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How can I put a GMail shortcut on my desktop?

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I am trying to put a shortcut to Gmail on my desktop and cannot find where or how to do this. Any ideas?

I am trying to put a shortcut to Gmail on my desktop and cannot find where or how to do this. Any ideas?

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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Creating+a+desktop+shortcut+to+a+web+page

You can drag the favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create a shortcut. If you create an internet shortcut that way then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser. If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties). You can usually get the favicon if you append "favicon.ico" to the main domain of a website (e.g. http://www.mozilla.com/favicon.ico ) to display the favicon in a tab and save that image to a folder or see if you can find it in "Tools > Page Info > Media".

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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Creating+a+desktop+shortcut+to+a+web+page

You can drag the favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create a shortcut. If you create an internet shortcut that way then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser. If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties). You can usually get the favicon if you append "favicon.ico" to the main domain of a website (e.g. http://www.mozilla.com/favicon.ico ) to display the favicon in a tab and save that image to a folder or see if you can find it in "Tools > Page Info > Media".