How to Create a Program‐Like Website Link to Your Windows Start Menu

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open your Internet Explorer browser through either the Run command

   This will only be available to users of a Windows PC on Internet Explorer 9 and above. , Adding icons to the Start Menu on a Windows Vista PC will do just that-add shortcut icons to your Start Menu (thereby looking like programs you can launch directly from the Start menu.
   
   However, on a Windows 7 and above PC, it will add your icons to a "QuickLinks" like toolbar to the right of the Start Menu. , Some of the major websites on the net have preferable ones. (Facebook, LifeGuide Hub, Yelp, and Digg all have ones.) It's preferable to use ones with different icons, but ones that don't work to, but aren't as beautiful as the non-default icon websites. ,,,, This will bring up a dialog box asking you to verify what you'd like to use this icon for.
   
   Although at first it won't allow you to change the icon's name you can Rename a Program on the Start Menu quite easily.
   
   Open the Start Menu.
   
   Open the "All programs" area of your Start menu.
   
   Right click the text portion of the link you'd like to Edit Click "Rename" Make the edits you want to use for the name to meet your standards.
   
   Press ↵ Enter when you are finished. ,,
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   Step 2: or a box in the Accessories menu of your Start Menu's programs

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   Step 3: or even through the Internet (Internet Explorer box

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   Step 4: if the default is set to Internet Explorer)

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   Step 5: or through one of the many other ways to access Internet Explorer.

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   Step 6: Find out your version number of the Internet Explorer browser you are using.

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   Step 7: Know which Windows Operating System you are currently working on.

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   Step 8: Access a web page that has a non-default Internet Explorer-like "e" icon.

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   Step 9: Locate the Gears-looking icon from the top-right hand corner of the Internet Explorer program.

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    Step 10: Click the Gears icon.

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    Step 11: Click "File" menu.

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    Step 12: Click "Add site to Start menu".

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    Step 13: Make the edits to the link you want to use.

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    Step 14: Click the "Add" box as soon as the link is ready.

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