Learn how to create a desktop shortcut & a keyboard shortcut to open the Windows Registry Editor. Also, see how to create a bat file to open it.

Open the drop-down menu for Removable drive (under the Choose AutoPlay defaults section) and select the Open folder to view files (File Explorer) option. What is the shortcut key to eject USB?

Notepad is also helpful for stripping text formatting when you copy content from Web pages into your own business files. To open Notepad quickly, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop.

Here's how to restore missing context menu options and file associations in Windows when File Explorer shortcuts ...

Case in point. Firefox is my main browser. I have a Web page shortcut I always want to open in IE. Is there a way to tell it to use IE just for that shortcut?