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For example, you have a link where you want to connect at work, using only Firefox, but you have the default browser set to Chrome which you don't want it and you really can't change anything because computer administrator restricted any access to your computer settings. View Video Tutorial Create Web Page Shortcut to Open in Firefox As explained above about restrictions, Windows will not restrict the access to create web page shortcut on your desktop and you have to use this advantage. In my example I am using Windows 7, but this is applied for Windows 8, XP or whatever version you have. Simply right click on your desktop and select New - Shortcut, so that we can create web page shortcut using the URL you want. In the window that will appear, click Browse and select the.exe file of your favorite browser (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer or any other browser), usually located in C:/Program Files folder. Once you have the shortcut on your desktop, make sure to right click on it and hit Properties. Here, in the Shortcut tab, find the Target field and at the end, just write a space and the link you want to open in that browser.
Something like this: 'C: Program Files (x86) Mozilla Firefox firefox.exe' Create Web Page Shortcut to Open in Chrome To make a desktop link shortcut open in non-default browser, for example Chrome, do the same steps as above, but only now you need to select Chrome executable file as the main path in the target field. My path below is the one for x64 bits Windows version.