How To: Launch Any Windows Application Through Keyboard Shortcuts

Do you frequently need a calculator for applications you do in your Windows?

Do you find it annoying enough to hunt down the audio recorder every time from the Start Menu?

-Well don’t worry. You have used Windows+E to launch the explorer, now you will do it for all the appications too. Here is a very simple trick which will allow you to launch any Windows application at the touch of a button.

Setting up a keyboard shortcut for any application in your start menu is fast and simple. Steps below explain how to create program shortcuts in Windows:

• Navigate the start menu to the application you want to shortcut. In this example, we will create a shortcut for the Calculator (one that I use all the time).
• Right-click on the application, and click on Properties.
  
• In the Properties window, you’ll see a field titled Shortcut key. Go to that field and type the letter C (or any other key you wish to use to launch the Calculator).
• Click OK

Now, whenever you want to quickly launch Calculator, just hit Ctrl-Alt-C (or whatever key you chose). I use application launch shortcut keys all the time for Calculator and Notepad. You can use it for those programs you constantly use and are sick of navigating through the Start menu to launch.

[Source: stupidsite.org]