag!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Excellent! Glad I could help!

[@hyeeagle]

Thanks, very helpful and easy explanation, I hope you make helpful short and meaningful more clips like this.

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thank you. Happy my video was helpful.😎👍

[@isaiahhanson3680]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I have no idea why I did not try this, but you just saved me more time than you know.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!!👍😎

[@mathiashenriksen4820]

You know that you have made a fuck up when this many people has to search to find out how to use a standard feature...
thanks for the tip

[@extcbyemily]

Thank you so much for this! I received my laptop last week and thought maybe I’m an idiot. Went through so many videos, but yours was the one that helped!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Happy to hear my video was the one that actually help you.😎👍

[@IrisDawn]

After goggling and going to multiple sites that offered worthless information, I came here and the answer was quick & easy. OMG thank you so much!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Great to hear!

[@Loezyair8909]

thanks bro I really appreciate it I was stuck on doing that for a while

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad I could help. I appreciate your share.😎

[@Keiran-yq2cz]

Why have they made it so much more complicated? Why can't we just drag it straight from the quick start menu?

[@DonaldMonacelli-lz4po]

Because some people are losers with no friends and have to make shit difficult for others

[@lordcasinator]

Thank you so much I always forget how to do this

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome! Happy to help! 👍😎

[@creeper4226]

thanks, really helpfull its kinda sus every body its putting THANKS YOU SO MUCH but this actually works

[@GAM-TIME]

Thanks what an easy thing to do once you know how.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You bet!

[@mygigaacademia7447]

thanks for the help! This was a nice and chill tutorial

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome.

[@Tyler-8898]

Thanks. I don't know why they made it so complicated to figure out.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@snehashrestha4884]

thanks at first i was like how does this work, but later it worked. thanks

[@nickscomputerfix]

You are welcome!

[@Zahh008]

Thanks so much this really helped me out

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome! I'm happy to hear my video was helpful.

[@curtisliptak3099]

Thank you for an easy great video on Windows 11 desktop shortcuts I was about to lose my mind trying to figure it out!!!! Windows 10 was a no brainer thanks again.

[@nickscomputerfix]

Great to hear!

[@papaeli5930]

Thank you man you have helped me alot

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're Welcome.

[@IndhuAmmu-pf8yr]

Thank you so much ... For this I watched many videos but it doesn't work ... Yours simply and easiest thanks

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!👍😎

[@ZeroformulaInvestment]

Thanks you save us so quickly and easy ❤

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad it helped!😎👍

[@polt3732]

Thanks so much!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@vikeshcherukupally5077]

Thanks it is very helpful for me 👍

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad to hear that

[@michalgallik7597]

Great! Very helpful!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thanks!

[@redmammoth8759]

Thanks for the help man

[@nickscomputerfix]

Happy to help

[@amrit3213]

Thank you that worked!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Great!

[@Danny.Thompson]

Why does it put a square around the icon when you create shortcut?

[@all-bookedbookreviews]

You just made my life so much easier. Thank you!!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome.

[@Olectralab]

Thank you very much sir! this was excellent.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're very welcome! 😎👍

[@BertieW0oster]

Not bad once you know what to do... but definitely annoying that it's not intuitive! That's why I'm here, I couldn't figure this out without your video. Thanks!

[@nickscomputerfix]

I agree 100% that it's not very intuitive! Glad I could help! 😎

[@user-ec4ee7vp6x]

Thank you so much!!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!😎

[@frederickalexander1897]

Thx dude it was very easy i sub it :-)

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thanks for the sub! 👍😎

[@jostrich21]

Thank you so much. I was losing it trying to figure this out on my own.

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad I could help!

[@trinityxp]

This helped alot!! thank you!

[@nickscomputerfix]

I'm very glad to hear that it helped! Thanks for sharing! 😎👍

[@Taken991]

thanks brother, was struggling to make shortcut for outlook and whatsapp.

[@nickscomputerfix]

Happy to help!😎

[@HINDU_RAMJEE_SINGH]

thank you sir it helped me a lot

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad to hear that my video help you out! 😎

[@GibbyApoyo]

Thanks so much as I'm the begginer watching this.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're very welcome!

