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farhad

Hi and thanks
How to make shortcut that when run this firefox apply so simple without toolbar and menubar ???
Is there a way for this?
Thank you again

Mark Brown

For firefox:
-private-window Not -private

Philippe

For MS Edge, it is true that you cannot rename the shortcut pinned to the start menu. But you can choose a shortcut that may not need to be renamed, rather than DuckDuckGo. For example, search in the private window for “inprivate” (e.g. via Google) and click on a link that starts with the words “InPrivate…” such as “InPrivate mode shortcut for Internet Explorer and Edge…”. Once accessed, the shortcut pinned to the start menu will bear the name “InPrivate mod…” which is more evocative than DuckDuckGo since it mentions “InPrivate” directly – no need to rename it. Just a thought 😉 …as it works for me.

TomC

Example of Edge shortcut that launches it in InPrivate mode and opens the default New Tab page used by IE. The -private switch can be ommited for regular browsing or the URL can be ommited to go to the blank page with the InPrivate about. If both options are ommited the Starting page selected in settings (currently Edge Start page) will be accessed:

Target: %windir%System32cmd.exe /c start shell:AppsFolderMicrosoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge -private https://www.msn.com/spartan/ientp
Start in: Default (%windir%System32)
Icon: %windir%SystemAppsMicrosoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbweMicrosoftEdge.exe

facebook blos

this does not work for creating private shortcut windows to facebook….

Ciprian Adrian Rusen

Facebook is not a web browser that allows for private browsing. It is a social network where the point is to have no private browsing, because Facebook collects data about what you do on its website and apps.