1. A system comprising: one or more hardware processors; and one or more computer-readable storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including: navigating a web browser to a web page; displaying the web page, the web page including a menu having selectable menu items; receiving a selection of a selectable menu item that is displayed at the menu and that is associated with installation of a web application linked to a taskbar of a client application or to a menu of the client application; creating a web application file in response to receiving the selection of the selectable menu item; populating the web application file with content comprising one or more dynamic elements that can be dynamically updated by the web application; and wherein creating the web application file comprises creating an artifact that does not contain information associated with a web site, and the populating further comprising adding one or more of information received from the web site, a jumplist task, a start URL, and a favicon to the web application file.