®® microsoft windows 7 for power users tutorial 4 creating and customizing shortcuts

®®Microsoft Windows 7 for Power Users

Tutorial 4Creating and Customizing Shortcuts

XPXPXPXPXPXPObjectives• Create shortcuts to a drive, folder, and file• View shortcut properties• Customize shortcuts• Create shortcuts to programs• Create a new shortcut from an existing

shortcut• Update a shortcut’s path

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XPXPXPXPXPXPObjectives• Add a shortcut to the Start menu and taskbar• Create a Control Panel shortcut• Use the Create Shortcut Wizard• Create a link in the Navigation pane• Customize a drive icon• Create Internet shortcuts• Add a shortcut to the Startup folder


XPXPXPXPXPXPDesktop Shortcuts


XPXPXPXPXPXPUsing Shortcuts• A shortcut is a direct link to an object that you

can place anywhere you frequently work• A UNC path references servers, printers, and

other resources on a network• Shortcut examples


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating Shortcuts• Techniques for creating shortcuts– Dragging– Right-dragging– Right-clicking– Using the Send To menu


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating Shortcuts• Create multiple shortcuts at once by selecting

multiple objects in a window– Using a selection rectangle– Using Ctrl+point– Using Ctrl+click– Using Shift+point– Using Shift+click– Using check boxes– Using Ctrl+A (Select All)


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Creating Shortcuts

Shortcut properties Advanced attributes

XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Shortcut to a Folder and Customizing the Shortcut Icon• Locate the folder you want to create a shortcut

for• Right-click the folder icon, point to “Send to”

on the shortcut menu, and then click “Desktop (create shortcut)”

• Close the folder window


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Shortcut to a Folder and Customizing the Shortcut Icon• If you want to change the shortcut’s icon,

right-click the shortcut, click Properties, click the Change icon button on the Shortcut property sheet, and locate and select a new icon (or browse for an icon file)

• Once you’ve selected and clicked an icon, click the OK button to close the Change Icon dialog box, and then click the OK button to close the Properties dialog box for the shortcut


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Shortcut to an Application• From the Start menu, point to All Programs,

and then locate the application or program you want to create a shortcut for

• Right-click the application or program name, point to “Send to”, and then click “Desktop (create shortcut)”

• Click the Start button to close the Start menu


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Shortcut to an Application


XPXPXPXPXPXPAutomatic Updating of Shortcut Paths• If you change the name of the object to which

the shortcut points or if you move the object, the shortcut still works–Windows 7 updates the path


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Custom Shortcuts

XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Control Panel Shortcut• Open the Control Panel from the Start menu,

click the View by button, and then click Large icons (or Small icons)

• Drag a Control Panel applet to the desktopor• Open the Control Panel from the Start menu,

locate the link you want to use for your shortcut, and then drag the Control Panel link to the desktop


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Control Panel Shortcut


XPXPXPXPXPXPAdding Shortcuts to the Start Menu• Using the Taskbar and Start menu Properties

dialog box• Pinning programs and shortcuts to the Start

menu• Using drag and drop• Using the Start menu folder


XPXPXPXPXPXPPinning a Desktop Shortcut to the Start Menu and Taskbar• To pin a desktop shortcut to the Start menu’s pinned

items list, drag the desktop shortcut to the Start button, and then release the mouse button

• To remove a Start menu pinned item, right-click the pinned item shortcut, and then click “Remove from this list.”

• To pin a desktop shortcut to a taskbar Jump List’s pinned items list, drag the desktop shortcut to the taskbar, and then release the mouse button

• To remove a pinned item from a Jump List, right-click the pinned item, and then click “Unpin from this list.”


XPXPXPXPXPXPPinning a Desktop Shortcut to the Start Menu and Taskbar


XPXPXPXPXPXPPinning a Control Panel Desktop Shortcut to the Taskbar• To pin Control Panel to the taskbar, open the Start

menu, open Control Panel, right-click the Control Panel taskbar button, and then click “Pin this program to taskbar.”

• To pin a Control Panel desktop shortcut to the Control Panel taskbar button, drag the Control Panel desktop shortcut to the Control Panel taskbar button, and when you see the Pin to Control Panel desktop shortcut, release the mouse button


XPXPXPXPXPXPPinning a Control Panel Desktop Shortcut to the Taskbar• To remove a pinned item from the Control

Panel taskbar button, right-click the Control Panel taskbar button, right-click the pinned item, and then click “Unpin from this list.”


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating a Desktop Shortcut with the Create Shortcut Wizard• Right-click the desktop (or background of a

folder window), point to New on the desktop shortcut menu, and then click Shortcut

• In the “Type the location of the item” box, type the path to a program, or browse and locate and select the program file, and then click the Next button

• Type a name for the shortcut in the “Type a name for this shortcut” box, and then click the Finish button


XPXPXPXPXPXPAdding and Removing Links in the Navigation Pane• To add a link to a folder under Favorites, drag

the folder and drop it under Favorites in the Navigation pane

• To move a link under Favorites, drag the link to another location under Favorites in the Navigation pane

• To remove a Favorites link, right-click the Favorites link in the Navigation pane, and then click Remove


XPXPXPXPXPXPAdding and Removing Links in the Navigation Pane


XPXPXPXPXPXPCustomize a Drive Icon• Customizing drive icons makes it easier to distinguish

drives– All removable disk drives have the same icon by

default• To create a custom icon:– Create autorun folder in top-level folder of drive– Copy icon file to the folder– Create autorun.inf file


XPXPXPXPXPXPCustomize a Drive Icon


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating Internet Shortcuts• The target of an Internet shortcut is the Web

site address–Called a favorite or a bookmark– Favorites are stored in the Favorites folder


XPXPXPXPXPXPCreating Internet Shortcuts


XPXPXPXPXPXPAdding Shortcuts to Your Startup Folder• Open the Start menu, point to All Programs,

locate and right-click the Startup folder, and then click Open

• Hold down the Ctrl key while you drag a desktop shortcut or an Internet shortcut into the Startup folder, or use the Create Shortcut Wizard to create a desktop or Internet shortcut in the Startup folder


XPXPXPXPXPXPAdding Shortcuts to Your Startup Folder• To remove a desktop or Internet shortcut from

the Startup folder, open the Startup folder, right-click the desktop or Internet shortcut, click Delete, and in the Delete Shortcut dialog box, click the Yes button

• Close the Startup folder window


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