right click on the file or folder ->select send to ->desktop (create shortcut) .
By using a burn file. The burn file will create an alias or "shortcut". You can then delete the burn file and the alias will be deleted but the original file will remain.
You would save the file to the desktop (comand S) highlight it on the desktop, then click on file on top create shortcut and it will lead you through the rest. (only on newer apples)
There are multiple ways:Right click on the desktop and click New > Shortcut. Follow the wizard instructions to create a shortcut.Find the file you wish to make a shortcut of using Explorer. Drag it to the desktop, holding the Shift and Control keys. Drop to make a shortcut.Same as 2 but right-click and drag and drop and select Create shortcuts here.Find the shortcut in the Start Menu and click and drag it, holding Control, to your Desktop.
It's basically telling you that the file the shortcut relates to has either been moved from the location on the disk OR it's been deleted. The easiest solution - is to delete the 'broken' shortcut, then search for the file you want where it should be located, and (if required) create a new shortcut.
1 Right click on the blank area in the location 2 Create a shortcut dialog appears on the screen 3 Click browse button on it. 4 Select the file/folder whose shortcut has been created 5 Now type the name for the shortcut icon and click finish button 6 The shortcut will be appear at that location
There is a simple method on Windows Vista to create a handy desktop shortcut. Assuming the file is already on the PC in question, click on the Start button, go to All Programs, and then find the file. Right click on the file and then select Send To and then the desktop. This will enable a shortcut.
Find the file or program you want to make into an icon (or shortcut). Right click and select "Create Shortcut" (depending on your operating system, it might be "Create Shortcut to Desktop" or similar). If this does not work, simply drag the icon over to your background.
Its probably I the wrong file format. That happened to me as well. A solution that worked for me was to right-click the .jar file, then hover over "Send to" and click "Desktop (create shortcut)". Then double-click the shortcut it makes and it should work.
When you copy something, you create a clone file, and those two files are completely independent of each other, that means if something happens to one file (ie if you delete it), then nothing will happen to the clone of the file, and it works vice versa. On the other hand, a shortcut is dependant on the file it is leading to. If something happens to the mother file (lets just call it that), like deletion, then the shortcut will be useless. What a shortcut does is just keeps you from going into a bunch of directories (aka, my computer, or documents, etc.) to access a certain file. Source: 10 years of using computers
Rosetta Stone error 2120 is a broken shortcut. To fix it delete the Rosetta Stone shortcut. Then go the Program files on your C drive and create a new shortcut from the .exe file and send it to the desktop.
Right click on the document/folder etc. you want to create a shortcut from. Then, on the drop down menu, click "create shortcut" and you will have a shortcut. or if you want a keyboard shortcut right click, properties, advanced, shortcut.