[access-uk] Re: Desktop icons and hot keys

  • From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:47:28 +0100

hi Barry

Actually Sandra's method is even easier than that, you don't even need to
use Windows Explorer, just right-click the icon in the start menu you want
to create a shortcut for and choose Properties, then define your hotkey as
normal.

James
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:33 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Desktop icons and hot keys


> Cheers, James.  This seems easy enough.
>
> Barry
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:29 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Desktop icons and hot keys
>
>
> Hi
>
> If you want to keep shortcuts out of the way an still use hotkeys, you can
> go into the start menu using windows explorer or My Computer and define
the
> hotkeys in the properties of the start menu shortcuts, rather than the
> desktop shortcuts.  If you are using XP most of the shortcuts are likely
to
> be in
> c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\
> and you might also want to check the start menu folder under your own
> account for any shortcuts that are installed in there.
>
> James
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:21 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Desktop icons and hot keys
>
>
> > This creates a shortcut to the application's exe.
> >
> > Where you then enter it's properties and create your keyboard shorcut.
> > Dj Paddy
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> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:16 AM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Desktop icons and hot keys
> >
> >
> > >I don't think you need to create a desktop icon in order to assign a
> hotkey
> > > to an application. You should be able to do it by locating the
> application
> > > and right clicking. Theres a shortcut tab in one of the menus.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> > > Of
> > > Barry
> > > Sent: 01 September 2005 07:48
> > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [access-uk] Desktop icons and hot keys
> > >
> > >
> > > To create a hot key I send an icon to my desktop then set the hot key.
> > > Once
> > >
> > > the hot key has been set, can I delete the icon from the desktop?
> > >
> > > Barry H
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