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/Unable to open a Windows sound settings shortcut I created?
Earlier I asked a question about how to open sound settings using a shortcut.
This is the question: A shortcut on desktop for opening advanced sound output page
It was working fine until windows ...
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How can I edit the URL of a taskbar icon pinned by Edge?
I'd like to pin a website to my taskbar using Microsoft Edge, namely https://example.com/calendar/today.
However, I cannot use Edge's menu because upon browsing that URI the website immediately ...
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Create a desktop shortcut to a specific Remote Desktop session in the new Microsoft Store Remote Desktop app
I use Windows 11 as my daily driver and I manage quite a few VMs that I access through the new Remote Desktop app that can be found on the MS store (the one with the red icon, not the old one that is ...
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MS Edge closing links that are opened with shortcut ctrl + mouse click
I want to open the links on a webpage (adjacent to the one in use but not switch to it immediately), by using the universal shortcut for the same viz, Keyboard Control Key + Mouse Click (Left / Middle)...
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Gnome Desktop Shortcuts to Files on Removable Media keep Disappearing. How to prevent?
Problem exists on: Ubuntu 20.04/21.04
Whenever I create desktop shortcuts (in /home/username/.local/share/applications) to scripts that are located on removable media, they keep disappearing after ...
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Windows 10 - Are there any shortcuts to access the tasks or items within a taskbar Jump-List,
I've pinned MS Outlook as my first taskbar item and its very convenient to access some quick tasks via keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Alt + 1
Thing is I use the keyboard shortcut to open the jump ...
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G19 Mediakeys not working on Ubuntu 20.04 but on 18.04
I have a Logitech G19 Keyboard with multimedia keys (Play/Pause, Volume+/-, etc.).
They work fine on my private Workstation which runs Ubuntu 18.04LTS, but not on my Working Notebook, running Ubuntu ...
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What is Alt+[num] doing on my HP laptop?
Windows 10, HP Pavilion 15
I have a HP Pavilion 15 laptop, and a weird key combination I've never seen works on my laptop. Alt+[num] seems to switch Windows onto different 'sessions' or almost users.
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Windows make a %shortcut% like %APPDATA%
%APPDATA% (case insensitive) auto expands in windows explorer and the start menu to C:\Users\username\AppData. Is there a way to create one of these variables to point to wherever I want? Is it safe ...
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Desktop shortcuts for quick access to streaming specific shows on specific services
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I would like to create a way to double-click Windows desktop shortcuts which open up a browser window and immediately start streaming a particular show on a particular service (Disney, ...
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Creating desktop shortcuts with "tasks" on right-click in Windows 10?
I have noticed, that when I right click on, say, Firefox shortcut in Windows 10 taskbar, I have some extra options:
Namely, I have Open new tab, Open new Window, -- and New Private Window, which ...
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Batch file to create a 'file shortcut' and move the created shortcut to a set destination
I have been playing with the batch files above and have created a batch file based on it. The changes in my file are extracting the 'Full path & Filename' %~f1.lnk so that the batch file will be ...
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Is it possible to create a right-click menu shortcut for a contextual menu?
I use Adobe Bridge to make photo contact sheets.
Is it possible to add a keyboard shortcut to the contextual right-click menu?
For example, adding a shortcut through the system preferences works for ...
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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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Edit jump lists of certain shortcuts?
After updating Windows 10 a few days ago, MS Edge's taskbar shortcut started to not work properly anymore:
Somehow the update turned the new icon (right) back to the old icon (left), and
whenever I ...
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