{"id":1694,"date":"2016-02-29T19:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2021-05-22T11:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T06:28:55","slug":"assign-hotkey-windows-10-start-menu-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/assign-hotkey-windows-10-start-menu-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Assign HotKeys for Windows 10 Start Menu Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a quick tip for users who&#8217;ve just upgraded to Windows 10 and wondering how to assign shortcut keys for Start menu shortcuts in All apps, as well as for Pinned items.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Click Start, click All apps. Locate and right-click the shortcut for which you want to assign a shortcut key.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-sm-hotkeys-1.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"304\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click More \u2192 Open file location.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-sm-hotkeys-2.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"468\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This opens the <code>Start Menu\\Programs<\/code> folder where the shortcut is stored.<\/p>\n<p>Right-click on the shortcut, click Properties, assign a Shortcut key as desired, and click OK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/list-all-hotkeys-used-shortcuts-script\/\">List All Shortcut Hotkeys Currently in Use on Windows<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a quick tip for users who&#8217;ve just upgraded to Windows 10 and wondering how to assign shortcut keys for Start menu shortcuts in All apps, as well as for Pinned items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3116,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/list-all-hotkeys-used-shortcuts-script\/","url_meta":{"origin":1694,"position":0},"title":"List All Assigned Shortcut Keys for Shortcuts on Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're not able to assign a particular hotkey combination for a shortcut, then it may have already been registered. 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This happens if the\u00a0IsShortcut registry value for .lnk files (Shortcuts) is deleted\u00a0in an attempt to hide the overlay icon\u00a0in\u00a0shortcuts. To resolve the problem, re-create the IsShortcut registry value. Method 1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":544,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-installer-shortcut-target-path\/","url_meta":{"origin":1694,"position":4},"title":"Determine the Target Path of Windows Installer Shortcuts","author":"Ramesh","date":"September 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"When you right-click on a Windows Installer shortcut and choose Properties, the Target field does not show the path to the executable. This is because Windows Installer shortcuts work differently. 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