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A quick access method of getting to a program or document, typically an icon or picture representing the target

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different types of shortcuts

Let's say I have two shortcuts for Microsoft Word; the first shortcut was created during the Office installation, the second shortcut I have created myself via right click on winword.exe > Send to > ...
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How to reboot a WindowsCE5 device?

Is there a way to force a device running Windows CE 5.0 to reboot? I remember Ctrl+Alt+Del from the old days on PC's, but I don't know if there's a keyboard-combination I could use on this Datalogic ...
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Create a Link to Resource Monitor

I'm running windows 7 and I want to create a link to the resource monitor that I can place anywhere. But all I've been able to do was pin it to the taskbar and not the start menu. Is there a command ...
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Run As Administrator Settings Under Shortcut

There are two checkboxes for Run As Administrator in the Properties dialog for a shortcut in Windows 7. One is under the Shortcut tab in the Advanced Properties dialog, and the other is under the ...
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Can I have an internet shortcut launch two pages?

I have an internet shortcut on my desktop. It launches to a video streaming site I like to use. This same site needs a java applet running in a separate window or tab. Right now I just have two ...
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Setting a shortcut to trigger task scheduler

I wanted to disable the UAC popup box when running the command prompt as admin, but this didn't work for me. What did work, was setting the task scheduler to run it as admin given a specific trigger. ...
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Eclipse - Adding Java 'Application Run' Shortcuts to toolbar

In Eclipse (I'm using 3.4.1) you can create "favourite" run configurations. These simply appear fixed at the top of the list of Run configurations. Is there a way to create a shortcut to a runtime ...
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Why doesn't Vista create shortcuts in Start menu?

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) on a system with 64-bit processor. Whenever I install a PC game, Vista does not create any shortcuts or program folders in "Start Menu -> All Programs". ...
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Stop desktop shortcuts to removed drives disappearing in Windows 7

I like to have desktop icons to various removable drives (USB pen drive, media player, external HDD etc.) for easy access - I've switched off auto-play for removable drives. However, each time I ...
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Is there a way to prevent iTunes upgrades from trashing my quick launch shortcut?

On Windows XP, is there a way to make it so that every time iTunes comes out with some minor point upgrade, it doesn't render the shortcut in my quick launch bar useless? Once I've upgraded, the ...
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how to Create browser shortcut which will open certain pages?

I don't like desktop email management softwares, such as outlook or zimbra, in the same time, i own more than 5 important email accounts,and want to keep updated when i receive any email on any of ...
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Seperate shortcut to run a program in administrative mode?

I just installed StandaloneStack2 on Windows 7. I have a link to open it in my start menu to configure it which has to be run in administrative mode. I have a link pinned to my taskbar where it ...
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Windows shortcut to directly open a new folder in Windows Vista

Is there any key to directly open a new folder in the Windows Vista? Unlike XP, Vista does not have any quicklaunch button on the side of the window.
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Changing Chrome app (not browser, but app) from blue to another color?

You can skin Chrome, but how can I change the default blue top bar color in Chrome application shortcuts? I mean the thing that turns a web app into a pseudo desktop app, reachable via Page menu -> ...
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Windows create a directory alias?

How can I create an alias in Windows for a directory name so that I can type something like "MyDir" in the run box, and it go open that directory in explorer.
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Shortcut to kill an application

Labview (a programming language) has this nasty habit of hanging after an error while executing and our programmer always goes to task manager to manually kill it. Now I think as a Super User he ...
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How can I get to the recycle bin without the desktop icon in windows 7?

I hate having anything on my desktop. I usually remove all the icons from the desktop, even the recycle bin. Occasionally I need to access the recycle bin, but having to re-enable the icon just to ...
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'Run as Administrator' does not work on Shortcuts in Vista

I have two Vista Ultimate 32-bit OSs installed on my PCs here (one desktop for about 3 years, the other a laptop for 1 year), and have been experiencing the following rather irritating problem for a ...
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Linked Files and Folders in OSX from Finder? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Create a symbolic link in the Mac OS X Finder I use ln -s original new to make linked directories in OSX, but there must be a way using my mouse... no?
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Gnome - Something like Alt-Tab but corresponds to horizontal program list at bottom?

I'm on Debian/Gnome - I've always been using Alt Tab but sometimes I have 20 or so programs and I would prefer if I could jump to the program by hitting something like Alt+F1 or Ctrl+1 so if 'vim' is ...
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Minimizing Window in shortcut -Vista

Is there a way to assign a shortcut for Minimizing a window the Alt-Space-n sequence in just one keyboardshortcut?
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What causes desktop shortcut icons to randomly change?

