The result is Home Screen Icon Creator, an advanced shortcut that lets you create custom home screen icons to launch apps, custom shortcuts from the Shortcuts app, or specific actions for any of your ...

Right-click the Google Chrome icon; choose "Send to" and then select "Desktop (Create Shortcut)" to automatically create the desktop shortcut, which conveniently uses the Google Chrome icon.

Learn how to create a desktop shortcut to open your favorite application, website, etc, & place it on your Windows 11/10 Desktop or any other folder.

Want to create a shortcut to a specific Chrome user profile? Learn how to create a Chrome profile shortcut on your Windows desktop by toggling this setting.

It's turning into a game of whack-a-mole with those persistent, little icons. So why the heck is it the default for so many apps to create desktop icons?