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October 20, 2017
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No Xd desktop shortcut

  • October 20, 2017
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I still can't create Xd desktop shortcut from what I find in my search result in Windows 10. I can locate all other Adobe apps that are installed and I can drag icon shortcuts directly from the start menu in W10 onto my desktop, but that's still not possible with Xd. I can see the new Xd icon in the menu itself (the one that changed after beta) but as before it's impossible to place it on the desktop. I can't find the icon in C: Program Files either, as a matter of fact I can't find any Xd references there at all but I can see folders for all the other Adobe apps I have installed.

The only way for me to actually open the Xd app is to use the CC app installer and click Open next to the Xd icon inside the app panel. What's going on here?!

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      Correct answer elainecc

      Hi VladG. As mentioned in my previous post this doesn't work cause the XD icon is not in my menu, it only appears in the local search result. On top of this dragging shortcuts from the menu doesn't always work for other apps that are actually available trough the menu, as mentioned with my last Illustrator example where the icon went missing in action after last CC update, and impossible to drag onto the desktop when it suddenly re-appeared in the W10 menu.

      Seems to me that W10 and Adobe have a general icon and shortcut issue. As mentioned earlier in this thread XD has never been available in the Program Files folder either, where all other CC apps are defined.


      I found this article, which might help: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/5328/windows-10-tip-create-shortcuts-for-universal-apps

      -Elaine

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      Colin Holgate
      Colin Holgate
      Inspiring
      October 20, 2017

      I forget what the name is for that type of Windows application, where it's not quite like a full application, XD is one of those. In any case, when you've opened XD it should be in the recent apps in the Start menu. If it's not, get Cortana to search for XD, then right-click Pin to Start. Once it's in the Start menu you can drag it to the desktop to make a shortcut.

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      perrybrus
      Inspiring
      October 20, 2017

      I have the same issue. The XD app icon is available in the W10 start menu along all other Adobe apps but clicking pin to start doesn't make any difference cause it's not possible to drag that icon to the desktop.

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      perrybrus
      Inspiring
      October 23, 2017

      Dragging the icon from the search results indeed does not work.

      But if you scroll the start menu until you get the Adobe XD you can drag it on the desktop:


      Hi VladG. As mentioned in my previous post this doesn't work cause the XD icon is not in my menu, it only appears in the local search result. On top of this dragging shortcuts from the menu doesn't always work for other apps that are actually available trough the menu, as mentioned with my last Illustrator example where the icon went missing in action after last CC update, and impossible to drag onto the desktop when it suddenly re-appeared in the W10 menu.

      Seems to me that W10 and Adobe have a general icon and shortcut issue. As mentioned earlier in this thread XD has never been available in the Program Files folder either, where all other CC apps are defined.

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