Short Cut Keys For Vista
Creating your own keyboard shortcuts to open any program or folder in Windows is possible but there are some limitations with the key combination you can use. All shortcuts will start with Ctrl + Alt then any alpha, number or some special characters you want to assign to the shortcut. Also, any keyboard shortcuts create, must reside on the desktop.In the below examples, we'll create a keyboard shortcut to open Notepad and another to open a folder (applies to Windows XP and Vista).1.
Click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.2. Navigate to C:WindowsSystem32 and scroll down until you find notepad.exe.3. Right-click on notepad.exe, click Send To, and then click Desktop (create shortcut)4. Minimize Windows Explorer, then on your desktop, right-click the new shortcut, and then click Properties.5. In the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut key box (where it says None). Now press the letter on your keyboard that you want to use to open the folder.
In this example I will use the letter N6. Test the keyboard shortcut key to open Notepad by holding down Ctrl + Alt and pressing N (Ctrl + Alt + N)To create a keyboard shortcut for any folder, follow the same steps above but in Step 2 navigate to the folder you want use and in Step 3 right click on it.In addition to using letters for assigning the shortcut key combination, numbers, up, down, left, right arrows can also be used. Thanks a lot for your useful tip. I am like very much keyboard shortcuts and your tip was useful and inspiring. I used way a little bit different than yours to achieve the same result and I would like to shear it with you.To create a keyboard shortcut for any program installed on your PC:Go to the Start, All programs, Right click on any program icon you want to add a shortcut and select “Properties”, Click the mouse in “Shortcut key” textbox, then press for any keyboard combination you like.Test the new shortcut, by clicking on the Desktop then press your new keyboard shortcut.Note:I received 'WP-Hashcash Check Failed' error when I tried to post the comment from Firefox.Best regardsThabet. For Folder shortcuts and everything else ( The simple way )Right Click on the chosen Folder or Software Icon or even File.
Shortcut Keys For Vista Windows 7
And select 'Create Shortcut'Now this is the important bit Right Click 'The Shortcut' you just madeRepeat.' The Shortcut' you just made.Then you go to Properties Shortcut Tab Shortcut Key, Place cursor inside box where it says None.Don-t worry about deleting the word NoneJust press Ctrl + Alt And your chosen letter.Job Done.To delete A PREVIOUS combo type None into the box, OR just backspace your cursor and it should revert to the word None by default. To change A PREVIOUS combo just type a different combo letter into the box.Off topic this is where you go to ALWAYS open the software or App in min, max or normal window see the 'Run' option below the shortcut key option.I hope this is useful for all past, present and future readers.Yours Thomas J. My scanner program starts with ctrl+shft+space. I had to change the shortcut it word for the nonbreaking space to something else, but I want to remove the scanner and ctrl+shft+space. I have right clicked on the shortcut on my desktop, the many portions of the software that appear in my start menu (scan snap organizer, scansnap manager, neither of which are what opens when I use the shortcut key) nowhere is there s hortcut specified under properties, they all say 'none'.So annoying, any suggestions on how to resolve this?