Windows Shortcut Manager

A utility for managing local Windows shortcuts and their hotkeys

Introduction

The purpose of this utility is to manage local Windows shortcuts and their hotkey assignments. Here is the main window for the program.

A local Windows shortcut is a small file on your computer that is used to start an application or open a document. The target of the shortcut is the application or document that is opened when you invoke the shortcut.

If you are like me, you have dozens of shortcuts with hotkey assignments and it can be quite difficult to keep track of these hotkeys. Windows Shortcut Manager will show you all of your shortcuts and their hotkey assignments and allow you to change these assignments.

A hotkey can be either

• a single character in the range A-Z or 0-9 with at least two of the three modifiers Alt, Ctrl or Shift or
• a function key (F1-F12) with or without modifiers.

Installation

Just unzip the downloaded ZIP file (link below) to a folder of your choice and double click the file rpiShortcuts.exe with the mouse to run the program. If desired, you can use the program to create its own Desktop shortcut and assign a shortcut key (such as Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) to run the program.

The Program

The main window shows you a list of all local shortcuts in a variety of folders, specifically

• Desktop
• Favorites
• Start Menu
• Startup Folder
• Common Startup Folder
• Common Start Menu

You can tell the Windows Shortcut Manager which of these folders to search through the Option menu.

For each shortcut, you will see the same information that is available from Windows when you look at the properties of the shortcut file, specifically

• The target of the shortcut
• The target's full path
• The shortcut's hotkey
• The folder containing the shortcut
• The start folder for the shortcut
• The window style (normal, minimized, maximized)
• The full path and file name of the shortcut file itself

You can tell Windows Shortcut Manager which of these items you want displayed through the Option menu.

Actions

With rpiShortcuts, you can do the following:

• View and sort a complete list of shortcuts with their hotkeys. Click a column header to sort by that column.
• Add or change the hotkey for any shortcut. Select the shortcut and use the controls at the top of the main window to reassign the hotkey.
• Create a new Desktop shortcut. Choose 'Create Shortcut' under the Create menu.
• Save a list of all of your shortcuts and their hotkeys. Choose 'Save List' under the File menu.
• Delete a shortcut (send it to the Recycle Bin) Select the shortcut and hit the Delete key.

Download a Full-Featured 14-Day Trial Version

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Ordering Information

If you like my Windows Shortcut Manager, you can buy it for $6.95. To purchase by credit card through PayPal, click the PayPal image below.

Once payment has been made, PayPal will notify me and I will e-mail you the serial number required to remove the time limitation.

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