Need Desktop Shortcut Help

How does one create a clickable link?

[Texas]

Subject: Making it easy for visitors to add a shortcut on their desktop to my website

Does anyone have advice on how to add a link (graphic, button or text) to a site, that when clicked, would create a shortcut on the user's desktop?

Perhaps it is similar to:

javascript:window.external.AddFavorite(document.URL,document.title)

Here's what I'm working with right now:

<a href="javascript:window.external.AddDesktopComponent(location.href, 'website');">Add to Desktop</a>

However, all this does is add the actual page to the desktop.

Any further advice much appreciated.

Texas

P.S. - Yes, I know about "See You Again Shortcut". The authorization certificate that pops up scares the hell outa' people!

[tedster]

Texas, welcome to Webmaster World. I hope you are enjoying these boards as much as I do.

I haven't been able to find anything more than you mentioned about placing links on a Windows active desktop. It is specific to Explorer / Windows Active Desktop, and there seems to be limited information available outside Microsoft.

The authorization cert would be very important for security -- I shudder to think about Spam links ending up on my desktop! My guess (and hope) is that you cannot bypass it.