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Understanding the Built-in Quick Launch Hotkeys in Windows Vista

January 12, 2008

You have automatically assigned hotkeys in Windows Vista for the first 10 items in your Quick Launch menu. This explains how they work.

Each icon in the Quick Launch bar has “hotkey Win + number” assigned to it. You can read these from left to right, assigned with 1-9 and using 0 for 10.

For example, this screenshot shows the first 4 icons in the Quick Launch bar. They are:

  • 1.Show Desktop
  • 2.Flip3D
  • 3.Windows Media Player
  • 4.Internet Explorer

    • Understanding the Built-in Quick Launch Hotkeys in Windows Vista

    And so this means the hotkeys are automatically assigned as follows:

  • 1.Win + 1 - Show Desktop
  • 2.Win + 2 - Flip3D
  • 3.Win + 3 - Windows Media Player
  • 4.Win + 4 - Internet Explorer

Written by Vlad · Filed Under Windows Vista Tips 

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One Response to “Understanding the Built-in Quick Launch Hotkeys in Windows Vista”

  1. Lawrence Poynter on January 22nd, 2008 11:08 am

    Somehow VISTA has assigned as a hotkey to lauch Media player. It is driving me mad. How can I switch this off?

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