![]() ![]() wouldn't it be nice if the Start, Run dialog was just a little bit smarter? That's when I stumbled across this blog post describing a very clever hack: Each of these apps has a nice set of additional features far beyond what the run dialog provides, but I never really used them. I couldn't get myself out of the reflexive habit of Windows+R. I've tried each and every one of these solutions, but nothing "stuck". There are a number of third party replacements for Run that attempt to rectify that: Trying to perform a Start, Run, "word" won't launch Microsoft Word, for example. ![]() Run is passable, but not as helpful as it could be. When I can't launch something with the Windows key, I fall back to the Start, Run (Windows+R) dialog. However, I find that leveraging the built-in Windows key shortcuts, plus a handful of Windows key shortcuts I set up myself, covers 98% of my daily computer use. That's where something like AutoHotKey comes in. Of course, you can go a lot further with hotkeys than just overloading the Windows key. The advantage of the Windows key approach is that all of my most frequently used applications are exactly one key combination away for example: It can't override the existing shortcuts, unfortunately, but you're free to map any key that isn't already mapped. Winkey lets you map additional Windows key shortcuts. Where the default Windows key shortcuts end, WinKey* begins. I'm sure everyone knows that the Windows key brings up the Start Menu, but there are also a bunch of standard Windows key shortcuts built into Windows: ![]()
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