Posted on 09/09/2015 1:51:20 PM PDT by pabianice
In Windows 7, how do I save a webpage to my desktop?
Second, how do I add a webpage to my startup menu so that its icon appears at startup?
Transitioning from XP and hate Windows 7.
Thanks.
Do you want to save a URL to your desktop so you can open the site or the physical static page?
Right click - Select “New > Shortcut” - copy the URL into the destination field and done!
You’ll like 7 a lot better than XP once you get used to it. Are you tring to save a link to a website on your desktop or are you trying to download the html code too?
Windows 7? XP? Have you been on a desert island for the last six years?
You are really going to hate Win 8 and 10.
I just put Ubuntu Linux on the main home desktop. Added/installed an Oracle VirtualMachine that runs XPPro SP3 with my favorite Windows apps. Linux stuff runs way quick. XP stuff is good enough, though video apps like Youtube need to be run on the pure 64 bit Linux side. XP is a window on the Linux desktop. Very pleased so far. Nothing I can’t do encountered yet.
Click and drag the link from the browser address bar to your desktop.
IN the browser under “tools” select “View Page Source”.
Copy and paste into Notepad and click “save as” at the dropdown carrot in the “save as” box, give it a name and save as type in the dropdown HTML.
Did you try clicking on “File” on your toolbar? Then selecting from the drop-down menu, “Save This Page As”? I have Windows Vista, but I can’t imagine things would be that different on more recent versions.
I transitioned from XP to W7 about a year and a half ago and was quite skeptical.
I customized it to where there is really little difference in how W7 looks & handles compared to XP.
What I found is I believe it to be a little more stable.
The biggest benefit is W7 supported by popular anti virus software.
W7 will also run older software, such as I am still using MS Office 2000.
I’m very happy with it.
You can, in your browser's menu, click 'Save Page As,' name it and save it to whatever folder you keep stuff on your C:\ drive, then right click on that file name in Windows Explorer and click 'Create Shortcut" which will create a shortcut that you can drag to your desktop. Also, before you do it, if your browser is maximized to your screen, click the box next to the X in the upper right-hand corner to shrink your screen, to drag and drop the shortcut to the desktop, you've got to see the desktop to be able to drop the shortcut on it. Easier done than said--believe it or not. And Win7 works well, it takes a bit of getting used to. Ever use Win 3.1? Yuck...
Depends on the browser, but basically you go to the top left icon (firefox, IE, opera icon, etc.), click, select “save page as.” Make sure you are saving to desktop. If I recall, the older IE versions will then give you two separate icons, one for the images, but you click the other one and you’ll see the full page saved.
You’ll like Win7, eventually. I have nothing good to say about IE though.
To save a link to desktop, highlight the web address, hit Ctrl-C, then go to desktop, right-click an empty spot and select “New shortcut”, then put the cursor in the location box, press Ctrl-V, name the shortcut and hit finish.
Not a big fan of Windows 7 either. You might consider downloading the XP Mode program. It runs in 7 as if it were XP — and when you need to use 7, you get out of it.
Bad advice. I do that to use an old copy of AutoCAD, since I'm too set in my ways to learn 3-D modeling. The file structure for sharing files between Win 7 and XP is complicated and confusing to learn. It would be much easier to learn to solely use Win 7 than it would be to learn to share files between the two. Besides that, the XP Mode only works in Win 7 Pro.
I got that to load my legal copy of Autocad 2000 that will not let you install it on Win 7.
Still have not figured out how to print from within XP mode though. That and accessing USB/DVD drives.
I had an identical experience in using an antique copy of TurboCad as all I did was 2D drafting. I used virtual machine software to run Windows 2K on a Win 7 64 bit machine just to run the old software. Yes, it worked, but it was a nightmare.
I just bought the 2015 TurboCad version, customized the UI to eliminate 3D, took a month to learn the new stuff and I’m very happy. New software has so much to offer. So many new features that make drafting fun again.
If you’re an AutoCad fan, I suggest you do the same. Once past the learning curve, you’ll love it.
Click on your browser's (i.e Firefox)" File" menu, then click on "Save Page As..." . A new window opens where you can select the Desktop, rename the file if you whish and click on "Save". Note: Firefox will create two things: 1) An .htm file, 2) A folder with all the graphics from the webpage. If you use Internet Explorer ( File menu -> Save As) and select .mht file format you will have a web archive type single file as a result. The default program to open this file is Internet Explorer.
..."how do I add a webpage to my startup menu so that its icon appears at startup?"
Open your Browser (i.e. Firefox) and go to the desired webpage. Look at the address bar on the top and you will notice a small gray round icon in front of the web address. Drag that icon and release it on the top of the Windows Start button located on the bottom left corner of your screen.
That's it! And, I safely assume that given a little time you will like Win7.
I had to get XP Mode for my computer baseball game. Certain accessories don’t work in Windows 7.
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