Aug 13, 2019 How to Create a Shortcut to an Application. To do this the easy way, open Windows 10’s Start menu. Look for the application you want to use by scrolling through the Apps list at the left side of the menu. Mac OS X also has a couple of ways to pin your most used items to the dock: Drag the program, file, or folder icon to the dock and wait for the icons in the dock to move to make room for the new icon.
Tired of your various Mac apps winding up in the wrong virtual desktop? I know the feeling.
Well, good news. You can, in fact, assign an app to a specific desktop in Mission Control—perfect for keeping your programs in their proper “spaces,” particularly when you’re booting up your Mac.
Before we begin, something to keep in mind: this trick applies only to apps running in standard “windowed” mode. Programs running in “full screen” (a handy new feature in Mac OS X “Lion”) automatically get assigned to their own desktops.
Just select “This Desktop” to pin an app to a specific Mission Control desktop.
So, ready to start “pinning” your apps to specific desktops? Here we go…
- First, navigate to the desktop where you’d like a particular program to call home. If, for example, you want iPhone to sit in Desktop 2, launch Mission Control, then click on Desktop 2 from the overhead Mission Control view (or create a second desktop if there isn’t one already).
- Launch the app you want to assign to the desktop—again, let’s use iPhoto as our example.
- Go down to the Mac desktop dock at the bottom of the screen, find the icon for iPhoto, and right-click it.
- In the menu that appears, select Options, then select “This Desktop” under the “Assign to” heading.
Now, let’s test. Go ahead and close the app you just assigned to a desktop, navigate to Desktop 1 in Mission Control, then launch the app again—and when you do, it should launch in the desktop you assigned it to.
Also, if the app you’ve pinned to a desktop opens automatically when you start up your Mac, the app will now launch in its assigned window.
OK, but what if you want to “unpin” an app from a desktop? Just right-click its icon in the dock, select Options, then select “None” under “Assign to.”
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To create a desktop icon or shortcut, do the following:
- Browse to the file on your hard disk for which you want to create a shortcut. The default installation location for many Adobe applications is C:Program FilesAdobe.
- Right-click the file for which you want to create a shortcut.
- Select Create Shortcut from the menu.
Note: Click Yes in the Shortcut dialog box if Windows gives the message 'Windows cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?' - Drag the shortcut to the desktop or any other folder.
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The Adobe Captivate demonstration illustrates how to create a desktop shortcut. For more information about viewing this demo, see Viewing Adobe Captivate Demos in Knowledgebase Documents (kb403894).