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SHORTCUT TIPS |
Shortcuts to E-mail:
Here's something you might not have know you can do with shortcuts. Got one or more people you email all the time? Of course you do. So create a shortcut to send them an email. One click of the shortcut and your default mail program will open up a message to that person, pre-addressed and ready to send.
To make an email shortcut right click an empty area of the desktop or folder where you wish to create the shortcut and hit "new\shortcut."
Once the shortcut wizard comes up, type "mailto:(the email address you want to send to)" Click "next" and give the shortcut a name. From now on, clicking your new shortcut will open up an email to that recipient.
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Shortcuts to web sites:
In much the same fashion as the above tip, you can also create desktop shortcuts to your favorite web sites. To do this, right click an empty area of the desktop or folder where you wish to create the shortcut and hit "new\shortcut."
Once the shortcut wizard comes up, type the URL (www.computercrisissolutions.com) and click "next" then give your shortcut a name. From now on, opening the shortcut will open your default web browser to the page you specified.
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Create a shortcut to shutdown or restart your PC:
You can create quick desktop shortcuts to shutdown or restart your PC with this handy tip.
To do this right click an empty area of the desktop or folder where you wish to create the shortcut and hit "new\shortcut." For the location of the shortcut, enter "shutdown -s -t 01" for a shutdown command or "shutdown -r -t 01" for a restart. Hit "next" and give your shortcut an appropriate name.
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Create a shortcut to lock your PC:
To create a desktop shortcut that will instantly lock your PC, requiring a username and password to get back in right click an empty area of the desktop or folder, where you wish to create the shortcut and hit "new\shortcut." For the location, enter "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation." Hit "next" and give the shortcut an appropriate name.
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Create a shortcut to "Run" on your desktop:
This tip creates a shortcut to the useful "run" prompt on your desktop or another location.
Simply open the start menu, click on the "run" command and drag it onto the desktop. This will create "shortcut to &run" which you can then rename to "run."
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Create a shortcut to Command Prompt on your desktop:
Right click an empty area of the desktop or folder where you wish to create the shortcut and hit "new\shortcut." In the location box, enter "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe". Hit "next" and give the shortcut an appropriate name.
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Create keyboard shortcuts for applications and folders:
To speed up access to your favorite programs and folders, you can create key combinations that will open them automatically provided they have a shortcut on the desktop.
To make a keyboard shortcut create a shortcut to an application or folder and place it on the desktop. Right click the shortcut, choose "properties" and go to the "shortcut" tab. Select the "shortcut key" window and press a key you would like to use as a shortcut. Windows will automatically create a CTRL + ALT + (your key) combination. Pressing this combo will open the shortcut.
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Shortcuts to important control windows with the Run Command:
As you probably already know, the "run" command is a great way to quickly bring up several useful applications and windows. Following is a small list of some of the ones you might find yourself using most often. Simply bring up the run prompt by going to "start\run" then type any one of the entries below to open that particular window.
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Group policy editor: gpedit.msc
- Command prompt: cmd
- Windows Explorer: explorer
- Registry Editor: Regedit
- Computer management window: compmgmt.msc
- Device manager: devmgmt.msc
- Storage manager: diskmgmt.msc
- Event viewer: eventvwr.msc
- Services: services.msc
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