[vip_students] Re: Windows tips: Creating a volume control icon on the desktop
- From: "noreenmeagher" <noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:41:46 +0100
Done that. Most useful tip Paul. Thanks, Noreen
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From: NCBI Technical Support
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Windows tips: Creating a volume control icon on the
desktop
Hi All,
Thought I would write up a little tip I needed to use recently. It places an
icon for the volume control on your desktop. You can also add a shortcut key to
it for to bring up the volume control quickly.
Step 1.
Get focus on the desktop by using the keys "winkey + m" or "winkey + D".
Step 2.
If there is something on the desktop selected, jaws should say "my documents
selected" note this is just an example, it could be anything on the desktop. We
need to unselect this item whatever it is.
Step 3. Use the keys, "control + spacebar" pressed once to unselect the item.
However you may go to the desktop and jaws will say that nothing is selected
"unselected". If so then that is fine too and so you re ready to begin making
the shortcut.
Step 4.
Press the application key on your keyboard, "third key out from right of the
spacebar".
Step 5.
Arrow down to where it says "new sub menu" and right arrow in here.
Step 6.
Down arrow to "shortcut" and press the enter key.
Step 7. You will be asked to specify a path to the item you wish to make a
shortcut too so type in here the following path exactly;
C:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe
Now press the enter key. If you have typed the above correctly all will go
well and you will move on to the next step, if you have done anything then you
will be informed and so you will have to correct it.
Step 8.
The next step is to give the new icon a name so I just call it; Volume and
again I press the enter key. Now you're finished.
Step 9.
We will now add a shortcut key to this item so while focus is on the desktop
press the letter "V" till you locate and have focus of the newly created volume
icon.
Step 10.
Press and hold down the left "alt key and press the enter key". This will
then open up the properties of the volume shortcut.
Step 11.
Use the tab key to jump to the edit box that says "shortcut key none" and
just type in the one letter, in my case I used the letter "V".
Step 12. Now tab once more and you will be in a list box that is titled
"run". You can arrow down through this list box until you come to the word
"maximised", stop at this and then tab to the "ok button" and press enter.
Now you're done.
I want you all to give this a go and let the list know how you got on.
Paul.
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