Create a shortcut to Google Docs on Windows 7 desktop

By Abhishek Ghosh May 11, 2011 3:11 pm Updated on May 11, 2011

You can easily add a shortcut to Google Docs on your Windows 7 desktop for easy access.

Right click on any empty place on Windows 7 desktop, hover over New and then shortcut:

In the Create Shortcut Wizard, type the following URL :

http://docs.google.com/?action=newdoc

Click Next button to continue. Name the shortcut as you like; in this example, we renamed as Google Docs:

However, the default logo does not looks great. Here is Chromium logo, you can use it (change to ico format); right click to save it:

Right click over the newly created shortcut icon and click Properties then click Web Document Tab in properties window and click Change Icon:

Browse the location of the icon and click OK. Click OK to close the Properties Window. Here is our desktop shortcut icon:

Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

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