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How to make a specific web link to open in Firefox while explorer is my defalut

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galba
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sadly, i need explorer to be my default at work. But i want to make shortcuts on my desktop to specific websites that will be opened in firefox. (in crome it is posiball by adding a short cut to an aplication)

sadly, i need explorer to be my default at work. But i want to make shortcuts on my desktop to specific websites that will be opened in firefox. (in crome it is posiball by adding a short cut to an aplication)

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To achieve this you need to make copies of the Firefox desktop shortcut and add the URL to the target line after the path to the Firefox program. Leave a space before the URL.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

To achieve this you need to make copies of the Firefox desktop shortcut and add the URL to the target line after the path to the Firefox program. Leave a space before the URL.

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galba
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thank you!

cor-el
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You're welcome