Shortcuts on the Desktop

Desktop Shortcut to open a website

Create a shortcut to open a FrontPage website

The shortcut created in this example is for FrontPage. The method can also be used for Expression Web by substituting the path and application for FrontPage:(for 64bit systems, use Program Files(x86) instead of Program Files)

• Right-click the desktop and choose "New Shortcut..."
• Browse to FRONTPG.EXE
• Click Next
• Type a descriptive name for the shortcut., then click Finish
• Change the properties for the shortcut:
• Right click the shortcut and choose Properties
• On the Shortcut tab, amend the target to include the location for the website to be opened - the examples below open a disc-based web, and a server based web.
• The complete Target above is:
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\FRONTPG.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\my documents\my web sites\rxs-test\data"
  
• The complete target above is (all on one line):
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\FRONTPG.EXE" http://192.168.1.208/