Quick keyboard launch of applications
The Quick Launch toolbar has provided a way to easily open favorite applications with a mouse click ever since Windows 98. In Windows Vista, a hotkey function using the Windows key was introduced and then continued in Windows 7. Each icon in the Quick Launch Bar is assigned a number 1-9 from left to right. Number 10 is assigned “0″. (Eleven and up are out of luck.) Then the combination of the Windows key and a single digit will open the designated application or folder.
For example, if the icon is placed fourth from the left in the Quick Launch Bar, the keyboard combination “Windows key + 4″ will open it. By itself, this keyboard shortcut may not be faster than a click on the icon with the mouse but if your hands are already on the keyboard, it saves time.
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