These aren’t ideal, because they take up one of your USB ports and their performance is poor compared to a standard video cable. If your laptop doesn’t have USB-C, you’ll need to rely on a special adapter that can send video over a USB cable, like this one. USB-C has made this a lot easier: see the sections further down for more technical info. If you want to connect your laptop to multiple monitors, things become more complicated. But you’re still looking at just an adapter cable: check what you have on your laptop, what you have on your monitor, and get a cable that works with both, like this VGA-to-HDMI number. If your laptop is rocking something a little more esoteric, like the Mini-DisplayPort on older models of the Surface or the VGA port still seen on some workstation machines, things might get a little more difficult. Adam Patrick Murray / IDGĪ direct HDMI cable is the fastest and easiest way to connect a monitor to a laptop. All you need is an HDMI cable, and you’re good to go. HDMI is the most popular at the moment, because just about every monitor (and television) made in the last ten years will have that port. Most laptops have a maximum of one video connection.
You can use almost any external accessory made for a desktop PC with a laptop, so long as you can find a way to connect it. Maybe you want a hardwired network connection, a DVD drive, or a card reader for your digital camera. Maybe you want to add on a high-quality external webcam and microphone for meetings, or connect a game controller or an external hard drive.
Other peripherals: Here’s where everything else goes.
Get a USB model if you want speed, or Bluetooth if you want a connection that won’t take up a USB port. Mouse: Most laptop users are an ace at a trackpad, but even the best of them will agree that a mouse is the way to go.
This will now create shortcuts for all the the apps that you install on BlueStacks 5. Click on "Save changes" when you are done. If it is not, click on the toggle button to enable it. Next, look for "Create desktop shortcuts for apps after installation" within the "Preferences" tab. Launch BlueStacks 5 and open the settings menu by clicking on the hamburger icon on the top right or the gear icon in the Side Toolbar.Ģ. How can I ensure that a shortcut is created upon installation?ġ. What to do when desktop shortcut for an app is not created automatically.