I lost my Game Boomers icon on my desktop how do I get it back. I have to go on the internet to read all the postings. I don't know what happened. I need it back. Thank you.
Richard

Just drag the little icon that is to the left of the address onto your desktop.

BTW you are still going to the internet whether you do it from a desktop shortcut or your browser icon. The shortcut just invokes your browser. 6 and two 3s :-)

I did that and I still don't get a icon that I'm showing now. I never had to go to the internet before. I just clicked on the icon I had on my desktop and I went right to the game boomers website.

When you clicked on your browser address icon, you were being taken to the internet as mj2c says. What you're doing now is using your browser to go to the internet instead of the browser address icon.

Look up at the address bar. It should say something like gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads/php followed by a bunch of other stuff. In my Firefox, there is a little earth looking round thing to the left of the address. If I make my Firefox window smaller so I can see my desktop, I can click on that little earth looking thingie and drag it to the desktop. Now I have a browser address shortcut icon on my desktop.

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This is what I get when I put the web site on my desktop.

Open IE to the webpage you want the desktop for.
Right-click somewhere on the webpage where there is no link, and choose "Shortcut" from the context menu.
It should prompt if you want the shortcut on your desktop.

I was just going to suggest Richard use IE to put his icon back on the desktop. Firefox does not work nearly as well.

I just want to have the whole Game Boomers icon back on my desktop. Just so when I click on the icon I go right to my GB not do a bunch of clicking around. When I first got my win 7 I did it but I don't remember how I did it. I tried IE and it doesn't work at all. Thanks
Richard

kjos - exactly to the right of your post above (outside of the yellow and gray outlines), can't you right click and access the "create shortcut" option?

Unless your antivirus is automatically deleting active links from your desktop, I don't know why it isn't working for you.

Here's how to create a new desktop link to a webpage using IE
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Shortcut...rnet-Explorer-9

http://www.wikihow.com/Put-a-Website-on-Your-Desktop

Here's how to create a new desktop link to a webpage using Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/create-desktop-shortcut-website


Another way of doing it is to copy the entire webpage to your hard drive (for example, to somewhere in your My Documents folder), then create a link to that copy. The links in the copied webpage should still work to access the Internet.

If you have gameboomers saved as a bookmark, you can drag the icon from there to you desktop, I just did this in Firefox to see if it work and it did. Just make sure you are in windowed mode so there is some desktop showing.

Where do I find my bookmark. I saved it to my bookmark but I don't know where it is. I'm using FireFox to access my boomers web site. I have it pined to the bottom. I tried to put it on my desktop but I get something else that I don't want. I used the little ball next to the arrow at the left side. I don't get the full Game Boomers web page.
Richard

In Firefox - assuming you do not have the Menu bar showing - just click on the small icon over on the right that sort of looks like a clipboard - it should be next to the star. To activate your Menu bar, just right click anywhere in the blank space at the very top of your screen next to the tabs. You should get a drop down menu where you can put a check mark next to the Menu bar.

I put a check mark next to the menu bar now what do I do. at the top I now have,File,Edit,View,History,Bookmarks,Tools,Help.

Go to the *exact* Gameboomers page you want. Drag the little 'world' icon at the left of the address. Drag it to you desktop. It *will* take you to that page of the website when you double click it.

If you are still struggling then download TeamViewer and one of us can do it for you.

You said you didn't know where to find your bookmarks... Now you can click on Bookmarks.

Do I just download TeamViewer. I cliched on bookmark but it didn't work.

Download and install. Teamviewer is a program that allows someone to connect to your comp (you give them the user ID and Pass Number) and they will be able to sort you out. The password will change every time you run it so no-one will have permanent access to your machine.

OK will do I don't care if you can access my computer. There isn't anything that I have on it. I'm going to grab something to eat now will catch you later.
Richard

I have my id and pass but I don't have your id.
EDITED...

Ok heres what you should do. Go to the page you want in firefox. I will connect and create the shortcut. We will test it works then I will disconnect. You may get a message from TeamViewer asking you to recommend/Like or whatever it is. Just press cancel for that. Ok?

ok I've got it on myscreen.

Thats just what I wanted in the first place thank you so very much. How did you know how to do that I never could. I don't know how to thank you.
My typing wasn't that good.
Richard

I would recommend one of the mods removes your ID and pas now.

Messing with computers for years you pick these things up. You are very welcome:-)

do I just delete TeamViewer