{"id":13198,"date":"2017-07-07T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T17:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=13198"},"modified":"2017-07-07T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T17:35:34","slug":"launch-your-favorite-programs-quickly-by-using-windows-hotkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/launch-your-favorite-programs-quickly-by-using-windows-hotkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Your Favorite Programs Quickly By Using Windows Hotkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launch Your Favorite Programs Quickly By Using Windows Hotkeys<\/h1>\n

This tip is for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 [all versions]<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have several programs you use every day? Instead of clicking on the start menu or a desktop or taskbar shortcut to open those programs, why not create a hotkey combination to open them? It\u2019s really easy to do.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get started using Hotkey combinations:<\/p>\n

I use Thunderbird every day. I have a shortcut on my taskbar and on my start menu for it. It\u2019s nice having a shortcut on the taskbar because it\u2019s always right where I can see it. However, you can only add so many shortcuts to your taskbar before you can\u2019t see all your shortcuts.<\/p>\n

So rather than taking up taskbar space with another icon, I decided to create a hotkey shortcut to open Thunderbird. It\u2019s really easy to do.<\/p>\n

I thought a good hotkey combination to open Thunderbird would be CTRL+ALT+T . T being for Thunderbird \u2013 I\u2019m so smart.<\/p>\n

So all I had to do was open Thunderbird\u2019s Properties dialog . You can do this for any program by right-clicking its shortcut or right-clicking on the program\u2019s executable\u00a0file \u2014 and then clicking on \u201cProperties\u201d.<\/p>\n

Once you have the Properties window open, click anywhere inside the shortcut key box:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

\u2026 and type in your desired Hotkey combination.<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

To get the Hotkeys CTRL+ALT+T \u00a0for Thunderbird, all I had to do was press CTRL T. Windows automatically adds the ALT and the + signs. \u00a0Press \u201cApply\u201d then \u201cOK\u201d when your done to save your Hotkey combo for that program.<\/p>\n

When you click \u201cApply\u201d \u201cOK\u201d, \u00a0you do, you may see this:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

If you do see this dialog, no worries mate, just press \u201cContinue\u201d and your Hotkey combo for that program will be saved.<\/p>\n

Now all I have to do to open Thunderbird is press CTRL+ALT+T . Pretty cool.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more info on how to create Hotkey combos for your favorite programs:<\/p>\n

If you hold the CTRL key and type a letter, number, or Function Key, Windows will automatically add the ALT key to the combination<\/p>\n

If you hold the ALT key and type a letter, number, or Function Key, Windows will automatically add the CTRL key to the combination<\/p>\n

You can use the CTRL, ALT, and\/or SHIFT keys in combination with a letter, number, or Function Key<\/p>\n

If you try to use a Hotkey combination that you\u2019ve already used, Windows will detect it. You can\u2019t use the same Hotkey combo more than once.<\/p>\n

I created Hotkey combos for Notepad<\/p>\n

CTRL+ALT+N<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

And Chrome<\/p>\n

CTRL+ALT+C<\/p>\n

And Firefox<\/p>\n

CTRL+ALT+F<\/p>\n

I know I can remember my four Hotkey combos because I\u2019ve made them easy to remember. \u00a0And I\u2019ll use them almost every day!<\/p>\n

T=Thunderbird<\/p>\n

N=Notepad<\/p>\n

C=Chrome<\/p>\n

F=Firefox<\/p>\n

Windows Hotkey Combinations: Simple. Easy. Handy. Maybe Windows Hotkey combos will make life easier for you too!<\/p>\n

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Launch Your Favorite Programs Quickly By Using Windows Hotkeys This tip is for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 [all versions] Do you have several programs you use every day? Instead of clicking on the start menu or a desktop or taskbar shortcut to open those programs, why not create a hotkey combination to open them? It\u2019s really\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1727,1756,1757,1758],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13199,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13198\/revisions\/13199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}