By default, Firefox does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista like Internet Explorer. We saw how to assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer in the last post. In this post, we will create a keyboard shortcut for Firefox. We have seen so many posts on the usefulness of keyboard shortcut for various applications and this idea is based on creating custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Windows Vista.
So, how to create a keyboard shortcut to open Firefox?
Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Firefox in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.
Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.
Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Firefox. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + F to open Firefox.
Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Firefox.
Note: For more step by step detail of this procedure, read How to create custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Vista
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after using firefox and opera i found that ie is the worse browser available it’s too slow.
this tip is very useful for opening firefox using the keyboard
Haha Ajay, I have recently found Firefox and IE is just marketed better. I also have been enjoying using Google Chrome as it is lightning fast.