Open an application using keyboard shortcuts on windows

Mouse is a convenient way to do tasks since its inventory. But sometimes use of keyboard gives more quickly and flexible access than mouse. This is more true if you are a good typist. Suppose to open an application. In order to access Internet explorer with mouse we would do,
-Take mouse pointer to start menu and click the menu.
-Go to all programs.
-And move pointer to internet explorer and click on it. IE launches.

If you use keyboard shortcut then with three key combination you can open any application. To do this.
1.Write click on the application to which you want to create shortcut.
Select create shortcut. If your application resides on start menu>all programs then
you don't need this steps.

2.Right click on the shortcut and select properties.

3.A new windows appears. Click on shortcut tab.

4.In the shortcut key field press any key related to program for example in order to create shortcut for internet explorer in the shortcut key field press I.

5.Click ok and you are done.

6.Now press Ctrl+Alt+key_that_you_entered_in_the_shortcut_key_field for example in case of internet exploere press Ctrl+Alt+I and you will see Internet explorer will launch.

Next time you don't need to use mouse to access any application if you create shortcut key on that application.

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