Windows 10: How do I assign hotkeys to my keyboard in Windows 10 Home?

I spilled wine on my new keyboard and broke it so I have to use my old keyboard which has some keys that don't work. I want to know how to assign those letters/symbols/numbers to other unused keys (like the pause break key). If the hotkeys don't work in games that's okay I just need it to work for the desktop, word processing programs and Chrome. I would be very grateful for any help.


I use Windows 10 Home 4bit

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Assign hotkey to calculator

We're talking about how to simply get the same hotkey-related behaviour as is possible for any other application.

• So why is calculator different?
• Why does it not have properties like all other shortcuts?
• Why do we get a new instance when we *make* a shortcut to it and use its hotkey?
• How the flipping crickey did this get past testing, as assigning a hotkey to calculator is a pretty sane thing to do for a power user.
  

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And why can this forum not preserve text formatting?

 

Assign hotkey to calculator

How can I assign a hotkey for the calculator? In Windows 7, I used to be able to right-click the calculator item in the start menu, select properties, and enter a hotkey. Works fine. But in Windows 10, the calculator shortcut in the start menu has no properties
in the right-click-menu... So how to I get to its properties? And then how do I assign it a hotkey?

 

1,2,3 hotkeys

Hi,





Hotkeys are keyboard shortcuts that you can use as an alternative to what you typically do with a mouse. You may perform these steps to assign a hotkey to an application, and to a folder and file:

Assign a hotkey to an application:

• Open Start Menu.
• Find the application, right-click on it > More > Open File Location.
• Right-click on the application > Properties.
• On the Shortcut tab, enter the keys you want to use in the Shortcut key box. Windows will add "Ctrl + Alt", however if you'll choose to use a function key or a numeric key, "Ctrl + Alt will not be added.
• Click OK.

Assign a hotkey to a folder or file:

• Create a file or folder shortcut.
• Right-click the shortcut file > Properties.
• On the Shortcut tab, enter the keys you want to use in the Shortcut key box. Windows will add "Ctrl + Alt", however if you'll choose to use a function key or a numeric key, "Ctrl + Alt will not be added.
• Click OK.

To know more about keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10, click
here.



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