I've noticed that a some shortcut icons on my desktop will randomly change to other icons on my desktop. Example: I have a shortcut to Cygwin, Git, Computer, Documents, Chrome, etc. The Cygwin ...
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How to reload the page by emptying cache in Google Chrome?

I don't know what exactly it's called, by cache refresh I mean, refresh the page after clearing its cache. I don't want to clear the entire browser cache. I can't seem to cache refresh my pages. In ...
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Simulating Menu button?

I'm using an IBM ThinkPad keyboard, the one with TrackPoint and without any Windows keys. Since Win-keys tend to be quiet useful, I've remapped left Ctrl to work as Win button, Caps Lock to be my Ctrl ...
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Can I create a shortcut to a Windows directory?

I would like a quick command line-based way to get to a directory I use all the time. Is there a way to create some kind of alias in Windows so that I can type, for example, VS08P at a command prompt ...
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What's the shortcut in excel to show/hide cell comments?

what's the shortcut in excel to show/hide cell comments?
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How do I create a terminal shortcut to open to a particular folder?

I've recently switched to a Mac and want to improve my workflow a bit. I often need to run scripts using the terminal that are in several different folders. How do I create something like Windows ...
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Customize the Windows 7 Games Explorer

I just upgraded my system to the Windows 7 RTM, and I've noticed they took away the ability to customize the shortcuts in the Games Explorer. Is there a third-party application that would allow me ...
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keyboard shortcut to select file in windows explorer

I typically go to the windows explorer using windowskey+e. Then I use Alt-D to go the address bar to type the folder name. Is there keyboard shortcut to directly go the file list on the right side ...
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Is it possible to create a shortcut to a Window console app that starts hidden?

I'd like to start a console app upon startup, but I'd like it not to clutter the taskbar with a cmd.exe item. The options I have when editing a shortcut are only "Normal window", "Minimized", and "...
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How to add command line options to shortcut?

How can I add command line options to an executable in a shortcut in Windows XP? For example in the shortcut properties in target I have: "c:\path\to\exe\pogram.exe" I want to add some options: "c:...
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Portable Shortcuts on Windows

I can't figure out how to create shortcuts that don't care where they are mounted. For example, on my flash drive, I want to run CCleaner or Notepad++ in my college classroom. The problem is, a ...
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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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Creating shortcuts to websites that will use IE instead of default browser?

I currently am using Firefox as my default browser. There are a few web applications that I must access on a regular basis that will unfortunately not work in Firefox and must use IE. I am extremly ...
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How do you create a 'Folder Shortcut' in Windows Explorer?

I need to create a 'Folder Shortcut' in Windows Explorer in Windows 2000. I don't mean a mapped drive, just a Folder Shortcut to a shared network folder (it will end up as a first-level object under ...
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Programs have disappeared from Windows 7 Start Menu [closed]

I am running (and love) Windows 7 RC1 on my machine. In the first real weird thing I have seen in Windows 7 -- all of my programs have disappeared from the start menu. So if I click the start ...
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Can I set two Chrome Gmail shortcuts to open different accounts? [duplicate]

I've just integrating my POP3 email for my business into a Gmail account. I like using Chrome's application shortcuts to open Gmail and Google Reader. Thing is, I also have a personal Gmail address ...
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How can I create a shortcut to "Foo" without " - Shortcut" suffix?

Whenever I create a shortcut to a file or folder in Vista, I'd like it to not automatically append " - Shortcut" to the name of the shortcut. For example: Create a shortcut to the "Foo" application. ...
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Firefox: can a shortcut be defined for a site specific Google search?

Is it possible to define shortcuts in Firefox to do a Google search restricted to a particular site? Background: in the Opera web browser I can define a shortcut, say "su", to do a Google search ...
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Remove shortcut icon overlay from shortcuts on Windows 7

How can I remove those overlays that are put on every shortcut? They are a bit annoying, especially on my desktop because most of the icons are shortcuts.
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How do you duplicate current open Finder view?

I often have a window where i want to drag and drop to a parent folder, and i need another finder window, so i open a new one and need to browse back to where the other window is ...
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How to reassign a shortcut key?

Previously, Ctrl + D was assigned to an application by a shortcut on the desktop. The shortcut is now deleted but shortcut key is still assigned to the same application. How can I reassign Ctrl + D ...
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