How to Create a Shortcut to a TV Channel on Your Desktop

ID: Q182780

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a shortcut on your desktop to a TV channel. When you double-click the shortcut, Microsoft WebTV for Windows starts and loads the TV channel you specified.


MORE INFORMATION

To create a shortcut on your desktop to a TV channel, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click an empty area on your desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut.


  2. In the Command Line box, type tv:<channel>, where <channel> is the channel to which you want to create a shortcut, and then click Next. For example, if you are creating a shortcut to the PBS channel, type the following line:

    tv:pbs


  3. In the "Select the name for the shortcut" box, type a descriptive name for the shortcut, and then click Finish.


For more information about WebTV for Windows, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type tv, and then double- click the "TV, WebTV for Windows" topic.

Additional query words: BPC broadcast 


Keywords          : kbtool win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 2, 1999