Keyboard shortcuts

why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for Microsoft
Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other programs.

FORREST;548141 Wrote:
> why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
> CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for
> Microsoft
> Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
> programs.

Hi Forrest,

Not sure why it is not working for you. You might take a look through
the steps in this tutorial to see if you may be overlooking something in
setting up the keyboard shortcut for the program shortcut.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/74...-shortcut.html

Shawn


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Hi, Forrest.

One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys often
don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works on
the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set the
shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this works;
sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition to
the one in QL.

Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?

I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is covered
in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.

UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
think I did; only time will confirm that.)

Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar, so
I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When I
tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its Properties,
Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to Start |
All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then right-clicked
on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!

I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set the
shortcut key!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
> CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for Microsoft
> Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
> programs.

Hello RC,
nice to know that i am not the only one frustrated....further to your reply,
i want to ask how do i set the shortcut key in Properties of the executable
file for Word? i want to try this but do not know how....if i right-clicked
WinWord.exe, and click Properties, i do not see any form for me to fill in
the shortcut. it only says WINWORD.EXE in the box and that's it.

thanks in advance.
FORREST

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Forrest.
>
> One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys often
> don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works on
> the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set the
> shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this works;
> sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition to
> the one in QL.
>
> Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?
>
> I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is covered
> in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.
>
> UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
> think I did; only time will confirm that.)
>
> Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
> shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar, so
> I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When I
> tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
> Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its Properties,
> Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to Start |
> All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then right-clicked
> on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
> furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!
>
> I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set the
> shortcut key!
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news26345E1-6231-48CC-99EA-460FF381B438@microsoft.com...
> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for Microsoft
> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
> > programs.
>

hi brink. thanks for your comments but i checked the tutorial and i have
followed every step described but it still doesnt work for me.

"brink" wrote:

>
> FORREST;548141 Wrote:
> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for
> > Microsoft
> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
> > programs.
>
> Hi Forrest,
>
> Not sure why it is not working for you. You might take a look through
> the steps in this tutorial to see if you may be overlooking something in
> setting up the keyboard shortcut for the program shortcut.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/74...-shortcut.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> *'Vista Forums' (http://www.vistax64.com/)*
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Hi Friends,

The other thing i'd like to do is to apply a keyboard shortcut to the 'Show
Desktop' icon, bec. i need to clear lots of windows very often when it gets
too cluttered...it seems like after doing this for the quicklaunched Desktop
icon, its also not working like the rest....

thanks
FORREST

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Forrest.
>
> One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys often
> don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works on
> the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set the
> shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this works;
> sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition to
> the one in QL.
>
> Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?
>
> I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is covered
> in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.
>
> UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
> think I did; only time will confirm that.)
>
> Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
> shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar, so
> I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When I
> tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
> Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its Properties,
> Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to Start |
> All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then right-clicked
> on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
> furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!
>
> I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set the
> shortcut key!
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news26345E1-6231-48CC-99EA-460FF381B438@microsoft.com...
> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press
> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for Microsoft
> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
> > programs.
>

Hi, Forrest.

Start | All Programs | Microsoft Office, and then right-click on Microsoft
Office Word 2007. This should give you a context menu with about 10 items,
with Open at the top and Properties at the bottom. Click Properties and
then the Shortcut tab. I never actually see "WinWord.exe".

It works for me. ;<)

If you have only Word and not the full Office Suite, you probably would
click Start | All Programs, then right-click on Microsoft Office Word 2007,
but I can't test that. Or run Word at least once, so that it appears on the
first Start menu as a recent item, then right-click it there. I'm using the
Vista Start menu, not the Classic Start menu; that also might make a
difference in what we see...Nope, switching to Classic gets me the same
result.

If I browse via Windows Explorer to WinWord.exe, then right-click and click
Properties, I see a different screen - probably the one you are seeing.

Perhaps Word 2007 is different from earlier versions in this regard, but I
don't think so.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C0E5A2B-72CC-4C88-ACF6-A458A28AA532@microsoft.com...
> Hello RC,
> nice to know that i am not the only one frustrated....further to your
> reply,
> i want to ask how do i set the shortcut key in Properties of the
> executable
> file for Word? i want to try this but do not know how....if i
> right-clicked
> WinWord.exe, and click Properties, i do not see any form for me to fill in
> the shortcut. it only says WINWORD.EXE in the box and that's it.
>
> thanks in advance.
> FORREST
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Forrest.
>>
>> One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys
>> often
>> don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works
>> on
>> the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set
>> the
>> shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this
>> works;
>> sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition
>> to
>> the one in QL.
>>
>> Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?
>>
>> I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is
>> covered
>> in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.
>>
>> UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
>> think I did; only time will confirm that.)
>>
>> Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
>> shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar,
>> so
>> I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When I
>> tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
>> Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its
>> Properties,
>> Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to Start
>> |
>> All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then
>> right-clicked
>> on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
>> furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!
>>
>> I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set
>> the
>> shortcut key!
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news26345E1-6231-48CC-99EA-460FF381B438@microsoft.com...
>> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i
>> > press
>> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for
>> > Microsoft
>> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
>> > programs.