[@R3MZY0284]

Thanks man!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Happy to help!

[@R3MZY0284]

@@nickscomputerfix Thanks again👍🏻
You also got a new subscriber!

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thanks for your Like and Sub. It's appreciated! 😎👍

[@MegaVee-yq4vm]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@manan3913]

Thanks man❤

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome 😊

[@jayrambarman8250]

Thank you❤

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome 😊

[@rattisworld3123]

Thank u verrry much👍

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're Welcome.

[@supremerhythm5396]

How do you remove that background colour from icons? I noticed for me it’s either blue, grey or brown and don’t know how to get rid of it after dragging the shortcuts on to my desktop

[@nickscomputerfix]

Right click on empty space on your Windows desktop and select "Personalize". You can then customize many desktop attributes.

[@koushikinath4706]

Thank you very much 😭❤️

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome 😊

[@bagel_soup2]

windows really makes you jump through hoops to do a basic feature, huh? thanks for the help 👍

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome, happy to help.

[@Wingburner]

Thanks for the video. Wasted time pinning and unpinning. You just made my day :-)

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad to hear it! 😎👍

[@Love_nini7]

This was very helpful, thank youuu

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad it was helpful!

[@VarunKumar-by4mn]

thank you, i was feeling like i am not ready for windows 11 🤣

[@nickscomputerfix]

Glad it helped!

[@hyderking1596]

Work 100% thanks brother

[@nickscomputerfix]

Enjoy

[@ZahidKhan-hr7xt]

Very nice and simple and easy tips thank you so much

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thank you for your kind words. 😎👍

[@Robert_Presto]

This tip also works with Windows 10. Thanks !

[@nickscomputerfix]

It sure does. Thanks for letting others know.

[@MelWalker-fs9zd]

Mspaint won't allow to be dragged to desktop, please help

[@user-nn4jq4xz5n]

Thanks Brother 😊

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome😎👍

[@aronkloepping6776]

thanks a lot!!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@colinlegrys9434]

My existing short-cut decided to disappear, I don't know why. I tried to follow M.S. instructions for a short-cut but could not make any sense of them, I found your channel and bingo! job done, thanks.

[@nickscomputerfix]

😎👍

[@jeevansh-----------]

Thanks, it works

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@Datacorrupter234]

Can they make it harder? it needs more menus to look through

[@Dinethe_kj]

The drag doesn't really work to my computer, unfair :

[@rexwillrisegaming5505]

THANKS ALOT

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@youssefragheb7645]

thank you very muchh

[@nickscomputerfix]

Always welcome😎👍

[@V1Salvo]

Wow, thank you so much for that, very clear and easy to follow, liked and subbed

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome! Thanks for the like and sub!😎👍

[@Mythical397]

thanks!!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're Welcome.

[@NattyGymMotivation]

Thanks 💪💪💪

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're Welcome👍

[@More2Ego]

TYSM

[@nickscomputerfix]

😎👍

[@pratiktarkase1364]

thanks broo

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're Welcome

[@fuzzypez13]

any idea how to create a shortcut to one file? I want to link an excel file to my desktop

[@nickscomputerfix]

Open up "File Explorer" locate Excel file > select file > drag and drop on to desktop.

[@Kevin-zp4qg]

I like to thank for this

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome.

[@xFAZZ-4k]

A simple “thank you” is nice, but it doesn’t let the other person know what their gesture really meant to you.

[@diedrikimpens1867]

thank you

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@Rndm-Ed1tz]

Thanks

[@nickscomputerfix]

Welcome

[@Harry_stories09]

Thank

[@kumargovind-rs5gk]

thanku

[@GEETESHCHOUDHARY]

THANK YOUUUUU

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome!

[@robertfieldsjr.5919]

That’s great for apps
How do I do it for a remote cd drive?

[@nickscomputerfix]

You can do it through File Explorer: Windows logo key + E on your keyboard and select and drag to you Windows desktop.

