A quick access method of getting to a program or document, typically an icon or picture representing the target
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Windows 8 Devices - Shortcuts
Just bought a cheapo 15.5 Vaio with Windows 8 pre-loaded. I was able to pair it with a Philips wireless headset and it was great.
Thing is, each time I want to use this headset, I need to do this ...
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Hotkey for popping out of dvorak mode? [duplicate]
I'm considering making the switch over to Dvorak but I don't want to have to retrain myself on all of the shortcuts that have made their way into muscle memory over the years. So is there anyway to ...
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Add shortcut to Windows' “Save As” dialog?
I'm running Windows XP SP3, and was wondering if Windows allows adding shortcuts in the "Save As" dialog, in addition to the standard folders (My Recent Documents, Desktop, etc.)?
Since I happen to ...
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Can you block installers from making desktop shortcuts?
I've been keeping my desktop totally free from shortcuts. I'd rather not have to take action to do so.
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Using Commands in a Shortcut Target
Is it possible to put commands into a shortcut target? I recently swapped hard drives and now I've got a bunch of shortcuts going to the wrong drive letter. I really want to get "cd.." working - is ...
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How to I add command line arguments (parameters) for pinned applications on Windows 7?
On Windows 7 i'm no longer able to change the command line arguments for "pinned" taskbar launcher.
How can we workaround this problem in order to be able to start applications with parameters on ...
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Shortcut - Add to DL
I commonly have to add people to a Distribution List using Outlook 2010. This involves 5 or 6 steps, including having to search for the DL then clicking a few buttons. Is there a shortcut I can ...
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Photoshop icon missing after deleting desktop shortcut in Windows 7
I deleted a bunch of shortcut icons on the desktop in Windows 7 to clear the screen. One of them was Photoshop cs5. Ever since its icon has gone missing. I get the default icon for unknown app in the ...
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Shortcuts with command line arguments blocked with IE error - These files can't be opened
My local shortcuts (.lnk files) do not execute if the shortcut has any command-line arguments
On freshly-installed 64-Bit Windows 8
Shortcut worked fine on Windows 7 32-Bit
It depends where the ...
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Opened window too small from URL shortcut
I have a shortcut (url). When I double click on the shortcut, Internet Explorer opens the link in a really small window. Each time the window must be resized !
How is it possible to setup Internet ...
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Cross-platform Internet shortcut files
Is there any way to create Internet shortcut files that will work on multiple platforms (including Mac, Windows, and Linux)? I often switch between Windows and Linux, and I haven't yet found a way to ...
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'All Programs' Shortcuts are missing
Using Windows 7, when I go to Start -> All Programs I can see the full structure and all of the shortcuts, but when I click on one, nothing happens. I navigated to:
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Executing symbolic link to exe - “The specified path does not exist”
When trying to execute a symbolic link which points to an exe file (on Windows 7), the "Open with" windows appears. When renaming it to a ".exe" file, it says "The specified path does not exist. Check ...
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Windows - Four-Finger Swipe for Spaces (Deskspaces)
Is there a way to add a shortcut while dragging four fingers on the keyboard?
With Elan Smart Pad, my computer can perform certain tasks by a slip of the fingers on the pad (mac style).
The problem ...
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Windows + R (run) command to open Network Connections dialog
Find myself constantly changing NIC properties every day (switch, router, etc. config). Any happy fun command to open this dialog (.cpl or .msc) from the Run dialog?
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Keyboard/mouse shortcut for Inserting signature in Outlook 2003?
Is there a quick keyboard or mouse shortcut to insert your signature in a reply email in Outlook 2003 SP3?
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How do I create a shortcut to a file that does not yet exist?
I would like to create a shortcut, the target of which does not exist (yet). However, as soon as I try to create it, Windows raises an error saying the specified target does not exist.
While I ...
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What is the Google Chrome Pin/Unpin Tab Keyboard Shortcut?
I searched a keyboard shortcut for toggling tab pin in Chrome but couldn't find anything. Anyone knows one?
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Working symlink isn't accessable through explorer Windows 8
I made a symlink to an folder with mklink on w8x64 between two NTFS partitions on the same disk. All programs think it's a valid folder, but Windows explorer doesn't seem to get this, and displays a ...
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Problems running Chrome through shortcut on Windows 8
all of a sudden, i can only run chrome as admin. it says the path to chrome.exe doesn't exist, but the file is there after i check.
update menu said i have windows updates installed last night, but ...
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Does Eclipse have a shortcut for navigating back in edit history?
I'm looking for something like CTRL+Q but for many edits. So if I press it one time, the cursor goes to last edit. If I press it again, the cursor goes to previous edit, etc. Or it gives a drop down ...
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Change tab or open CSS file on SCSS build in Sublime Text 2
I use SASS Package and SFTP on a regular basis in my development process through Sublime Text 2. The functionality of these are both great, but I'm hoping to reduce the number of steps it takes me to ...
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How to start a Chromium extension directly from a shortcut or command in Ubuntu?
I want to run "Chat for Google" (Use the Chat for Google extension to connect and communicate.) Chrome/Chromium extension directly using a command or short cut in Ubuntu. (I know how to create ...
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make firefox's quick find shortcut working in alternate layout as well
I like very much quick find shortcut in Firefox - "/" to search on the page.
But when I switch to alternate layout (Cyrillic) it stops working.
How can I make it works regardless of keyboard layout?
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Batch files to create shortcut in multiple locations using if condition
We have a batch file which creates shortcuts on Windows 2003 machines.
