{"id":17351,"date":"2019-08-19T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T19:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=17351"},"modified":"2019-08-19T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:00:38","slug":"create-windows-hotkey-shortcuts-for-your-favorite-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/create-windows-hotkey-shortcuts-for-your-favorite-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Windows Hotkey Shortcuts for Your Favorite Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Create Windows Hotkey Shortcuts for Your Favorite Programs<\/span><\/h1>\n

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

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

I use Thunderbird every day. I have a shortcut on my taskbar and 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.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/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 file \u2014 and then clicking on \u201cProperties\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/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 you’re done to save your Hotkey combo for that program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

And Chrome:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

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

And Firefox:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

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

I know I can remember my four Hotkey combos because I\u2019ve made them easy to remember.\u00a0 And I\u2019ll use them almost every day!<\/span><\/p>\n

T=Thunderbird<\/span><\/p>\n

N=Notepad<\/span><\/p>\n

C=Chrome<\/span><\/p>\n

F=Firefox<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Create Windows Hotkey Shortcuts for Your Favorite Programs 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 easy\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1961],"tags":[3387,3386,3388,321,1700,70,2116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17351"}],"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=17351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17353,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17351\/revisions\/17353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}