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Can I make "F1" as the Create New Folder shortcut key in Windows 7?

Also can I customize Windows key shortcuts?

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Hm. I don't think there's a way to do that without installing third party utilities. You can create customized keyboard shortcuts to open a shortcut to a folder or application ... Right click on a shortcut, click properties, and put in the shortcut you want. F keys work, or pressing a letter or number key will put in "ctrl + alt + *"

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  • You can assign a shortcut to respond to just "F1" (no ctrl, alt, shift, etc.). Jul 29, 2011 at 20:38
  • Mmm, you're right my bad. I'll edit.
    – Daniel B.
    Jul 29, 2011 at 21:28
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Yup, try AutoHotKey for that.

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I'll elaborate on @Urinprobe's answer by providing a working AutoHotKey v1 script, potentially saving hours of effort:

#IfWinActive ahk_exe Explorer.exe
F1::
SendInput {Blind}{F1 up}
SendInput {Blind}{Alt}2

Here's the line by line explanation:

  1. If Explorer.exe is the active window
  2. And you press F1
  3. "Key up" F1 so it doesn't interfere with the next line.
  4. Press ALT, 2 (Here's why this creates a new folder.)

You can put this script in a ".ahk" file and double click it to start it. Follow these instructions to have it run automatically when Windows starts.

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