Nifty Windows Vista Trick

Not sure how many are using Vista but I have it on a new laptop I purchased and stumbled across this little trick that I thought I would share.

Holding down the Windows key and a number key, opens the program at that numbers position on your quick launch bar. So if Firefox is the 3rd item on your quick launch bar and you hold down Windows key and 3, it will launch.

Pretty cool for keyboard shortcut junkies.

 

oh man thts a gud technique u share with forum thx... enjoy it

 

Yeah do list in cheatbook ............... gud work

 

Good technique man.I want to know more techniques....
keep posting.

 

You can hot key (shortcut key) your desktop icons to launch

1. right click on your desktop icon
2. select the properties options
3. press a letter in the comment box next to shortcut key
4. Voila ^_^ you can launch Firefox or w/e program you want


(So far I've noticed you can only do it using ALT+CRTL+(#))

 

Did you notice that they took out the run command from the start menu in Vista?

You can add it back by right clicking on the start menu > properties > start menu tab - customize box > check the run command box.

And you can always start the run command by pressing the windows button and "R".

Dean Edwards

 

or you can just type your command into the new search feild

 

If you are looking for some advance productive tips on Vista then this site has some tips to help you:

7 killer tips to personalize Windows Vista

 

Wow... thats great and it is working.

Thanks for share...

 

thats a good one .. thnax for sharing

 

Cool trick! For the first time i'm actually a little jealous of Vista users now

 

Nice technique. Thanks for sharing.

 

well I guess you guys already know that pressing the windows key + tab will allow you to browse through yout open windows right?

 

Wow that's pretty convenient, im gonna try and see if it works on my XP.

 

Nice! Particularly like the Windows Button + R
I've been trying to find an easy way to get the run command.

 

hi Aajay, Thanks

 

Ummm i stumble on this by mistake a few months ago , thanks though

 

Sweet!. Nice and easy, i love keyboard shortcuts.

 

Thanks. I wish they would of had that on windows 3.1...

 

Forgot about this one, thank you sir.