When you install new applications for your Windows computer, you may have noticed that new shortcut icons have appeared on the desktop. These shortcuts have the same icon as the file, folder or program they’re pointing to, but they have small, curled arrows in the lower-left corner. Through them, you save time that would’ve been wasted on going through Windows Explorer to find your files and programs in their default locations. Here’s how you can manually create shortcuts and use them to quickly open your favorite files, folders, and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the location of your file or folder that you want to create a shortcut for, right-click it and select Create Shortcut<\/span>. The newly created shortcut should appear in the same location of your file or folder. It’s characterized by the curled arrow and a “- Shortcut” suffixed to its name. Move the shortcut to a convenient location. If a “Windows can’t create a shortcut here” error message appears instead, click Yes <\/span>to place the shortcut on the desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n