Windows 10: Rename a Pinned Website?

Is there a way to rename a web site I pinned to the start screen?


James

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How to rename a tile pinned to the start screen in Windows 10?

I hesitate to add this suggestion (because it has way too many steps and because the real solution is to allow direct renaming of Start Menu tiles), but there is another work around. Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere:

1. Change (if needed) Windows 10 to the Desktop mode.

2. Open the desired webpage in Firefox.

3. Left click and drag the "i" icon (just to the left of the URL) to your desktop, which will create a shortcut to the webpage.

4. Right click the shortcut and select Rename.

5. Rename the short cut as desired.

6. Right click the shortcut again and select Copy.

7. Past the shortcut into the C:\Users\<user name goes here>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder.

8. Find the shortcut in the Start Menu All Apps list.

9. Right click the shortcut in the All Apps list and select Pin to Start.

On the upside, the name of the resulting Start Menu tile occupies one or two rows as needed, and can be edited (renamed) by right clicking it and selecting More > Open file location. On the downside, the icon on the resulting tile is smaller than it should
be. An example tile using Edge Pin To Start is shown below, on the left. The same website, which you can now see is the Microsoft Office Dev Center, pinned to the Start Menu using the procedure above, is shown on the right.





I'll end with an editorial comment. Common Microsoft, you can do better than this!

 

Right clicking on a save website

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are trying to rename the saved websites in Microsoft Edge. We will help you.

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

• Open Microsoft Edge.
• Click on the "Hub" - 3 lines in the right top corner of the Microsoft Edge.
• Click on the Favorites and check if the Websites are saved.
• Right click and check if the rename option is available. Click on that and
  check if it possible to rename.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted to help you better.

 

Can't rename desktop tiles pinned to start in Windows 10

Thank you, but unfortunately Windows 10 uses Edge, not explorer. I cannot seem to follow the directions mentioned above. Renaming tiles was so easy in 8 and 8.1, any other ideas? Many of my web pages "pinned to start" just show up with an e and some tag line
that imported from the website.