How to make keyboard keystroke combinations into desktop icons

MourningStar said:

try Ctrl+Alt+Delete

tried it, no dice

I've not used either for anything other than short batch files, so am not sure. I'd feel better qualified to answer if I had a couple specific examples of what you want to do.

JamesEJ said:

Uhh @ age 69 & likely any age, recalling needed numerous keystrokes over the lapse of time for an example is difficult. ...

any suggestions welcome friends, Jim

Hi Jim - understood. Open a notepad file, save it to your desktop (name it something easy) and minimize it to the taskbar. Now, whenever you're on the computer and come across the need for your task bring up the notepad file and write it down and clik the save and minimize. No 'recall' needed with this method. Put the machine's memory to work for you :). If you are in the habit of turning off your computer often, not to worry if you forget to save. The shutdown sequence will offer you a 'save' opportunity.

johnhoh said:

MourningStar said:

try Ctrl+Alt+Delete

tried it, no dice

One cannot programmatically invoke Ctrl-Alt-Del or have a program intercept and detect events to or from this key combination in any way. Of course, this is a design feature, because if an app goes rouge this serves as your defence.

It’s not impossible however.


For hotkey automation, AutoIt3 is the best tool for the job.

Windows’ builtin languages Batch and VBScript cannot be used to set up custom hotkey combinations. You might be able to achieve something with PowerShell but the solution won’t be straight forward, and these languages aren’t really designed to run indefinitely.