Thank you to everyone for your replies. I followed the advice of @xomx and opened Program Files. I couldn’t find a .exe file but right clicked on the Application itself within the folder and that yielded a “Create Shortcut” which allowed me to get the desktop icon I was wanting.
I’m preparing a big update to XBrackets Lite, by the way, hence mentioning the quote characters.
Now it will inherit more functionality from XBrackets for AkelPad.
Considering @donho said above, “BTW, I should make https work, I know - it’s on my TODO list.”, I can confidentally conclude that the goal is to get it renewed. ;-)