Saving DuckDuckGo searches results page to desktop

Does anyone know how to set setting in DuckDuckGo search so I can drag & drop URL to desktop to later view the search results without starting all over? I used to be able to do this but suddenly if I try it only the DuckDuckGo blank search page is saved. If anyone knows how to reset this so the search results page and site is saved as a desktop shortcut I would appreciate knowing how to reset it. Thank you.

 

Yes, I know I can drag URL to desktop. If I click it then the blankDuckDuckGo search page comes up. But I used to be able to search with DuckDuckGo with Windows 7 laptop and when search results appeard I could drag the URL to desktop, double click it later and the page would come up with all the search results there. Now if I try to do this only the blank search page comes up and is like just clicking the DuckDuckGo shortcut and not searching. The results do not show up. Maybe they have changed how it works. But I find if I use Google the search results are there. That is why I began to use Google search. I am aware these sites change things from time to time but this was an unpleasant surprise.

 

I AM dragging from the padlock. Maybe that is incorrect? Where SHOULD I drag from???? I will try it some more. I was just used to searching then dragging results to desktop and viewing again later which is easier than a new search each time. Then it stopped working in DuckDuck and I found it did work with otheer browsers.

 

I just started DuckDuckGo and did a search. Then I dragged the URL padlock to desktop and it made an icon named DuckDuckGo. I clicked icon to open and got DuckDuckGo blank search page with NO search results like I used to get. This worked for me for a long time then suddenly I found I could not save the search results by Drag & Drop like I can with Google. Never could figure out why and still cannot. Would like to fix it if I can.
Then tried same thing with google.com. Clicked icon and the same search I just made came up. I can understand the makers might change things but cannot figure out why I used to do this and it suddenly stopped.

 

I just tried the Firefox browser. Seems to have changed. I tried to drag and drop the search URL but it would not do so. Got a search but could not drag to desktop.

 

I think I will stay with Google. Do not understand FireFox anymore.

 

Now I made Firefox the default browser. That worked. But now I can't get back to chrome because login is different. How do I return to Google Chrome? Have not done things like this for a long time.

Never mind...I think I just found out. I clicked the Google chrome shortcut, it opened andoffered to make it the default, I said yes.

 

Maybe I could just NOT make Firefox my default browser but just use it as needed. Then I would not have to change or replace all my Google passwords? I have a photocopy of the Google passwords but NOT the Firefox passwords and trying to find an easy way out.
I just tried again. Apparently the Google passwwords I made a screenshot of and can view and pring them. The Firefox ones may be different and my screenshot shows only the username but not the logins. I am trying to find a way to show all the Firefox logins at once so I can print them. So far I have not found a way. Many passwords are different in Firefox than in Google because when I changed to Google I never thought I may go back to Firefox so just made up new passwords as needed. But I now need to show them all so can print or copy them. So far I have not found a way. Th Firefox only seems to show one login at a time. At least for me it does.
NOW, if I use F.F. I cannot auto Login to sites but I must use Google as default if I want to login. If I do not make Firefox the default but say Not Now it closes. Actually it does not close but the option goes away. Then I cannot go to sites. I guess I must make each one the default if I want to Log In.
I just printed all my Google logins, all 5 pages of them because I did not have printer set for 2-sided. But the Firefox ones have the usernames separate from the passwords while google has them together as single line logins. Maybe I must go to Firefox, make it the defaule, then go to Settings, Autofill or Logins and write each one down.

 

I decided to print the Google logins, make FF the default browser, open settings, and look at each login. Any I use often I will write it into my Google logins as a FF password. If I use it a lot and continue with FF I can update the FF password if I wish. Then I could just stay with FF since it was recommended and I do not wish to upgrade my windows 7 to a 10. I never gave a thought to this when I had trouble logging in. I would simply change any logins that would not work never thinking of why or that i might return to the other browser again.

 

Re: "I suspect.........."

EXACTLY ! I will try this now. I also have Brave and Edge but never use them.