April 10, 2003

Use Shortcut Keys to Launch Your Applications

Using this mostly overlooked feature of Windows, you can launch folders and applications with keyboard shortcuts. Create an icon shortcut to any application or folder you want (or use an existing one). Right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties. Note the Shortcut keys text box. Click on it and hold down the Ctrl key, the Alt key, or both, and strike another key (for example, Ctrl-Alt-J). Click OK. To use the shortcut, just press the key combination.