How to create keyboard shortcuts to open apps in Windows 10: - Windows 10 is preloaded with numerous applications. Includes applications like Mail, Groove Music, Photos, Skype, Calendar, etc. These apps are quite useful and you could use them a lot. Without these applications, Windows has no life. Additionally, you can download various other apps from the revamped Windows Store. Windows Store has different categories of apps like Music, Entertainment, Education, Business, etc. Most of the preloaded apps are pinned to the Start menu so you can access them quickly. When it was Windows 8, you have to access everything from the start menu. When it comes to Windows 8.1, you can pin these apps to the taskbar for quick access. Windows 10 allows you to have direct access to these applications on the desktop. And you can even create keyboard shortcuts for default apps or apps downloaded from the Store. To create a keyboard shortcut, you must first create a shortcut on the application desktop. Read on to learn the simple trick to create an app keyboard shortcut in Windows 10.
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Create a desktop shortcut
- Launch the Start menu and go to the application you want to have a desktop shortcut to. Here I am creating a link for the mail application.
- Now drag and drop the application into the desktop area to create the shortcut.
- That is. You now have the desktop shortcut for the application.
Create a keyboard shortcut
- You have completed the first task of creating a desktop shortcut. Before dragging the application to the desktop area, make sure you can see the desktop.
- Right-click on the desktop shortcut and tap Properties.
- In the newly opened Properties window, I have to Shortcut tab.
- Select the field next to Hotkey. Now press any key you wish to use to launch the application. Windows automatically adds a Cntrl + Alt prefix to the hotkey. Here I pressed M but Windows changed it to Cntrl + Alt + M. After pressing the desired key, tap Request button.
- Now try the keyboard shortcut you just created to open the application. When I pressed Cntrl + Alt + M, the mail application starts.
You have now learned the simple trick to create a desktop shortcut for an application. These steps can be followed for all apps and default apps downloaded from the Windows Store.
