You can drag the favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create a shortcut. You can also use an extension. * SaveLink: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/savelink/ * Deskcut: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/deskcut/ ---- If you drag a link or favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create an internet shortcut then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser.<br /> If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties).<br /> 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".<br />