Forrest

The Show Desktop is a built-in keyboard shortcut. Press WINKEY+D.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FDF9E51F-E27E-45A5-BA5C-181263AE0BF1@microsoft.com...
> Hi Friends,
>
> The other thing i'd like to do is to apply a keyboard shortcut to the
> 'Show
> Desktop' icon, bec. i need to clear lots of windows very often when it
> gets
> too cluttered...it seems like after doing this for the quicklaunched
> Desktop
> icon, its also not working like the rest....
>
> thanks
> FORREST
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Forrest.
>>
>> One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys
>> often
>> don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works
>> on
>> the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set
>> the
>> shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this
>> works;
>> sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition
>> to
>> the one in QL.
>>
>> Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?
>>
>> I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is
>> covered
>> in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.
>>
>> UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
>> think I did; only time will confirm that.)
>>
>> Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
>> shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar,
>> so
>> I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When I
>> tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
>> Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its
>> Properties,
>> Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to Start
>> |
>> All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then
>> right-clicked
>> on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
>> furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!
>>
>> I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set
>> the
>> shortcut key!
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>>
>> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news26345E1-6231-48CC-99EA-460FF381B438@microsoft.com...
>> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i
>> > press
>> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for
>> > Microsoft
>> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
>> > programs.
>>

Hi, Ronnie - and Forrest.

I don't know why we need both Win+D and Win+M - which minimizes everything
to the Taskbar.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:CF59DEA6-D3CC-4D56-98A7-FC98E9913FBE@microsoft.com...
> Forrest
>
> The Show Desktop is a built-in keyboard shortcut. Press WINKEY+D.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FDF9E51F-E27E-45A5-BA5C-181263AE0BF1@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> The other thing i'd like to do is to apply a keyboard shortcut to the
>> 'Show
>> Desktop' icon, bec. i need to clear lots of windows very often when it
>> gets
>> too cluttered...it seems like after doing this for the quicklaunched
>> Desktop
>> icon, its also not working like the rest....
>>
>> thanks
>> FORREST
>>
>> "R. C. White" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Forrest.
>>>
>>> One quirk of Vista (and WinXP) that bugs me is that the shortcut keys
>>> often
>>> don't work on icons in Quick Launch, even though the same shortcut works
>>> on
>>> the same icon on the Desktop. So I create the icon on the Desktop, set
>>> the
>>> shortcut key in its Properties, then drag it to QL. Sometimes this
>>> works;
>>> sometimes I have to leave a copy of the icon on the Desktop, in addition
>>> to
>>> the one in QL.
>>>
>>> Do you have an Excel icon on your Desktop? A Word icon?
>>>
>>> I've not explored this thoroughly - and I'm not sure this aspect is
>>> covered
>>> in the Tutorial. But this behavior has frustrated me several times.
>>>
>>> UPDATE: This prompted me to explore further and I learned something (I
>>> think I did; only time will confirm that.)
>>>
>>> Quicken is one of my most-used programs, so I use Ctrl+Alt+Q for its
>>> shortcut, plus it's in my Quick Launch. It's the 3rd item in my QL bar,
>>> so
>>> I usually start it with <Win>+3, and seldom use the shortcut key. When
>>> I
>>> tried it just now, it didn't work. I dragged the icon from QL to the
>>> Desktop; still didn't work. Deleted the shortcut key from its
>>> Properties,
>>> Applied, recreated and Applied - still didn't work. Then I went to
>>> Start |
>>> All Programs | Quicken 2008 to open the Quicken folder, then
>>> right-clicked
>>> on the executable and set the shortcut key in Properties there (had to
>>> furnish Administrator credentials at this point). And it works!
>>>
>>> I guess the short version of this lesson is that it matters HOW you set
>>> the
>>> shortcut key!
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>> "FORREST" <FORREST@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news26345E1-6231-48CC-99EA-460FF381B438@microsoft.com...
>>> > why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i
>>> > press
>>> > CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for
>>> > Microsoft
>>> > Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other
>>> > programs.

In message <628E577B-CA08-44A3-B80F-39EDF7492578@microsoft.com> "R. C.
White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote:

>I don't know why we need both Win+D and Win+M - which minimizes everything
>to the Taskbar.

Because they do very very different things...