How to Assign a Keyboard Shortcut Key for opening a File, Folder or Application in Windows Vista?


This tutorial will help you in knowing how to open a file, folder or application by simply pressing its shortcut key on the keyboard.

Note: This will work for the files, folders or application shortcuts located on the Desktop only. So if you want to open a file, folder or application that is located elsewhere on you hard disk, you first have to create its shortcut on the Desktop.

You can accomplish this in the following way:

1) Right click on the shortcut and choose Properties option



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2) Now click on the Shortcut key textbox and press the desired key from the keyboard



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3) You will notice that Ctrl+Alt are automatically added before the key value. This means you have to press and hold Ctrl+Alt keys simultaneously before pressing the shortcut key on the keyboard.



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4) Click OK button