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?

The Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation.

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.

As strange as it might sound, Notepad has always been my editor of choice for writing PowerShell code. Sure, Notepad lacks a lot of the features that are found in other code editors, but I like ...

Use a batch file to open the URL in IE, or if you want to get "creative", you can always create your own protocol like "iehttp:" as shown in the following. Then, edit the shortcut to use iehttp: ...