Windows Vista Secret #5: Running Quick Launch Items
Saw this posted on one of the internal forums today, and I thought this was something that was worth sharing. If you're a keyboard junkie, you'll love this.
Do you have a few applications that you're always firing up? Would you like a system-wide keyboard shortcut to run them? Here's what you do. Simply add shortcuts to the Quick Launch toolbar, as shown in the screenshot below.
Now you can simply use Win+1, Win+2, Win+3 and so on to launch each application. For example, on my machine, Win+3 launches Notepad and Win+6 launches the VS command prompt. This works no matter what application has the focus.
More coolness coming your way soon, courtesy of Windows Vista!
Comments
Anonymous
September 20, 2006
Thanks for these secrests. They're great. Please continue.Anonymous
September 21, 2006
The comment has been removedAnonymous
September 21, 2006
What happen if I want to launche de 11th application(10th is probably Win+0)Anonymous
September 21, 2006
Right on!Anonymous
September 21, 2006
PingBack from http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/09/21/5-windosws-vista-secrets-you-must-know/Anonymous
September 21, 2006
OMG! so THAT is why my WinKey mappings for Windows+1 - Windows+n weren't working. Thanks, Tim. ;)Anonymous
September 21, 2006
Arrrgh! This only works if the Quick Launch toolbar is visible, yet the Windows+number key combination is silently and inexorably consumed by Vista even if the Quick Launch toolbar isn't visible. Can this be fixed before final?
I just can't justify sacrificing prime toolbar pixel real estate for a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT. That's.. insanity. Either give me my Windows+number keys back, or let me map Windows+anything in the shortcut properties (right now I'm limited to annoying, carpal-tunnel-inducing Ctrl+Alt).Anonymous
September 21, 2006
PingBack from http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/09/22/4474.aspxAnonymous
October 03, 2006
PingBack from http://larchoye.com/2006/10/04/10-windows-vista-secrets-and-more-tim-sneath-vista-blogs/Anonymous
October 31, 2006
/cheer!Anonymous
November 19, 2006
Tim Sneathが彼のブログで「Windows Vista Secret」という連載(?)をやっています。役に立ちそうなものもあるので、ここでタイトルだけ日本語化して紹介します。詳細は(英語ですが)リンク先を見てください。Anonymous
December 19, 2006
When I use Win+1, Win+2, etc., instead of executing the program that the shortcut points to, it opens the shortcut's properties window. Any idea why?Anonymous
December 20, 2006
OK, so you've just decided that WPF is the strategic technology of choice for your next-generation application,Anonymous
December 20, 2006
OK, so you've just decided that WPF is the strategic technology of choice for your next-generation application,Anonymous
January 28, 2007
[via Tim Sneath]Base Environment Windows Vista, of course! (although I'll concede that Windows XP Service...Anonymous
April 17, 2007
原文：http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/12/20/building-a-perfect-wpf-developer-workstation.aspx原文...Anonymous
April 17, 2007
Tim Sneath又一篇经典WPF贴，让我们能够了解WPF顶级开发人员平时用哪些工具、看哪些示例、有哪些独门秘笈，虽然这篇文章不长，但确实很有用，看了就明白了:)Anonymous
April 19, 2007
摘要: Tim Sneath又一篇经典WPF贴，让我们能够了解WPF顶级开发人员平时用哪些工具、看哪些示例、有哪些独门秘笈，虽然这篇文章不长，但确实很有用，看了就明白了:) 有翻译得不好的地方还请指出！Anonymous
January 15, 2008
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January 20, 2008
在我中学开始学计算机的时候，键盘和主机上的按钮对我来说就是最直观的可操作的计算机部件，还记得那时候老师就是让我们从记忆Caps Lock、Enter、Shift、Ctrl、，Tab、Alt等键以及其中的某些组合起来的作用开始学起的。后来接触得越多了，就更习惯使用鼠标，“指哪儿打哪儿”，更方便。而键盘上的快捷键更多的是用在“系统级”的操作中，如Ctrl+Alt+Tab打开任务管理器、Win+R打开“运行”、F1打开 “帮助”等。其实用快捷键操作，无论是操作还是系统的反应速度，比用鼠标更为节省时间，但是由于不同的应用程序有不同的操作选项，除了F1、Ctrl+