Q. I know that applications such as Word and Excel give you the option of quickly identifying and then opening up to nine recently used files. But frankly that’s not enough. For example, why can’t I ...

If you often open particular files, apps, web pages, etc., and you want to create a shortcut for them, here is a very useful tool called Biniware Run. It lets you create a shortcut for any item so you ...

Leave your mouse on the pad and use your PC with only your keyboard--all with a little help from a do-it-yourself text file. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

There are some files, folders, apps and disks that you might want to access regularly but that are quite fiddly to get to. That’s where an alias can come in handy, allowing you to create a shortcut ...

Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternative way to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse. Many users find that using a keyboard with keyboard shortcuts ...

Last year, Google introduced an extremely convenient way to create blank Docs, Sheets, and Slides with the .new domain. The Google docs.new shortcut now supports quick file creation in your other ...

I'm the sole Mac user in a Windows-based company, and all of our files are stored in a collection of Windows Server shares in a whole bunch of relatively organized directories. We frequently include ...

Samer from the FreewareGenius weblog steps away from reviewing software to take a look at how to create shortcuts on your USB drive. The problem: You can't create relative shortcuts in Windows, but ...

One of the little-known features of Windows 7 is the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts for any program, file or page. If you use Google Calendar a lot, you can save a lot of time by creating ...