Create Keyboard Shortcuts To Launch Any Application
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It’s annoying and counter productive for your hands to lave the keyboard and use the mouse to click on something. Join the ranks of power users to add keyboard shortcuts for every computer task you do
Built into Windows is the ability to let you assign a keyboard command to any shortcut icon. Just right-click the shortcut you want to assign a Shortcut to, click Properties, and click in the ‘Shortcut key’ field. Then press the combo you want to assign to launch the shortcut; it has to have one standard (A-Z 1-0) plus two or three of <ctrl>, <shift>, or <alt>.
Also, did you know that the <Windows>-R launched the Run dialogue box and <Windows>-E opens Windows Explorer? Consider yourself more productive!
Awesome! I love assigning shortcut keys! I tried to make the Windows calculator shortcut == -C, but it preferred to have -C…. still pretty awesome though!
Very nice tip. I love shortcuts too =)
Comes in handy for actually using the Function keys too.
Weird, I meant WindowsKey-C, but it preferred to have CTRL-ALT-C, guess it didn’t like my greater than and less than signs…
Did I step back in time? I have been using that for as long as I have used windows, XP at least.
Enrique, you realise there is already a shortcut the calculator? Ctrl Alt +
I used to do this on my first ever PC (a Tiny Computers Windows 98) and in the end it became counter-productive itself as I kept pressing keys by accident!
Thanks mans…. I was googling for this small tip .. thanks for the info