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Microsoft Teams - Create Desktop Shortcut

Microsoft Teams - Create Desktop Shortcut

This article provides information on how to create Microsoft Teams desktop shortcut.

Instructions

 

  1. In Windows, you can manually create a desktop shortcut for Microsoft Teams by clicking on the All-apps button on the Start menu, locating the Microsoft Teams entry, and then dragging and dropping the icon to the desktop.

  2. Right-click on the Microsoft Teams application and select Open file location.

  3. Right-click on the Microsoft Teams application in the file location and choose Send To > Desktop (Create shortcut).

  4. If above not work try to Search for Teams executable file:

    1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer) by pressing Win + E. Navigate to your main hard drive (usually C:) and search for Teams.exe in the search bar at the top-right corner.

    2. Make sure to search within the entire drive, not just in specific folders. Once you find the Teams executable file (Teams.exe), right-click on it. From the context menu, select Create shortcut.

  5. By default, Microsoft Teams is usually installed in the following directories: 32-bit version:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Teams 64-bit version: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Teams

  6. Once you find the Teams executable file (Teams.exe), right-click on it. From the context menu, select Create shortcut.

  7. If you still can't find the installation location. Try to Reinstall Teams.