[@markh.6687]

Windows 11 is the new Windows 8 with "features" made harder to use. Wow!

[@evakaram]

W11 is difficult for no good reason. Why ruin an easy drag and drop to so many time wasting clicks and searching. Thanks for the tips and thanks for speaking slowly enough for the tips to register.

[@madeline7100]

I need help, I have tried your way and several others to add different icon on my screen and none of them are working! so frustrated. Help

[@fahadulislam5707]

Same here 😢

[@Misheng01]

I still can't move my apps on my desktop and when I check it on setting the apps option to move is grayded out

[@nickscomputerfix]

You need to be an Admin User and not Standard or Guest User of your computer or it will not allow.

[@sureshpunagani5181]

Super 👍❤❤❤

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@billwells8054]

This video was great . Thank you. Subscribe? Hell yes, if you have more like this, I want to see them!

[@nickscomputerfix]

You can see many more videos like this one by visiting my channel. Thank you for your Like and Sub, it's appreciated.👍😎

[@OtterThunder]

Of all the things that they could have changed for windows 11, the workflow to make desktop shortcuts was not one of them.... Thank you for making this video and lowering my bloodpressure with this guide. I'm "part of the younger generation that get's technology" and this was infuriating me trying to get this sorted. The workflow of the changes that microsoft is making is NOT more intuitive at all.

[@nickscomputerfix]

You're welcome. Glad to hear my video helped you out.

[@joaoferreira6626]

I needed to install spotify from google cause from microsoft store you cannot create a shortcut lol,

[@Romoredux]

LOL, yeah it's "easy" for those "main apps" but any folder you gotta right click THEN HIT "SHOW MORE OPTIONS" TO GET THE OLD WINDOWS 10 WINDOW FOR THE SHORTCUT...it's absurd. It's like this with A LOT of the old ways I used to navigate Windows. It's like they've added 1-2 extra steps FOR NO REASON.

[@nickscomputerfix]

I also think it's more steps and less intuitive to do many things in Windows 11 that seem easier in Windows 10 to accomplish.

[@bronwyn0987]

I just bought a chromebook with windows 11....but there is no windows icon on the taskbar...

[@nickscomputerfix]

Chromebooks do not run Windows OS, they run Chrome OS.

[@marloh2906]

"win 11 isnt bad"

[@newsuperbowserworld]

It’s not

[@marloh2906]

@@newsuperbowserworld you’re unable to create shortcuts for any app. It’s annoying. Despite this video, there is no way to get app extension shortcuts. Only for the main app.

[@marloh2906]

@@newsuperbowserworld it may not be bad but it’s a downgrade.

[@newsuperbowserworld]

@@marloh2906 Downgrade from what? You have to do the exact same steps in Windows 10.

[@marloh2906]

@@newsuperbowserworld no you can’t. It is a downgrade from win 10.

[@shryve]

I hate much of Windows 11. Even though it is not a tool, Windows Media Player Legacy is in the Windows Tools Folder. I just like the Windows 10 Media Player more than the Windows 11 version and now I have it on my Desktop!!

[@sujantocaq4584]

🙏🙏

[@bibbibo1]

♥

[@BigRedNation123]

BRING BACK GO SCREENS FOR THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

[@Sabeeucb]

In win 11 the simple things has gone too complicated, i just want a f😅ing icon on desktop

[@leonleszczynski3343]

If you still can't create shortcuts, here's 100% working method czcams.com/video/dxONbdoyUYo/video.html

[@bharat_alok11]

Thanks. It worked 🎉

[@user-km8km4if5r]

do better microsoft

[@hunzhurte]

Such a stupid design fail from Microsoft

[@Anyonewhos]

How do I create a short cut for a game that I bought from epic games launcher?

[@nickscomputerfix]

The same way if you see it in your Start Menu > All Apps list > than select, drag and drop on your desktop.

[@damariqueen]

7 months later & still saving lives 🫶🏾

[@nickscomputerfix]

Thanks.

[@teenermeener971]

Thanks alot

[@nickscomputerfix]

Happy to help