How to create a desktop shortcut for Simple Tax 1040

Having a Simple Tax 1040 shortcut on your desktop is quick and convenient way to access the program. When you install Simple Tax 1040, Setup adds a shortcut to your desktop. If you accidentally delete it, you can create a new one.

To create a new desktop shortcut, follow these steps:

• In My Computer, locate the following folder, where drive is the drive where the program is installed and YY is the year of the program that would like create a desktop shortcut for: drive:\XLINKYY

• Right-click the application file XLINK32.exe,

• Point to Send To and then click Desktop (create shortcut).

• The shortcut will now be available on your computer’s desktop. If desired, you can rename the shortcut by right-clicking the newly created desktop shortcut and then clicking Rename.