Questions tagged [shortcuts]
A quick access method of getting to a program or document, typically an icon or picture representing the target
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Change chrome application shortcut icon on taskbar in linux mint
I use a lot of web applications on Linux Mint. I'm confused with the icons being the chrome-icon all the time i.e. the same icon for all running programs.
So how can I change the Chrome application ...
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Notepad++ disable document switcher mouse shortcut
Notepad++ has this feature where you can right click + mousewheel to scroll between documents. My problem is that I hit this all the time by accident resulting in minor (yet cumulative) annoyances ...
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Keyboard shortcut to focus/unfocus on flash element in browser?
I've recently started using the Vimium plugin for Chrome to allow me for browsing the web using some common Vi(m) keyboard shortcuts.
The HTML5 video player used by Youtube can be controlled by some ...
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Redefine shorcuts in Skim
I am using SKIM for Mac to read PDFs and annotate. I wonder how can I change keyboard shortcuts, the one I need the most for marking text (Ctrl+Cmd+H) is rather insane.
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Windows 10 Start Menu Search Indexing Fields (Filename only? Apparently not!)
So here's a question that I haven't been able to find the answer to anywhere:
What field(s) does Windows 10 use to index files by whenever performing a start menu search? The obvious answer would be ...
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Google Chrome keeps disabling a search engine shortcut
I recently changed my pc and I was always using the press tab to search on a site feature of chrome.
I imported all my settings through the google account thingy but for whatever reason I was missing ...
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Edge taskbar pinned shortcut is not in a standard location
I'm on Windows 10. According to this answer the standard location for taskbar pinned shortcuts is %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar. I indeed can find all my ...
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Opening two individual Chrome windows on different displays at startup
I have a Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 Education x64 plugged into a USB dock that I use as a desktop machine in my office. I have a dual monitor setup on the dock, and use the Surface itself as a ...
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Is it possible to remap the “Hide Window” shortcut in Mac OS X?
Is it possible to remap the “Hide Window” shortcut in Mac OS X? I know about the possibility to remap just about any shortcut in the System Preferences that are either built in or just available in a ...
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Three-finger swipe browser back
Windows 10 broke my three-finger swipe to browser back. Now, it is the same action as the one-finger swipe-from-left-edge to switch programs provided in Windows 8/8.1. Is there any way to get it ...
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Is there a paste-replace shortcut?
Hello all :) This is be a petty request, but it is like an itch to me right now for a specific project:
There are shorcuts for copy and paste, but I often find myself moving bits of text between each ...
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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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Windows 8 keeps removing some start screen shortcuts I make
I've made some custom shortcuts to Google Chrome profiles and successfully pin them to my start screen but when my computer reboots or goes to sleep and wakes they have disappeared. If i repin them ...
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Open desktop shortcut to SharePoint directly in Excel
I have a desktop shortcut to a shared Excel spreadsheet that I use daily. It lives in a Microsoft Teams folder, i.e. on SharePoint. This shortcut opens a browser window asking me if I want to open the ...
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mac: two shortcuts for the same action
I regularly switch between keyboard layouts on my mac. This causes confusion with some shortcuts. Therefore I want to assign two key combinations to one shortcut.
In particular, I have used this ...
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GNOME maximize window hidden shortcut
Upon configuring my keyboard shortcuts for my gnome desktop, I discovered, that I cannot get rid of a hidden shortcut for maximizing the focused window with Super+Up. I am using on GNOME Shell 3.24.2 ...
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Shortcut for address path in Windows
How do I create a shortcut for a path address which I can then use in Windows File Explorer's address bar?
Rather than navigate through the filesystem structure every time, I want to do this:
Open ...
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Is there any way to modify built-in shortcuts in Okular?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with the following okular version:
-Qt: 4.8.6
-KDE Development Platform: 4.13.3
-Okular: 0.19.3
I know that I can configure the shortcuts that are available in the Settings>...
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How to disable Ctrl + Shift + UP Arrow shortcut on Windows 10
How should I disable Ctrl+Shift+UP Arrow shortcut on Windows 10? Its opening Microsoft Edge which is searching for results for my clipboard content from Bing.
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Why does Internet Explorer shortcut(desktop shortcut) launch 3 processes?
One of our legacy application is tied to IE. We created a desktop shortcut for it on user's workstation. Now when this shortcut launches the app, we see 3 windows processes launched instead of 2!!! ...
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Pressing Win+E takes a very long time as oposed to double clicking My Computer
I had a similar problem with Microsoft Office files. If I opened Microsoft Word, for example, and then Ctrl-O to open a file, it would work instantly. However, if I double clicked on a file, it took a ...
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How can I create a desktop shortcut for "Listen to this device"?
In windows, there is a way to make audio from your input go to your output, by checking "Listen to this device". Is there a way to make a desktop shortcut or start menu shortcut that enables/disables ...
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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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How to show desktop apps in Windows 8's Switcher?
The Switcher in Windows 8 is really convenient for managing running applications, but unfortunately all desktop apps are grouped into one position in the switcher... I like to kill background apps ...
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Grouping shortcuts with different parameters in Windows 7 Taskbar
I have created many different windows shortcuts for pgAdmin.exe with the target database given as a command line argument. For example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\pgAdmin III\1.14\pgadmin3.exe" /s ...
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How to change start menu location for Windows 7 Programs
I keep my start menu in Windows 7 very organized, but every time there's a program update available (Safari for example), the program recreates its shortcut icons in the default start menu location ...
