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When I’m in windows, I use a feature that’s largely overlooked, that is to use keyboard shortcuts for folder shortcuts. I’m a bit of a productivity freak. Say I want to enjoy some music. Either I can navigate to c:\music\mp3 or I just press Ctrl+Shift+M. I do this by making a shortcut to a folder and in the properties, there’s an option for a shortcut key. Set a shortcut key for all your common folders and that’s it you’re done.
Step-by-Step Explanation:
- Select the folder in Windows Explorer.
- Create a shortcut, and place it on the desktop. (You create a shortcut by opening the folder, pointing to New on the File menu, then clicking Shortcut. Drag the shortcut to your desktop.)
- Right–click the new shortcut, and then click Properties.
- In the Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab, and in the Shortcut key box, enter a Control key combination or a Control–Shift key combination, (that is, CTRL+ALT+M or CTRL+SHIFT+M when M is for music), and then click OK.
Accessing my documents, etc are a breeze now. Better yet, make a shortcuts folder on your desktop, and when you have to open a file through a dialog, open that folder and go to your most accessed directories quickly.
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wrote, on March 9th, 2007
Instead of creating a shortcuts folder in the desktop, another option which can be used is the quick launch in the task bar….but yes its always nice to keep minimum number of shortcuts in the quick launch for easy access.
wrote, on March 10th, 2007
I will implement that, do you prefer those shortcuts than desktop icons?
wrote, on March 10th, 2007
Jacob: Having lots of quick launches can also be messy, but good suggestion!
Daniel: Yup! I do
wrote, on March 10th, 2007
Thanks! Good tip, I use ObjectDock in my desktop and it is also very useful plus, it looks nicer, Thanks, good work!
wrote, on March 10th, 2007
gud tip…but i would like to suggest a cool free utility for doing this all…called hot key plus for windows.
have a look over this article…by me on this utility.
http://technixupdate.com/2007/.....-key-plus/
wrote, on March 10th, 2007
I love this feature! I actually use it for other things. One example is making Ctrl+Shift+4 (similar to Command+Shift+4 on a Mac) to bring up Snipping Tool in Windows Vitsa so that it acts like Mac OS X.
wrote, on March 11th, 2007
Nice info. I’m definitely going to use this!
wrote, on March 12th, 2007
If you create many shortcuts then its very hard to remember the shortcut for each and every folder.So I create a shortcut to the folder which I use frequently and rename the shortcut folder to something small and easy (likeI renamed the music folder shortcut to mp3s) and now cut and paste the shortcut folder after renaming it in c:\window.So as to open that folder goto Run and type the name of the shortcut folder name(in my case mp3s)and there you see the folder opened. This can be implemeneted to any program/software.