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With more than 2 billion active users in 2022 , YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. That is why in we have already made some tutorials with which we can watch videos with a floating window or even pin it to the taskbar in order to improve the user experience with this platform. Today, however, we are going to show you a trick with which we can create a direct access to YouTube from the Windows 10 desktop , in this way we can access its main page very quickly.
What Is A YouTube Shortcut In Windows 10 And What Is It For?
It is a faster way to access the platform directly by double-clicking on a shortcut from the desktop .
How To Put A Direct Access To YouTube From The Desktop Step by Step 2022
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The first step will be to open the official YouTube page and once we have it in sight we will follow these instructions:
- We click with the left mouse button on the padlock of the address of the page (the HTTPS certificate ).
- Without releasing the left mouse button we move it to the desktop to release it and thus create the shortcut.
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Change YouTube Shortcut Icon In Windows 10 Quick and Easy 2022
The next step will be to add a custom icon to our direct access to YouTube , for this we will have to do the following:
- We select the icon with the right mouse button .
- A context menu will open and we choose the “Properties” option .
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On the next screen we must follow these steps:
- Select “Change Icon” .
- Then in examine we add the following path: “C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll” .
- Now we will have a multitude of images, select the one that best suits the platform.
- Finally we will give “Accept” to save the changes.
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And this would be the result, now just by double-clicking on the icon the web will open directly.
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And just like that, we can make a direct access to YouTube on the desktop with Windows 10 . If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment and don’t forget that your support is appreciated, for this you just have to share this content with your social networks. Thank you very much for everything!