How to create a keyboard shortcut for a program in Windows XP
How to create a keyboard shortcut for a program in Windows XP
This article describes how to create a keyboard shortcut for a program
in Windows XP. Note that this feature works only with program shortcuts
on the desktop or the Start menu. This feature does not work if the desktop shortcut is a shortcut to another shortcut.
Creating a keyboard shortcut
1.
Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties.
2.
On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
3.
Press
the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the program. The
shortcut combination must consist of one character (a letter, number,
or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: CTRL, ALT,
and SHIFT.
4.
Click OK.
Troubleshooting
•
The
default combination is CTRL+ALT; if you press only a character key,
Windows XP automatically adds CTRL+ALT. To use other combinations of
the three required keys, press those keys before you press the
character key.
•
A
keyboard shortcut does not work if it conflicts with a keyboard
combination that is used in the program that is currently active.
