Web shortcut producer May 7th 2006

What's it good for? This online service creates shortcuts to web pages with embedded icons. The shortcuts do not have an arrow in the corner, because they are tiny executables. If you are an internet user, you can create custom shortcuts for your favorite websites and place them directly on desktop. Download example shortcut to this page: Icon Shortcut Maker.exe (see preview on the image ->)

How to use it?

1. If you want to use custom icon instead of one of the stock icons, you need to have this icon on your computer and its size must be less than 50 kB.
2. Choose a stock icon or click the "Browse..." button and navigate to your own icon.
3. Type the address of the web page for which you want to make the shortcut into the "Address" box.
4. Click the "Save shortcut" button and place the file on your desktop or another suitable location.
5. Rename the shortcut.

Stock icons:
Custom icon:
Address:

How does it work?

This service produces a tiny Windows exe file containing the specified icon and the address of a web page. When the application is run, it opens the web page in the default web browser.

Is it safe?

Running executable files downloaded from internet may be dangerous and shortcuts created by this service are executable files. We guareantee that the shortcut files do exactly what is described on this page and nothing else, but we recommend you to check them with your antivirus anyway.

Info for webmasters

If you are a webmaster, you may prepare shortcuts with icons for your visitors and let them download the shortcuts from your web pages.

If you like this service, please consider linking to this page and recommending it to your friends.

Geting icons for your shortcuts

• Visit our library of free icons.
• Visit sites in our directory of clipart.
• Create your own icons in our professional icon maker.
• Contact us and we will create an icon for you.

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Unknown author (2007-11-25): its not loading why wont it work??

The Sword of the Heart (2007-12-02): When you say "default browser" do you mean what the system says is my default browser (Firefox), or the -default- browser that comes with Windows by -default-? I know that all the links in the Online page of RW Icon and Cursor editors always open in IE, even though my browser is set to Firefox. Explain?

Vlasta (2007-12-03): It will open in Firefox in your case.

pixelstuff (2007-12-15): I too am looking forward to making some Windows Vista icons.

pixelstuff (2007-12-15): IA couple suggestion options. 1. With Vista icons the 50K limit is easy to excede, might be nice if the limit was 100KB. 2. I'm curious if an option could be created to load a browser window to a certain size. 3. An option to go with #2 to allow the browser menus and such to be turned off, for loading things like a flash program or other specialty pages.

pixelstuff (2007-12-20): A note to my previous suggestion on browser sizing. I was thinking how the Google Talk gadget is more feature packed than the desktop client, but there isn't a way to launch it upon windows start or other such methods. Having an exe that launches the browser at a certain size, with no menus, and with the talk gadget loaded would be ideal.

Vlasta (2007-12-20): I'll see what can be done, but I am not very optimistic about the window size. Not that it is impossible, but since it uses the default browser, which may be anything, it is unlikely that it would always work correctly.

Unknown author (2008-03-08): My Norton Anti-Virus popped up an alert.

Vlasta (2008-03-08): Of course it did. You are downloading an .exe file.

Pato Howard (2008-05-12): Please, this is great, make also the desktop aplication!

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