The phrase "a desktop shortcut" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an icon on a computer desktop that provides quick access to a file, folder, or application.
Example: "To make it easier to access the program, create a desktop shortcut for it."
Alternatives: "desktop icon" or "shortcut link".
Method 3 : All of the machines in 125 Cory have the RDC client installed and there is a desktop shortcut.
For sites you visit frequently, however, it is often faster to get to your favorite page with the mobile equivalent of a desktop shortcut — an icon on the phone's home screen — instead of fiddling around with the browser's bookmark menu.
Unless you customize the installation process, the QuickTime program will usually add a desktop shortcut and a system tray icon to your PC in addition to putting a QuickTime item in your Programs menu.
Amazon's found a workaround in the form of a desktop shortcut.
You would be able to right click on an app in Chrome and create a desktop shortcut for it.
It has recently become clear that Google has much bigger plans for Gears; a "Desktop Shortcut API," for instance, lets Gears users add an icon to their desktop to launch an app directly.
Keyboard shortcuts don't work if the desktop shortcut is a shortcut to another shortcut.
In Windows 98 and higher, you can also drag and drop the desktop shortcut icons for a few programs that you use regularly onto the Quick Launch Toolbar portion of the gray Taskbar and then delete the desktop icons.
Ms. Sandlin is so devoted to her browser that she has taped a note to her monitor warning guests not to click on the desktop shortcut to Internet Explorer.
Just click the various "Yes" and "I agree" prompts, then launch it from the Desktop shortcut that was created.
Desktop shortcut can also be made.