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Is there a PowerShell, Batch, or VBS script that can automatically pin the recycle bin to the start menu?
The recycle bin doesn't show up when you type it into the start menu which seems incredibly moronic. I am able to create a shortcut and pin it to the start menu so it shows up, but I'd like to ...
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Disable specific WIN shortcuts without additional software (Windows 10)
I would like to know hot to disable specific ⊞ Win + shortcuts (Windows 10) without any third party software (with only included Windows 10 tools).
Particularly ⊞ Win+Ctrl+D one (create new virtual ...
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Google Chrome (MacOS) - Command+A does not select all in address bar
I am used to use Cmd + A to select everything in my address bar in Google Chrome. On my new Macbook (running Monterey), the Cmd + A shortcut when my address bar is focused but not select - moves me to ...
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How can I see ALL global shortcuts currently active across Finder + other apps?
I've just started using Amethyst and would love to be able to use the CTRL + optn + NumPad[0-9] shortcuts, but some of these aren't working and I'm assuming they're reserved by something else. I've ...
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How to unbind Alt + ` (Backtick) on Windows 10?
In Dota 2, there's something called Smart Double Tap, making Alt + Hotkey to work as if I've double tapped the Hotkey, and I have the Hotkey set as backtick `. But it seems like it's conflicting with ...
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Preserve shortcuts in SSMS after restart
I use SQL Server Management Studio in this version:
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 14.0.17289.0
Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 14.0.1016.283
Microsoft Data Access Components (...
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How to create batch file or script to create multipe shortcuts to EXE's
Hello I have about 122 folders with exe's in all of them that match the name of the folder. Is there a way to write a script to create a shortcut for each exe within the folders and without the '...
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How to create a Jump list for any program?
To explain further, check this image first that show the context menu when right-clicking an app in the taskbar:
You can see a list of tasks that will be called immediately after launching the app.
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Create a desktop shortcut to the shortcut wizard
Is there anyone out there who knows how to create a desktop shortcut to the create shortcut wizard, rather than the more conventional
RIGHT CLICK > NEW > SHORTCUT
Help
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How to change hand tool shortcut in Photoshop
I have been wondering if I can change the key binding to trigger the hand tool (default: Space).
I know how to change the shortcut to activate it (default H) but I don't want to change this. I want ...
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Is there any way to install MS Office Shortcut Bar (from Office 2000) on Windows 10?
While I am aware that Office 2000 is not compatible with Windows 10, I am attempting to see if there’s any trick to install a lone component called MS Office Shortcut Bar from Office 2000 on to ...
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Shortcut for jumping to the first/last match of find search in Chrome
Sometimes I got a large number of matches in Find Bar, and I want to jump to the first/last match when the current match in the near middle of the matches.
Is there a shortcut to do so?
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Running a Cygwin Program from a Windows Shortcut
I am attempting to set up my Windows 10 laptop with a few Linux programs using Cygwin and I'm not having much success.
My goal is to have shortcuts in my start menu that act just like native ...
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How to change shortcut links priority in Windows File Explorer?
How can I change shortcut links priority in left side of Windows File Explorer (like Favorite, Library, Computer)?
For example, by default Favorite link is top of all other links. So how can I change ...
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How to restore Start menu shortcuts in Windows 8.1
Now I can't even get to the Desktop in 8.1 without pressing +D. I also can't get to the Store, OneDrive, or Camera. How can I restore these shortcuts?
If you need more details about how they were ...
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Switch to certain Browser/Document Mode for certain Bookmark
Is there any way to tell Internet Explorer 11 to use a certain Document/Browser mode for a certain Bookmark/URL?
Alternatively, is it possible to make a shortcut that points to the website like so:
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Creating a shortcut to connect to a Bluetooth PAN in Win8
I have paired my cell phone with my computer via bluetooth. Whenever I want to use its network connection (over a Bluetooth PAN), I need to click on the Bluetooth Icon, select "Join a Personal Area ...
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C:\ hidden but can still be accessed via a shortcut
I currently have C: hidden through an Active Directory group policy.
The students have worked out that they can bring a short cut of their C: from home and when they run it they can see and access ...
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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:
C:\Users\myusername\AppData\...
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How to open the Quota Entries list for a given drive from a shortcut or command line?
Is it possible to open the Quota Entries list for a given drive from a shortcut or the command line in Windows? And if so, how?
I'm not talking about managing quota entries from the command line (...
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Adobe Reader not accessing Symbolic Link over network drive
My main system is running Windows 7. I have a mapped network drive (call it z:) that is hosted on a Windows XP machine (not sure if this matters at all). I have created a Symbolic link (call it SL, ...
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Setting Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu
Is it possible to do the following in Ubuntu? If so, can someone point me in the right direction.
Say you want to set a keyboard shortcut to do the following:
For examples sake, set Alt+F to open ...
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macOS Sonoma, ShortCuts App, Impossible to delete a shortcuts as app freeze
A few months ago, I created a shortcut with the Shortcuts application that opens a Notion window and a Safari window side by side. However, I can no longer activate or delete this shortcut. As soon as ...
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Modifier key to open bookmark in a new private window
In Firefox if you hold down the Ctrl key when you click a bookmark the page opens in a new tab. If you hold down the Shift key when you click a bookmark the page opens in a new window. Is there a ...