One of the issues that the majority of Windows users will experience after some time of using the operating system is that of broken shortcuts. The best case when uninstalling programs is that the uninstallation routine removes the shortcuts and program folders. Sometimes that is not the case so that shortcuts pointing to directories that [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I sometimes write basic how-tos and guides that many of you consider common knowledge. This article is one of them. The majority of Ghacks readers probably know how to create a shortcut to a website on their desktop. Those who do not get detailed instructions on how to do that. But first, why would someone [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Do you have to write the same text multiple times per day? For instance when replying to business emails, writing blog posts or commenting on them on the Internet. If that is the case you might have considered using tools that let you create text shortcuts that you can simply paste into your texts to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

Computer shortcuts enable you to cut even more time when doing various tasks in programs which is key for today’s tech savvy computer user. Nearly everyone knows a few of the more popular ones that are preset on every PC : Ctrl+c to copy, Ctrl+v to paste, etc. They really do save time, and learning [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Program shortcuts are handy as they allow the user to start an application from a different location than the program directory. The Windows start menu for instance uses shortcuts to give the user that option. Another popular location for program shortcuts is the computer desktop. Shortcuts are not dynamic which means that once they are [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Many Windows users do not know that the operating system offers a flexible shortcut system to start programs but also open websites directly with the keyboard. Those who do often make use of those shortcuts to improve their workflow. One option that may come in handy is the configuration of website shortcuts, to launch websites [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Clavier+ might look like yet another program launcher on first glance. The program’s main purpose is to make it easier for the user to create keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts can be used to launch programs, perform commands, macros, open websites and folders or paste text into a text form. Several keyboard shortcuts are pre-configured and [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Shortcuts Man is a shortcuts manager for the Windows operating system by popular software developer Nirsoft. The portable software program will automatically display all shortcuts of the Windows start menu and the computer desktop in its interface. Broken shortcuts are highlighted in pink making it easy to distinguish them from the rest. The shortcuts can [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I’ve spent the last several months trying to figure out, once and for all, my perfect email system. All my email is in Gmail, but there were certain things I didn’t love about using Gmail – the offline features are hit-or-miss, there’s no reading pane, and a few notably missing keyboard shortcuts caused me some [...]

Categories: Email