Create Shortcuts to change wallpapers,run screensavers and more

Today we will look at an Free application to change wallpapers ,Open/Close CD-ROM and much more.

Shortcuts or hotkeys are simple keyboard based combinations to perform a specific operations . like – ctrl +alt +del to open task manager and so on. It saves a lot of time .

This Software , Swift Keyboard can create hotkeys to.

• -Change wallpaper
• - Clear menu Documents
• - Empty recycle bin
• - Group hot key
• - Hide active window in tray
• - Minimize all window
• - Open a folder
• - Open/Close CD-ROM
• - Paste text
• - paste date & time.
• -paste text from file
• - Restart computer
• - Run Screensaver
• - Sound volume control
• - Start desired program
• - Turn off computer
• - URL command
• - Control Winamp
• - Windows cascade,Windows tile horizontally ,Windows tile vertically

To Download this software visit here:- Download Swift Keyboard

To Know More about the Above described Facilities Visit here : Documentations

SiteLauncher-Hotkey Based Navigation to Your Most-Needed Sites

Today, we will look at a firefox add-on to "Streamline Your Browsing With Hotkey Based Navigation to Your Most-Needed Sites" -the tag line of the site Launcher add-on. 

I will start off by giving you a daily  example of opening[not making ] a site: 

Open Firefox,clicking on Address bar and typing your favorite site www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com until  you type "tech" many  links will appear on the drop down menu   and you, after scrolling down, find www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com and click on it to open it ,Or you browse through your long list bookmarks and find www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com and open it...

OR I will show you how to open any site by just pressing three buttons on your keyboard .

Press Ctrl+Space+m and Gmail start loading or Press Ctrl+Space+t and TechGeekTricks Starts up,Wouldn't that be interesting.

So go ahead to Donesmart and download The Site launcher add-on.

Lets see what Donesmart Says about Site Launcher Add - on

SiteLauncher is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a super-quick way to to open your favorite websites using only your keyboard. One special hotkey brings up the Launcher (shown above), followed by a unique key to launch a site.

SiteLauncher is especially useful as a super-fast method for opening websites you use often throughout the day, for example, many people would probably want to add Google, Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter to SiteLauncher - what sites to include is entirely up to you.

Compared to the alternatives (standard bookmarks, the address bar, etc) the Launcher is the fastest, and most convenient way to navigate to your frequently needed sites (at least, that's what we think). SiteLauncher also minimizes clutter, because the Launcher only appears when you press the hotkey.

Feature highlights

    Because each site key is displayed in the Launcher, you don't have to memorize a bunch of key combinations to have shortcuts to loads of sites, only one hotkey.

    Default hotkey is customizable, in case you need it for something else.

    Add as many sites to SiteLauncher as you want. Just about any character key can be associated with a site, you're not limited to just a-z, 0-9.

    Because you press the hotkey first, no matter what key you assign to each site, you can be sure you will not cause conflict with any of Firefox's built-in shortcuts

 Highly customizable appearance - change colors, text size, spacing, column size, etc   

Optional visual effects - transparency, rounded corners, and gradients

You can have your site shortcuts automatically arranged or manually arranged in the order you want them to appear inside the Launcher

Set Launcher to open sites in current or new tab

Optionally, set Launcher to appear on startup instead of your homepage

                                                                                          Source:- Site launcher  Site

Default Hotkey

Hotkey	Default	Description
Launcher	Ctrl+Space (or Ctrl+Alt for Mac users)	Press the Launcher hotkey to bring forward the Launcher. Then, simply press the key indicated in the Launcher for the site you wish to launch.
(Alternative) Direct-to-site	Shift+Alt (or Shift+Ctrl for Mac users)	An alternative hotkey which doesn't show the Launcher. It's included for people who would prefer to use their memory instead of the Launcher, you can safely ignore it otherwise. Because this hotkey doesn't provide visual feedback to indicate when it's active, you have to keep it pressed down while pressing the key for the site you want.

