This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Creating a desktop icon that launches a site in Firefox when IE is the default browser

  • 1 reply
  • 11 have this problem
  • 11 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

scrawford
scrawford
more options

I need to put a desktop icon on the All Users desktop that launches the site in Firefox even though the default browser on the computer is Internet Explorer.

I need to put a desktop icon on the All Users desktop that launches the site in Firefox even though the default browser on the computer is Internet Explorer.

All Replies (1)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

You can make a copy of the Firefox desktop shortcut and add the URL to the target field (right-click: Properties).