Create
keyboard shortcuts to open programs
You can create keyboard shortcuts to open
programs. Before you get started, you need to create a shortcut for the program
to which you want to assign a keyboard shortcut. To do this, open the folder
that contains the program's executable file, right-click it, and then
click Create Shortcut. For more information about creating
shortcuts to programs, see Create or delete a shortcut.
1.
Locate the shortcut to
the program that you want to create a keyboard shortcut for.
2.
Right-click the
shortcut, and then click Properties.
3.
In the Shortcut
Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab.
4.
Click in the Shortcut
key box, press the key on your keyboard that you want to use in
combination with Ctrl+Alt (keyboard shortcuts automatically start with
Ctrl+Alt), and then click OK. 
If
you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the
password or provide confirmation.
If
you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the
password or provide confirmation.
If you're using a program that also has a
keyboard shortcut using the same key combination as the shortcut you just
created, then your shortcut might not work.
Notes
·
The word None appears in the
Shortcut key box until you press a key; then it's replaced with Ctrl+Alt+the key that you pressed.
·
You can't use the Esc,
Enter, Tab, Spacebar, PrtScn, Shift, or Backspace keys to create a keyboard
shortcut.