Windows 10: How to change target and start in settings so pinned web page can open with your default...

So here is what going on?

I recently got Windows 10 Pro laptop.

On Windows 7 PC I was able to pin IE-11 shortcut to taskbar, but Windows 10 gives no such option.



Steps I tried as workaround is I opened same website in MS Edge and pinned it to the taskbar, but everytime I open the pinned shortcut it opens via MS Edge. I created desktop shortcut of same website via Chrome and then pinned it to taskbar, same issue.




Right now the pinned shortcut target and starts in paths are:

Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe" --profile-directory=Default --app-id=nglmfpkackccfmkjpfmjhfebabbfoflm


Start in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application"


I tried playing around with it and tried to give target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

Start in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\"

It did not help any help how can I make my pinned website to start using IE-11.

Internet Explorer 11 is my default browser I wanna use.

:)

 

Default pages for Microsoft Edge

Hello Angela,

I understand that you are trying to set the starting page for the Microsoft Edge of your preferred web pages. We will help you.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps you.

• Open Microsoft Edge.
• Click on the ". . ." at the top right corner. Select Settings.
• Under Open Microsoft Edge with. Select Specific pages.
• Set the webpages and Save.

Please post to us if you have any further queries to help you better.

 

I can't set my default web browser

Hi Jorin,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused, I will be glad to assist you with this.

It is unusual that you are unable to set a default web browser.

I would suggest you to try the steps below to choose a default web browser again and check if the issue persists.

1. Press Windows key + R.

2. Type control and press enter to open the control panel.

3. Type default programs in the control panel search box and open it.

4. Click "set your default programs".

5. From the list of programs, locate Google chrome or Microsoft edge, click on it and click "set this program as my default".

6. Save the changes and check again.

Let us know the result.

 

Start page is not saved

After I went to a complicated set of steps

Clicking ...

• select Settings
• select A specific page
• select Custom from the list
• enter my favourite page
• removing About:start

And I close and open Edge the default page is still shown

How do I change the start page in Edge?