Sometimes you want a key command (keycommand) that works across all of your Windows Desktop. For example, let’s say that you write a lot of email and you want to be able to pop open Gmail’s compose page quickly no matter what else you are doing in Windows. Here’s how you’d do that:
- Create a new shortcut on your desktop:
Right-click on your desktop and choose New, Shortcut
- Paste in the Gmail compose address, http://mail.google.com/mail/#compose, (or open a program, or another webpage, whatever you want to do), click Next
- Give it a name:
- You now have a new icon on your desktop:
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Right click on that Icon, Select properties
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Click inside of the Shortcut Key textbox and hold down Ctrl Shift and the letter G, Click OK
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Go back to your desktop and hit the Ctrl+Shift+G keys and Gmail’s compose screen should open.
You can now use that key command combination anytime you want quick access to a task.
HTH,
Jon