To Add a Shortcut to the Desktop on Windows (Chrome) This procedure details the steps for creating a desktop shortcut on a Windows device using Google Chrome. If necessary, navigate to SmartView In the top right corner of the browser window, select the Settings menu In the Settings menu, navigate to More Tools In the submenu, select Add to Desktop A dialog box will be presented. In the dialog box text field, enter a name for the shortcut Select Add to add the shortcut to the device desktop A SmartView desktop shortcut has been successfully added on a Windows device using Google Chrome.