Program Short Cut & Pin to Taskbar -Windows 10
Windows 10 makes it a little difficult to create all those shortcuts we love to decorate our desktop with. Prior to Windows 10 right clicking on a program would bring up the option to copy. Now there are a few more steps. Here is how to get our desktop art back.
Short Cut on Desktop
Go to the search bar and type in the programs name (ex: Excel)
![](https://uknowtech2.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Search-Bar-Short-Cut.png)
The location of the file will be displayed
Right click on the program to bring up the menu
Select Copy
![](https://uknowtech2.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/open-file-location-1024x319.jpg)
Go to your desktop and Right Click again to bring up menu
Select Paste shortcut
![](https://uknowtech2.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/paste-shortcut.jpg)
You program icon shortcut should appear.
Pin to Task Bar
Another option to creating a shortcut would be to simply pin to task bar (few steps)
Go to the search bar and type in the programs name (ex: Excel)
![](https://uknowtech2.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Pin-to-task-bar-short-cut-1.png)
Your program icon shortcut will appear on the taskbar.
![](https://uknowtech2.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pin-1.jpg)