Windows 10: How to make a custom shortcut to an app.

I know you can make a shortcut, and set a shortcut key, but it makes it so that it has to be ctrl + alt + another key. can you make the shortcut something else? if you cant, is there a built in way to reroute a certain shortcut so it runs the ctrl + alt one instead?

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Zoom Workplace keyboard shortcut overrides custom Word 365 shortcut

Thank you very much for reaching out! As an Independent Advisor and fellow Microsoft user, I'm more than happy to assist you.



To get control of your custom keyboard shortcut back from Zoom, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Disable the Keyboard Shortcut in Zoom

1. Open Zoom and sign in to your account.
   
2. Click on your profile picture and select Settings.
   
3. Navigate to Keyboard Shortcuts.
   
4. Find the shortcut for Ctrl+Alt+C and disable it or reassign it to a different key combination.
   

Step 2: Reassign the Keyboard Shortcut in Word 365

1. Open Microsoft Word.
   
2. Click on File in the top-left corner and then select Options.
   
3. In the Word Options window, click on Customize Ribbon.
   
4. Under the "Customize the Ribbon and keyboard shortcuts" section, click the Customize button for "Keyboard shortcuts".
   
5. In the Categories section, select the category that contains the command you want to assign the shortcut to.
   
6. In the Commands section, select the specific command.
   
7. In the Press new shortcut key box, press Ctrl+Alt+C.
   
8. Click Assign and then Close.
   

Step 3: Verify the Shortcut

1. Test the shortcut in Word to ensure it now performs the desired function.
   

Additional Tips

• If the shortcut still does not work, you may need to restart your computer to ensure all changes take effect.
  
• Ensure that no other applications are using the same shortcut, as this can cause conflicts.
  

Please feel free to reach out if you require any additional assistance. I'm here to help!

 

How to pin app shortcut to desk top?

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow below steps to change pin the apps on the desktop screen and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to perform the below steps to add the apps on desktop.

• Click on the “Start button” and locate the App that you want to pin to Desktop.
• Right click on the “App” and click on “More options”.
• Then click on “Open File location” and right click on the app, click on “Send to” option.
• Then select “Desktop (Create shortcut)”.
• Go to “Desktop” and check whether the app is located or not.

Or Step 2: To add shortcuts to the desktop

• Press and hold or right-click the desktop, tap or click New, and then tap or click Shortcut.
• Enter the location of the item or tap or click Browse to find the item in File Explorer.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Can I customize the list of suggest apps in the "Open with" menu?

You can't use it to add additional programs, only to set default programs.

Interestingly for me it shows nothing for text files:








Then if I want to add a portable app like Jarte Plus to open with context menu windows doesn't like it.





It's not present and is near impossible to add even via "look for an app on this PC"

OpenWithAdd to the rescue:




Result: