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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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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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Switching between taskbar tasks sequentially
In Firefox and some other tabbed interfaces, I can use Ctrl-PgUp/Down to cycle through tabs sequentially, based on their order in the tab list. I associate what is what based almost entirely on its ...
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Modify target of unpinned applications in taskbar
Example: I do not have MS Excel is not pinned. When opened, its icon shows up in taskbar. To open a new instance, that taskbar icon can be middle clicked. But to open it without loading a blank ...
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Is there any software for Mac OSX that manages launching of groups of apps? [closed]
I would like to be able to click a shortcut and launch a set of programs / open a number of different files in their respective programs. Is there any software that does this?
For example, when I am ...
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How to open desktop shortcuts in non-default browser - without address bar & menubar visible [duplicate]
I have a shortcut on my Desktop which points to an internet address.Usually it opens in my default browser which is chrome.
But I want to open it on Firefox without the address bar and menu bar ...
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How can you change Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts? [duplicate]
I have several apps that I use with keyboard shortcuts that I'm used to and the new shortcuts built into Windows 10 have taken some of them over. These are already ingrained habits and I don't want to ...
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VLC Playlist with Folders fails
I have a playlist that consists of two folders.
I have random and repeat active on VLC 2.2.4
When I click to play the playlist it expands one folder only - and once it gets to folder two it expands ...
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Using Commands in a Shortcut Target
Is it possible to put commands into a shortcut target? I recently swapped hard drives and now I've got a bunch of shortcuts going to the wrong drive letter. I really want to get "cd.." working - is ...
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How do I correct Quick Access folder links?
I am using Windows 10 and I have moved my Documents, Pictures, Downloads and Videos folders to D:\ by changing their location properies within file explorer. Now, if I click the quick access folder ...
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linux bash - can I create a shortcut (similar to windows) instead of a symbolic link?
so lets say I start here:
/home/user1/$
I want to make a shortcut to /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/here
Normally I would make a sym link:
/home/user1/$ ln -s /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/here here
Then I can do:
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Is there a limit on how many entries the 'Control R' bash shortcut searches?
I have increased my bash history limit to 10000 and I see that my bash history has grown to approximately 6000 entries. However when I try to search my history using 'Ctrl R', it searches only a ...
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Show user profile folder link on navigation pane
I have seen this when a file chooser dialog (or maybe some other explorer dialog, I don't quite remember) opened by some application, where the user folder is shown in the navigation pane of explorer.
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How do I copy the URL contained in the internet shortcut in Windows 7?
Sometimes my Internet shortcut doesn't work properly when I double-click on it.
Is there a way to easily copy the URL contained in the shortcut for Windows 7.
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