Creating Shortcuts in Windows XP San Jose CA

Shortcuts make it possible to open an object (a favorite document, folder, program, or Web page) directly from the desktop of your computer — even when you have absolutely no idea how deep the object is buried on your computer or where it may be in cyberspace.

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Shortcut basics

In the following list, I give you the basic lowdown on shortcuts:

Shortcuts can be located anywhere on your computer, but keep them right out in the open on the desktop so that you can get right at them.

When you create a shortcut for an object, Windows creates an icon for it with a name like “Shortcut to such and such.” You can rename the shortcut to whatever name suits you, just as you can rename any file or folder in Windows.

You can always tell a shortcut icon from the regular icon because the shortcut icon contains a little box with a curved arrow pointing up to the right, like the Microsoft Word shortcut shown here.

Shortcuts function just like their icon counterparts. They open the same way, and in the case of Printer shortcuts, you can drag a file to a Printer shortcut to print on the associated printer.

Shortcuts to open stuff

To create a shortcut for a folder, file, or program that resides locally on your computer and place the shortcut on the Windows XP desktop, follow these steps:

1. Select the icon of the file, folder, or application program in the My Documents or My Computer window for which you want to create a shortcut.

2. Choose FileàCreate Shortcut or right-click the icon and then choose Create Shortcut from the icon shortcut menu.

3. If Windows displays the error message “Unable to create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut placed on the desktop?”, choose Yes. If Windows doesn’t give you this error message, it places the new shortcut in the currently open window.

If you want the shortcut on the desktop, where you have constant access to it, drag the shortcut icon to any place on the desktop, and release the mouse button.

If you move the file, folder, or program icon after making a shortcut to it, Windows gets all confused and displays a Missing Shortcut message dialog box. It then attempts to find out where in the blazes you moved the now-hidden component. If Windows successfully locates the component on your computer, it repairs the shortcut link and opens the component. If it can’t locate the moved component (and you know where it is), use the Browse button in the Missing Shortcut dialog box to open the missing component. After you do this, Windows repairs the shortcut path so that the Missing Shortcut dialog box doesn’t bother you the next time you select the shortcut icon.

You can instantly create a shortcut for any file, folder, or program icon by right-clicking the icon and then selecting Send ToàDesktop (Create Shortcut) on the item shortcut menu. As soon as you select this command, Windows creates a shortcut icon for the selected item and places it on the Windows desktop no matter where you happen to be at the time!

If you’re dealing with a really important shortcut on your desktop that you find yourself selecting all the darn time, you may want to assign a keystroke shortcut to it as well. To do this, right-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and then select Properties on the shortcut menu. Windows opens a Properties dialog box displaying the Shortcut tab with the settings for that particular shortcut.

Select the Shortcut Key text box (by clicking the cursor in it) and then type a single keyboard character (number, letter, or punctuation symbol) that you want to assign to the shortcut (this character replaces the default setting of none). This character then appears in the Shortcut key text box preceded by Ctrl+Alt+ (so that if you type the letter g, you see Ctrl+Alt+G). Click the OK button to close the Shortcut Properties dialog box. After that, you can launch the program opened by the shortcut simply by pressing (and holding down) the Ctrl plus Alt keys until you type the assigned character.

Shortcuts to Web pages

In addition to creating shortcuts to favorite files or folders on your computer, you can create shortcuts to favorite Web pages on the Internet. To create a shortcut to a Web page, follow these two simple steps:

1. Open the Web page for which you want to make the shortcut in Internet Explorer 6.

2. Choose FileàSendàShortcut To Desktop on the Internet Explorer 6 pull-down menus.

Internet shortcuts are indicated by the Web page icon (the E representing the Internet Explorer on top of a page) with the name of the shortcut below. When you double-click a Web page shortcut, Windows opens Internet Explorer, connects you to the Internet, and displays the target Web page.

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