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How to create a new shortcut

Option 1: Manually create new shortcut

In this example, the instructions will walk you through how to create a desktop shortcut for CPM Solutions. If you do not already have a shortcut to Solutions on your desktop, follow along with the steps below to create one.

  1. Go to the CPM Solutions home page. In the URL field at the top of the browser window, right-click and select Copy (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C).
Top of browser window with CPM Solutions link highlighted
  1. On your desktop, right-click and select New, then Shortcut.
Desktop with right-click menu open, cursor is hovered over New and then Shortcut is selected
  1. In the Create Shortcut window that opens, this is where you will enter the link (or folder, program, etc.) that you want to create a shortcut to.
Create Shortcut window is open, location field is currently blank
  1. Since we are creating a shortcut to the CPM Solutions website, paste (Ctrl + V) the URL you copied in Step 1 into the location field. Click Next.
Create Shortcut window is open and the link to CPM Solutions has been pasted into the location field
  1. The final step is to give the shortcut a brief, memorable name for easy identification once it’s on your desktop. In this case, you could name it simply CPM Solutions, or CPM Solutions Tech Help. After you’ve given your shortcut a name, click Finish.
Create Shortcut window is open, with "CPM Solutions Tech Help" in the name field
  1. Your shortcut will now appear on your desktop.
    • If the name is long, you may not be able to see the full shortcut name at all times, but the full name will be revealed whenever you click on the shortcut.
    • If you want to change the shortcut name, just click on the text twice until a white editable field appears behind the text (don’t click too fast, otherwise it will be perceived as a double-click and the shortcut will open instead of letting you edit the name).
CPM Solutions Tech Help shortcut with text cut off at end because name is too long
CPM Solutions Tech Help shortcut with full name shown upon click
CPM Solutions shortcut with text highlighted so name can be edited

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Option 2: Drag URL to desktop

In this example, IMS is used.

  1. Open a link in your browser.
  2. Select the text in the URL field at the top of the browser window.
  3. Drag that selected text to your desktop to create a new shortcut.
The steps above are shown in three steps in the image: the link is open in a browser, the link is selected and then a shortcut is added to the desktop.

Courtesy of Digital Pathways