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Use the board as a desktop widget: Windows

Other systems: Mac Linux

Windows has no built-in way to put a web page on the desktop as a widget. The Windows 11 Widgets panel only takes widgets from installed apps. These steps give the closest result: a small board window that opens with Windows, can stay on top, and is one click away on the taskbar.

Time: about 10 minutes.

You need

Step 1. Make a desktop shortcut

  1. Right-click an empty part of the desktop. Choose New, then Shortcut.

  2. Paste this line into the location box. Put your own board link at the end.

    For Microsoft Edge:

    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" msedge --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL

    For Google Chrome:

    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" chrome --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
  3. Click Next. Type a name, for example Day board. Click Finish.
  4. Right-click the new shortcut and choose Properties.
  5. Set Run to Minimized. This stops a small black box from flashing when the board opens.
  6. Optional: click Change Icon and choose an icon.
  7. Click OK.

The --app= part opens the board in its own small window, with no tabs and no address bar.

Step 2. Open it and sign in

Double-click the shortcut. If the browser asks you to sign in, sign in to claude.ai. You only do this once.

Step 3. Make it small and dock it

  1. Click the board window.
  2. Press Windows + Right arrow. The window snaps to the right half of the screen.
  3. Drag the left edge of the window until it is about as wide as a phone. The board is made for a narrow window.

Step 4. Keep it on top (optional)

  1. Install Microsoft PowerToys, free from the Microsoft Store.
  2. Open PowerToys and turn on Always On Top.
  3. Click the board window and press Windows + Ctrl + T. It now stays above other windows.
  4. Press the same keys again to turn it off.

Step 5. Start it with Windows

  1. Press Windows + R.
  2. Type shell:startup and press Enter. A folder opens.
  3. Copy your Day board shortcut into this folder.

The board now opens each time you start the computer.

Step 6. Pin it to the taskbar

With the board open, right-click its icon on the taskbar and choose Pin to taskbar.

Updates

The board link never changes. When the board is updated, the same shortcut shows the new version. Close the window and open it again to load it.

Notifications

The board cannot send Windows notifications itself. The daily messages are Claude scheduled tasks. They arrive as push notifications in the Claude app, and can also be sent by email. Email notifications show in the Windows notification area through the Mail or Outlook app.

If it does not work

You see Fix
“The location cannot be found” Type the two quote marks after start yourself. Copying can turn them into curly quotes.
Still not found Check the browser is installed. As a last resort, paste only the board link in Step 1. That always works, but opens a normal browser tab.
A small black box flashes Set Run to Minimized (Step 1).
The board asks you to sign in every time Sign in once in the normal browser window too, and tick “Stay signed in” if offered.
Always On Top does nothing Check PowerToys is running (its icon is in the system tray).
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