

Just point the first part of the shortcut the exe of the browser you wish to open up in. It is just as easy to create a link that open in Firefox, Opera etc. So this tutorial shows how to create a shortcut that open up in Google Chrome. This will open up the shortcut with different browser ie the one you have specified. Give it a meaningful name so that it is easily recognized. Make sure you have a single space between the browsers exe and the URL.

Today many programs will just open up a website without asking so the default browser is not allow internet access.īut I have found a solution! Just create a shortcut to the browsers exe file and then paste the URL in after it. I have my default browser configured without access to the internet.

The shortcut created above will open in the default browser. Copy the URL, right click the desktop, New>Create Shortcut, Paste URL Done! If you do not care what browser it will open in then it is very easy. So I had a need to create a desktop shortcut that opens a webpage/URL. How to make a Shortcut open with a Specific Browser. Is there a way to get Windows 7 or Google. How to make a Shortcut open with a Specific Browser that are links into these tools, they open in the standard Chrome browser window, not the application shortcut window.
