Questions tagged [shortcuts]
A quick access method of getting to a program or document, typically an icon or picture representing the target
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How can I clear the current line of the Windows command prompt?
How can I clear the current line in the command prompt? (I'm using Windows 7.)
Too often, I enter a command, execute it, get many lines of output, then wish to enter another command. But before ...
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How can I change the default shortcut in Windows for closing programs?
I like the close program keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X which is ⌘ + Q. Nice and convenient for hand placement. In Windows however, the equivalent shortcut is Alt + F4, a little awkward.
Is there a ...
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Run as Administrator greyed out on shortcut
I have a shortcut to a program that only works when run as administrator but in the shortcuts advanced options "always run as administrator" is greyed out. I've looked at the other similar questions ...
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Windows 10 shortcut keys only work when shortcut is on desktop
I am creating a keyboard shortcut to open the calculator in Windows 10. I have created a shortcut on my desktop and added the following key configurations:
Link to settings screenshot of shortcut
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How to make shortcut to ftp site open in windows explorer not IE
Running windows7 i have a shortcut to an FTP site. When you make this shortcut and point it to a location like ftp://127.0.0.1/ it automatically defaults to opening in Internet Explorer. This is not ...
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Do user-specified shortcut keys for Windows only work on certain directories?
I am trying to mute my computer's speakers by pressing a shortcut key. My keyboard doesn't have a button for 'Mute' or any other extra multimedia buttons.
With my keyboard, I mute my computer by ...
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How do I find the Target of an Advertised shortcut? [duplicate]
EDIT: Originally I used the title "How do I find the Target of a MS-Office shortcut?" but have since changed it as the problem is not specific to MS-Office shortcuts.
I have MSOffice 2010 OneNote ...
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Firefox: change/disable default keyboard shortcut configuration
I have installed the Keyconfig add-on and configured it to toggle Offline Mode on Firefox, whenever I press Ctrl + Shift + O. It worked fine on previous versions of Firefox (before version 28.0).
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Target field on Windows shortcut is disabled
A number of applications on my system have working desktop shortcuts which have the "Target" value disabled. This makes it impossible to modify. The value in the disabled textbox is the name of the ...
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How can I pin a program to the Windows 7 Taskbar, with parameters?
In my case, I have to login and manage user accounts on a specific PC on our network quite frequently. I just learned that I can use the Windows Computer Management Snap-in to connect to another PC ...
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Create a batch file or shortcut to PuTTY (ssh) that opens a session and runs a command
I often find myself opening an SSH session to run the same single command. I have everything setup to login without entering a password (Via SSH Key-Based Auth), so I wondered if there was a way to ...
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Adding custom shortcuts to Modern UI
Is it possible to add a shortcut (for example launching a program with custom parameters or to run a command line command) to the Modern UI start page?
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Windows 10 pro, after anniversary update I can't use "runas administrator shortcut" anymore
Until now I used shortcut with "runas/user:ComputerName\Administrator /savecred "C:\Program Files (x86)\example.exe"
when I type a command in the cmd error 740 occurs:
C:\>"C:\Users\user\...
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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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