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Open a Windows app on specific monitor from a shortcut or command line
I need to open an app on specific monitor immediately, either from from a shortcut or command line, and eventually, via a hotkey. A free third-party utility would be good.
Moving a window manually ...
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Downloads shortcut disappeared [closed]
[Windows 10 Pro]
Moved Downloads folder from c:\Users\Username\Downloads to a network location.
After that, the Downloads shortcut (under This Computer) disappeared.
Rebuilding icon cache did not ...
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Why does my Windows shortcut have a target location of "7" in the properties?
I created a shortcut on my desktop which executes a Powershell command to restart explorer.exe. For some reason, in the properties window, the target location is listed as 7. What does this mean?
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Windows 11 - how to quickly start something from desktop without minimizing opened windows?
I just noticed that I am loosing too much every time I want to simply start something from desktop.
Given.
I have lots of applications, documents, etc. as shortcuts on my desktop, they are positioned ...
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Why do Windows 10 / Windows 11 copied/pasted shortcuts not appear, but newly created ones do?
With Windows 10/11 you can access the start menu items in these locations:
"%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"
%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\...
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I can't insert long paths in the "Target" box in Windows 11 shortcut properties (might consider using vbs or batch)
I'm trying to create a Windows shortcut that will be put in my startup folder. The shortcut starts a program (Discord), but with a 1-minute delay. I'm doing this because my (ancient) core i3-2100 PC ...
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Create a Windows shortcut without New > Shortcut
Any web search to create a Windows shortcut on the Desktop advises:
Right-click the Desktop
Select New > Shortcut
The New > Shortcut option is not available on my computer. Is there another ...
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Are there any windows 11 settings for stacked toolbar icons which will shortcut me back to the last opened when I click on them?
I like that the taskbar stacks up multiple windows, but I'd like to save a click when I have two explorer folders open, for example.
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Is there a way to automatically switch between two windows of the same app in Windows 10 [duplicate]
I have two windows of the same program that i am constantly switching over manually, (each window needs the whole screen). Is there a way to automate the process of switching between them for let's ...
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Alt + D Not Working In Windows 11 File Explorer
In Windows 10, I frequently use Alt + D to quickly highlight the path to the current folder in Windows File Explorer so it can quickly be copied. It's the same shortcut that can be used to highlight ...
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How to change pinned Taskbar Icon of Whatsapp?
On my Windows I have the Whatsapp App installed from Windows Store.
Now I would like to change its Icon, without luck so far.
I tried following this answer and it does create a taskbar Icon that opens ...
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Why is the shortcut's target sometimes read-only in Windows 10? [duplicate]
I observe, that sometimes in the sortcut's options the target is setable (s. the first screenshot) and sometimes it's read-only (s. the second one).
Why? What does it depend on? Is there a way to ...
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How to set Windows Shortcut icon to relative path?
Background
I have a Windows Shortcut that executes a file using a relative path.
Now, I want this shortcut to have a nice icon. I already have the icon image and I placed it close to the bat file my ...
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What are all the URIs paths for windowsdefender://threat?
I wanted to create a shortcut to directly get to the specific windows settings page where I can turn off the "real-time protection" temporarily.
There seems to be a windowsdefender://threat ...
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Win + X, U, U not shutting down my windows 11
Win + X, U, U is not shutting down my windows 11. Language is not the issue as i am using English. Everything is normal, The issue is that when the list opens after Win+X it doesn't response to any ...
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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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