 

Requirements

Supports all versions of Firefox 2 and 3 to date.

Known to work on the following Operating Systems:

• Windows (tested on XP and Vista)
• Linux based (tested on Debian Etch)
• OSX X (tested on Tiger and Leopard)

Links

You can View the Site Launcher site Here.

You can View the Help Page Here.

         Note:- The site was reviewed by me on January 08 - 2009 at 10:00 pm India.

Over to You

Do you use add-ons like Sitelauncher? Or do you want to share us your experience of using different services/tools like Sitelauncher please drops us a comment.

~ thanks.

© Achute Sharma  ,Tech Geek Tricks

Minime - Minimize any window to the system tray

In this article we will look at a free light weight application to Minimize any window to the system tray in a single icon.

Do you run lot of software and your task bar is crowded  with icons tab bar of your software,If so then worry no more. Recently I have discovered a software called Minime which allows you to Minimize any window to the system tray .

Here is what the author says about the tool Minime

Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey. What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon.

Minime is a standalone executable that doesn’t require any installation and can even be run from your USB drive, woohoo! All icon files are stored as resources and will be neatly put into your temporary directory. Any custom settings will be placed in a settings.ini file when needed.

The source code for Minime is released as well to allow anyone to learn from or improve the application. The source code can be used without limitations as long as some credit is given and the adjusted code will be released to public. Minime is written in AutoIt.

If you haven't yet decided whether to use this tool or not then check the screen shots below :

 

 

                     Saw the difference.

 Using it

 Using it is also pretty simple simply press  ctrl + shift + z And your current window gets minimized to the system tray. Or simply hold your right mouse button and make a gesture  73 .   

 

What is Gesture code 73?

Hold your right mouse button and move your mouse according to the image shown . 

 

To visit the Minime website click here.

To download the Minime application (v 1.8 ) When Reviewed this application  click here [950 kb]

To download the Minime source click here.

Over to You

Do you use other applications like Minime or do you get irritated to see many icons on your task bar or would you like to share your experience about applications like minime.please drop us a line by commenting below. Thanks.

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Sent to Your Folder.

In this article we will look at, how to add your folder to send to context menu.

Do you have a folder which you are in constant touch. I have,I use my personal folder lot and sometimes used to find it difficult to send files to my personal folders , Are you having the same problem if so ,read on...

Sending your folder link to desktop.

Search For your mostly used folder,like Your personal folder.

  Right Click on it and select Send to and then click on send to desktop(create shortcut).

  Now Got to desktop and copy your shortcut.

 

Tip: Rename the " Shortcut to file/folder name " in your desktop with just "file/folder" name.

 

Adding your shortcut link to send to menu

Note:- for this trick to work you must have the show hidden files and folders option enabled. To do so click on tools -> Folder option -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and folders.

Now go to your Parent drive i.e C: for most users

Then go to documents and settings then to user name and then to send to folder.

Now under send to folder paste your shortcut .

 
  Hurray now your link appears under send to menu.

Create a shortcut to run any software, with XP

 

Though they are software which allows you to create shortcuts to open your favorite program in one  click. [like launchy ]Why let us not take a look at the inbuilt [ windows xp ] trick to create shortcuts of any program.

Just press [crtl]+[alt]+f and your Firefox browser pops up or [crtl]+[alt]+a and your anti virus starts up. Wouldn't that be nice plus without installing any external software.

So let's begin :

Right click on the executable file of which you want to create a short cut of :

Lets Say Firefox.

Now select properties or press the r button .You will see a dialog box like this :

Now under Shortcut Tab search for the label name Shortcut key as shown in the image .

By default it will be [none].Select it and press lets say f.

Note :- Windows automatically adds [ctrl]+[alt] so if you press f. your shortcut will be [ctrl]+[alt]+f

Tip:Try to Use character which is the first character of your software like f for Firefox,o for opera so that you can remember.

Over to You : - So do use shortcuts, Do you use other application to create shortcut if please drop us a comment below. Thanks.

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