tips and tricks

[RichardJones]

Hi
Does anyone know any good shortcuts in windows 2000 Pro.

For example
WINDOWS_BUTTON + E opens explorer,
WINDOWS_BUTTON + F opens find,
WINDOWS_BUTTON + m minimises

Also know any good command prompt shortcuts

eg
calc opens calculator
mspaint opens paint
winmsd opens system information

Any would be much appreciated
Thanks
Richard

[twistedcranium]

You can actually create your own as well. Right-mouse-click on the shortcut used to start the application and select PROPERTIES and on the SHORTCUT tab, you will see a field labeled SHORTCUT KEY. Put the cursor in this box and type the key sequence that you want to use. As long as another shortcut/program isn't using this key sequence you will be able to open the app just by the key sequence.

For example, I have NotePad in windows mapped to CTRL+ALT+N and the Calculator to CTRL+ALT+C

[twistedcranium]

And even though it isn't free, PCMAG has a little tool called HotkeyDetective
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1898,00.asp
that will search through your system and list all of the currently used shortcut key combinations and the programs that they open.

[dammit]

This gives you just about the lot! http://www.computerhope.com/shortcut.htm

[RichardJones]

Thanks for your help. So is it not possible to create new shortcuts with the windows key. I have done it wiht the ctrl and alt buttons but was just wondering about the windows key
Thanks for your help so far
Richard