Creating An Icon In My Desktop View - Cox --> Yahoo Email

[+ azdr0710]

I hope I can ask this here.....

I have a Windows 10 desktop and usually use a Firefox browser....some of you with Cox email probably changed over to Yahoo last month......I used to use Thunderbird for my Cox email and had a T-bird icon right on my desktop view ready to click on that went right to my email......at the big changeover last month, I chose to use direct Yahoo email and not a third-party like T-bird......that's going ok and is taking some getting used to, but I have to manually type in the Yahoo mail URL in a browser to get to my mail, though I did just now set up the URL on the Bookmarks Toolbar in the browser to avoid the manual typing..........what I'd really like to do is, like the old T-bird icon on the desktop page, have a Yahoo Email icon and entirely skip going to the browser to get my email.......

I've looked around and can't figure out how to do that......any ideas, anyone??........I can try to contact Yahoo support if you think that's best, but just dreading the wait and all.......thanks very much 

[+ poolboy48220]

Not exactly what you're asking, but I have Chrome on my taskbar and Chrome's always open when the computer's on. Yahoo mail is the first bookmark on my Chrome bookmarks bar, although the Yahoo mail is always open on the first or second tab too - I do my 'casual' browsing in other tabs. 

[+ JamesB]

14 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

I hope I can ask this here.....

I have a Windows 10 desktop and usually use a Firefox browser....some of you with Cox email probably changed over to Yahoo last month......I used to use Thunderbird for my Cox email and had a T-bird icon right on my desktop view ready to click on that went right to my email......at the big changeover last month, I chose to use direct Yahoo email and not a third-party like T-bird......that's going ok and is taking some getting used to, but I have to manually type in the Yahoo mail URL in a browser to get to my mail, though I did just now set up the URL on the Bookmarks Toolbar in the browser to avoid the manual typing..........what I'd really like to do is, like the old T-bird icon on the desktop page, have a Yahoo Email icon and entirely skip going to the browser to get my email.......

I've looked around and can't figure out how to do that......any ideas, anyone??........I can try to contact Yahoo support if you think that's best, but just dreading the wait and all.......thanks very much 

I´m not sure if this is what you want but you can try it.

1.- Open your browser and go to your email account. Copy de URL at the top.

2.- Right click on your desktop, select New -->Direct access and paste the URL.--> Next

3.- Type the name you would like, something like Yahoo Mail - Done

There should now be a direct access to your email on your desktop.

 

[+ azdr0710]

3 hours ago, JamesB said:

I´m not sure if this is what you want but you can try it.

1.- Open your browser and go to your email account. Copy de URL at the top.

2.- Right click on your desktop, select New -->Direct access and paste the URL.--> Next

3.- Type the name you would like, something like Yahoo Mail - Done

There should now be a direct access to your email on your desktop.

 

Success!.....thanks @JamesB !.......I mostly had forgotten that one can right-click just anywhere on the desktop screen and do stuff with it......only one-second pause I had was "direct access" is apparently called "shortcut" on mine......big timesaver!!......appreciate your help......yay!

[+ JamesB]

20 minutes ago, azdr0710 said:

Success!.....thanks @JamesB !.......I mostly had forgotten that one can right-click just anywhere on the desktop screen and do stuff with it......only one-second pause I had was "direct access" is apparently called "shortcut" on mine......big timesaver!!......appreciate your help......yay!

Great! I'm glad I could help. It's probably called "shortcut" in all of them; I was just going by memory, which once again has proven to be not as reliable as I'd like. LOL!