The command which we use is something like:
echo copy the shortcut to the server All Users folder for windows 2003...
xcopy ...
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Windows XP cannot find the Windows TEMP folder using %temp% in the run command window
please help me when i type %temp% in run it will show an error instead of temp folder.
The error is like as follows.
windows can't find %temp%.Make sure you typed the name correctly......
how to solve ...
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How to add a custom folder or an application shortcut in My Computer screen on Windows 7
As the question says it all I want to add my folder to My Computer screen as it has a long path in the hard disk, I don't want any shortcut icons on my desktop as I like it clean so is there any way I ...
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Hide public shortcuts in desktop without administrative privileges
I've looked on the multitude of questions related to Desktop icons in Windows 7 but I haven't found the answer I'm looking for yet.
The goal is to have Desktop icons on the Public folder such that ...
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Windows - Relative shortcut path to .exe [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Portable Shortcuts on Windows
How to create a realtive shortcut path under Windows? Currently the path is "C:\myfolder\example.exe"- I tried the following but there ...
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Can't get Chrome search shortcut for IMDB to work anymore
Tried
http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s
http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s&s=all
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s
But when it loads the page, it loads http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all;q=%s (note ...
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Add a VPN shortcut to the desktop in Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Create shortcut to dial VPN connection in Windows 8
I'm new here, so if I misplaced this question please don't bite :)
I'm trying to add a shortcut to a VPN connection ...
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Creating Windows shortcuts from Chrome bookmarks
I have a very large number of bookmarks in Google Chrome. I want to transfer all of them to a windows folder, so that each bookmark will be a shortcut to a website (I want a list of shortcuts, just ...
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Create a folder shortcut in “My Computer”
I'm trying to add shortcuts to folders in "My Computer".
This .reg almost works, I can execute programs like EXPLORER.exe, but I want to open a folder in the same window.
Can someone please point out ...
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Gnome annoying shortcut keys
Gnome have a lot of system-wide keyboard shortcuts that have conflict withs application-wide keyboard shortcuts.
Windows avoids such conflicts by using a dedicated key (super/window/OS key).
For ...
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URL shortcut on the desktop doesn't show icon on Windows 7
I added a new shortcut.url file with the following:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://test.com/
IDList=
HotKey=0
IconFile=C:\Program Files\Test\logo.ico
IconIndex=0
This works on XP - the shortcut ...
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Onenote shortcut to change mouse cursor from pen mode to text mode
I am using Wacom tablet with Onenote. When I move my pen inside the page, it defaults to pen mode. If I want to change to text mode I have to click the toolbar.
What is the shortcut for changing from ...
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Missing Administrative Tools in Windows 8 64-bit
I'm hoping someone can rescue me from reinstalling after putting so much work into my Windows 8 install (final version). I accidentally deleted the contents of this folder:
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Is a there a shortcut key to go to a specific window?
I know this question has been asked about Windows XP but I was wondering if there was a better or built-in solution.
I'm looking for a shortcut or third party program that allows me to focus a ...
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Do user-specified shortcut keys for Windows only work on certain directories?
I am trying to mute my computer's speakers by pressing a shortcut key. My keyboard doesn't have a button for 'Mute' or any other extra multimedia buttons.
With my keyboard, I mute my computer by ...
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Create a shortcut for application on Google Chrome for MacOSX
Google Chrome on Windows comes with a very usefull feature allowing the user to Create application shortcuts from the settings menu: ...
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What is the shortcut to break up multiple lines into one in sublime text 2?
Please browse to the sublime text homepage and have a look at slide #2.
There is a "screenshot movie" showing several commands, but there is no explanation. Just CTRL+SHIFT+L for multiple selection.
...
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Windows shortcut doesn't work: how to enclose filenames with spaces?
Here's my problem: I've made a shortcut on my Desktop (Windows XP (sigh)) like this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k "mysql -u root drupal-defaultadm < ^"C:\Documents and Settings\AAA\Mes ...
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How do I disable the Command-Control-D word definition keyboard shortcut in OS X Lion?
Mac OS X Lion introduced a new feature where in many applications you can press Command-Control-D to produce a popup with the definition for the word under the mouse cursor. A side effect of this is ...
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How to add commands to the target line of your Putty shortcut
I was able to create a shortcut on my desktop for Putty by using the "file path" -load -l -pw format. My question is: Can there be more commands added to the end of that so that I can access ...
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Shortcut to open URL from clipboard
I want to create a shortcut that opens links from the clipboard.
I frequently switch browsers and it's very annoying to copy/paste hundreds of URLs from one to another.
I have created a shortcut to ...
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Is there a “Close all documents” keyboard shortcut for Notepad++?
Using Microsoft Windows and having Ctrl + W to close the current window/tab in Notepad++, I was looking for a similar shortcut to close all documents/windows/tabs at once.
What is possible is to ...
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How Do I Add a Mapped Network Drive to a USB Stick
I'd like to add a network drive I have mapped so that the shortcut to that drive will appear on a USB stick. I'd like to be able to access this drive on other computers without having to map it again ...
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Killing explorer.exe when a process starts and restarting it when a process ends
I have a game which doesn't look perfect as long as explorer.exe is running. Currently the process is to start the game, kill explorer.exe from the task manager then once the game is done restart ...
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A putty shortcut that automatically launches a profile?
How can I create a putty shortcut that automatically launches a profile, so I can dial into a specific computer with one click?
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How to add My documents shortcut to the right-hand column on the start menu?
How do I add "My documents" (or other folder shortcuts) to the right column (grey-tinted) on the start menu in Windows 7?
