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Windows Vista Secret #5: Running Quick Launch Items

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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!

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  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2006
    Thanks for these secrests. They're great. Please continue.

  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2006
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    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.aspx

  • Anonymous
    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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  • Anonymous
    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+