Latest articles tagged “shortcut”

In this quick tutorial we'll cover how to put all your Photoshop plug-ins in a folder of your choice, anywhere on the disk, then make Photoshop load all the plugins from the custom folder you created. Both on Windows and Mac. ... Read more

A guide explaining how to create a shortcut that will launch a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10 and Windows 8. ... Read more

I recently created a document with the Google Docs app on my Android phone and wanted to make it available offline and access it quickly from the phone's home screen. I wanted a shortcut for it, which opened in Docs directly. Here's how to do it. ... Read more

If you are looking a way to create a shortcut for the Edge browser on your desktop, then just follow the instructions provided here. ... Read more

In this tutorial, we are going to cover how to create shortcuts for putting the PC to sleep, hibernate, shutdown, restart, lock, log off, and switch users. These shortcuts can then be place on your Taskbar or Start menu for easier access. ... Read more

Loading up a program and always having to tap the “Run as administrator” UAC confirmation is a bit annoying at times. Certain Windows applications require administration level access and this is confirmed individually. However, it is possible ... Read more

The Quick Actions shortcuts in the Actions Center can be configured to your liking. Here's how. ... Read more

In this tutorial we'll show you how to start Chrome at the user selection window or with a specific user profile and pin a shortcut on taskbar (in Win 8/8.1 or 10), for that user only. ... Read more

Windows 10 Technical Preview (starting with Build 9841) brings the option to create desktop shortcuts for Universal (or Metro, Modern) apps. The procedure is quite simple. ... Read more

Creating desktop shortcuts to your most frequently used programs, websites, and games, is a great way to save time and boost efficiency with your PC. ... Read more

We explained before what an elevated command prompt is and how to open one in several ways under Windows 8 or 10. In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a desktop shortcut to an elevated command prompt and pin it to taskbar or start screen. ... Read more

The Google Chrome "New Tab" page features the most visited sites you accessed since you cleared your browsing history last. If you're seeing App icons rather than tiles when you open a New Tab, you can switch between "Most visited" and "Apps". ... Read more