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How to create or is there a shortcut to mute the sound of the current window/program?
What I want to do is mute the sound of the current program/window in Windows.
How I would normally go about this, is RMB on Sound Icon in taskbar (or through Control Panel -> Sound) -> Open ...
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Where is Hotkeys for Desktop shortcut stored in Windows registry and how to change it?
When we assign a keyboard shortcut/hotkey from properties menu, where is it stored in the Windows registry? And how can we edit it using command line/ Batch file?
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Is there any way to open a specific file using a universal Keyboard shortcut?
Is there any way to assign a keyboard shortcut to a specific file like a .txt, .bat or .exe(user created) or its shortcut, so that it can be accessed universally?
P.S. - I tried adding Shortcut key in ...
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How can I disable a Widows 7/8.1/10 shortcut key WITHOUT disabling ALL shortcut keys?
Has anyone ever encountered a program or a registry hack that will either allow you to disable particular Windows shortcut keys, or maybe remap them?
I am not really interested in methods to disable ...
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Few shortcuts and start button become unresponsive for a few seconds after startup
Right after Windows (8.1) starts, I'm able to open folders using the shortcuts I set up in an AHK script, for two to three seconds.
But then, few keys become unresponsive:
the start button
the ...
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Accidentally changed ALT behaviour
I've accidentally used some combination that made ALT + something shortcuts not working anymore (ALT + some letter does not make it with accent anymore). The behaviour of the right ALT which was ...
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Create "Join a Personal Area Network" shortcut?
I am using Windows 8.1, When I right click the bluetooth icon on system traybar, there is Join a Personal Area Network
I would like to create that shortcut on my desktop, it looks like this, only ...
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What makes Internet Shortcut files special?
When I save a shortcut from Firefox to disk, this is its contents when viewed in a text or hex editor.
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://superuser.com/
IDList=
HotKey=0
IconFile=C:\Users\Jerry\AppData\...
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How to add Sticky Note to Right Click-->"New" Menu
I'm talking about the menu that appears when you right-click on the desktop. Then if you look in the list there should be something labeled "New", and when you hover over this it shows you options ...
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Windows creates invalid shortcuts
I have my OS - windows 8.1 installed on C:, but every application is installed on D:.
When I install application and shortcut is created, shortcut Start in field is set to D:\Programs... and this is ...
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My 'SendTo' items dissapeared (only from contextmenu)
I'm running Windows 8.1 x64.
Days ago I've noticed that all the items that I have in the SendTo menu has dissapeared.
They dissapeared only from the menu, I'm an user who customized the sendto items ...
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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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Can't set Word 2013 Header shortcut keys...tried everything
My Word 2013 has lost the Header style shortcut keys; Ctrl+Alt+1 for Header 1, Ctrl+Alt+2 for Header 2, and etc.
I have tried everything mentioned here and else where from changing languages back and ...
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Set default/starting folder for Explorer in taskbar without duplicate icon on launch in Windows 8.1
I want to have an icon in Windows 8.1 Taskbar that opens Windows Explorer in a specific folder and does not create a second icon when I click the first.
I tried several approaches to do this:
Pin ...
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Adding Dropbox link on Windows 8.1 desktop
I have Windows 8.1.
I use Dropbox for work.
How do I get a shortcut to my Dropbox on my desktop?
The Dropbox link right now is in my start menu.
I have been unable to find Dropbox anywhere on my ...
