How do i activate keyboard shortcut

The tittle pretty much says it all - i want to activate a keyboard shotcut at windows startup. The keyboard shotcut should point to a file on my computer.

So far i've tried to make a shortcut to a file on my computer and then assign a key combination to it. The problem is that the key combination somehow doesen't work if i restart the computer, so i have to recreate the shortcut everytime i close the computer.

So i hope that you can help me activate a keyboard shortcut at windows startup

Why don't you start the program directly at startup? Just make a shortcut to the program and copy it to under:

Code:

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Otherwise you would need a scripting software like AutoIT or AutoHotkey. Or perhaps TweakKey will help - Download KeyTweak - MajorGeeks.

I should probably say that i don't want a document to open when Windows starts - i just want to activate a keyboard shortcut, that points to a document when Windows starts

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On second look, I guess it doesn't run a program. AutoHotKey or AutoIT perhaps.

It is pretty hard to document this problem without posting a picture...
...or I guess that you could write a thousand words

Yes, scripting tools like AutoIt and AHK will sort of do the same thing. But the Windows Native function should work. The shortcut key assignments should survive a reboot.

Ah, never knew that :) Learn something today, thanks for sharing UNI!

UsernameIssues said:

It is pretty hard to document this problem without posting a picture...
...or I guess that you could write a thousand words

Yes, scripting tools like AutoIt and AHK will sort of do the same thing. But the Windows Native function should work. The shortcut key assignments should survive a reboot.

Thats exactly what i've tried to do, but the key assignments doesn't survive a reboot, and that's why i want to somehow activate the shortcut keys at startup.

Do you know how to make a batch file that i could place in the start up folder, or just another scipt that doesn't reguire an installation of an extra program like AutoHotKey or AutoIT.

Hmm, just tried it and the shortcut persisted after a restart. Used CTRL+ALT+S for Steam, no problems with it.

Correct. It should work after a reboot. There is something wrong (or set wrong) that prevents this for the OP. You can find posts where other people had this problem too (but no solutions).

I tried two different shortcuts, the owner of one was my user account, whereas the other was System. They both persisted a restart.

Perhaps a security software is interfering? Also according to an old article I found, the shortcuts with custom keys should be in one of 4 places.
- user's Desktop
- allusers' Desktop
- user's Start Menu
- allusers' Start Menu
I wonder how valid the above info is today.