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issue with launching an application with a keyboard shortcut
I am on Windows 11 Home. I have created a shortcut CTRL+ALT+A in the properties to start Ableton Live. I have created a project template that loads automatically when Ableton starts. The template ...
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Windows 11: Disable Win + Alt + Arrow Keys to snap to top/bottom half
The new Windows 11 shortcut "Win+Alt+Arrow up/down" is interfering with other software I am using.
Is there perhaps a registry way to disable this specific shortcut?
So far I see that I can ...
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EXE on a network drive - how to create a shortcut on taskbar?
I've created a .bat file that runs the network exe, but it does not allow it to be made a shortcut on the taskbar:
Within my runme.bat file:
cmd /c start w:\programs\app.exe
That does not work.
I've ...
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How to disable automatic resolution of shortcuts (.lnk files) in Windows 10? Group policies not working
When a target source file/path is changed, any shortcuts (.lnk files) pointed back to them should no longer work. This helps alert me that something is wrong.
This is what I want to see when running a ...
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Problems removing desktop shortcuts from multiple user's desktops
Similar issue as here but didn't solve my problem (I don't have any Public Desktop folder): Problems removing desktop shortcuts from multiple user's desktops - Microsoft Community
After installing a ...
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How can I store a webpage title inside a Windows .url file?
This is a question about the .url file format:
How can I store the webpage title inside a Windows .url file ?
I was unable to find an official documentation of the .url file format anywhere on the Net....
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How can I create a shortcut in "This PC" on windows 10?
How can I create a shortcut in the "This PC" section in File Explorer of Windows 10?
Like a shortcut of a mapped network location or a folder of mounted drive.
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How to change executable icon in Windows?
How to change executable icon in Windows? not the shortcut icon but the executable itself.
I have google chrome applications that I want to change the icons of them.
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How to add arguments to profile chrome or global chrome (with profiles) shortcut?
I am trying to disable Windows 10 custom title bar on Google Chrome.
I am failing to do this because my Google Chrome is with profiles.
How can I disable the custom title bar on different profiles on ...
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Set Console Colors when Creating Shortcut with PowerShell
I can use code like this to create a shortcut file in PowerShell:
$WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$PSScriptRoot/myshortcut.lnk")
$...
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windows shortcut opening chrome and go to existing tab
is there a shortcut/combo to open a specific chrome tab directly from windows?
This tab is opened in Chrome in background, I'd like to go to this specific tab by a windows shortcut - possible?
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File shortcuts don't work or throwing association error in Windows 11
I accidentally broke up my Windows 11 registry regarding shortcuts. To be honest, I also forgot to export a copy of the registry before making changes. Yeah, I know it's dumb, but it happened.
I ...
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Run exe with parameters by default
I'd like to run my browser (Vivaldi) with the --silent-debugger-extension-api parameter by default, which I know is possible via a shortcut or batch file. But I want it to run this way for every ...
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Create a bat file to open multiple projects in Visual Studio Code with one click
I created a shortcut for each of my projects in VSCode to speed up the process of opening them:
But if I select the four shortcuts with the mouse and try to open them with the ENTER button, it only ...
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Cannot create desktop shortcuts to Windows URI
I am trying to create a desktop shortcut to a windows URI, e.g. ms-settings:privacy. Sites such as https://winaero.com/windows-11-uri-commands-to-launch-apps-directly/#Create_shortcut_for_URI_command ...
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