draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 11

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danezeq
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draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 11

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since upgrading from win 10 to win 11 i can no longer drag a web address into desktop in order to save it.
WHY???
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dickvl
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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Try to drag the tab or the padlock in the location bar to the desktop if you currently drag the text in the location bar.
TheVisitor
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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Win11 broke drag&drop to the taskbar so not surprised that they messed up drag to desktop as well.

To move to another app you have to Ctrl+click on the URL then Alt+TAb to the app then you can drop it there. Not sure how to do Desktop - googling may help.

EDIT:
From a quick Google:
How do I move a URL to my desktop?
1) Resize your Web browser so you can see the browser and your desktop in the same screen. 2) Left click the icon located to the left side of the address bar. This is where you see the full URL to the website. 3) Continue to hold down the mouse button and drag the icon to your desktop.
danezeq
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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dickvl wrote:Try to drag the tab or the padlock in the location bar to the desktop if you currently drag the text in the location bar.
it's doesnt work.
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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danezeq wrote:
dickvl wrote:Try to drag the tab or the padlock in the location bar to the desktop if you currently drag the text in the location bar.
it's doesnt work.
Did you see my instruction above... it works for me, I tested before I posted.
Resize your Firefox window and drag the padlock to Decktop.
danezeq
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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i think i followed your instructions unless i didn't understand them well.
i also moved between windows with ALT+TAB but it doesn't help.
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcuGvrEuUw
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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danezeq wrote:i think i followed your instructions unless i didn't understand them well.
i also moved between windows with ALT+TAB but it doesn't help.
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcuGvrEuUw
From your video it appears your doing it right - no idea why its not working for you. Sorry.
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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EDIT: I mis-read and thought it may be dragging a - Not Secure-- connection site -- like here -- only.

IF No Site at all works = ??
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danezeq
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Re: draging url in order to save them - stoped working Win 1

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what?
it doesn't work on all sites if that's what you're asking.
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