Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Vista

By Mr.Byte • October 13, 2008

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firefox 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.

Firefox Desktop Shortcut

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Keyboard Shortcut for Firefox

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

You may also be interested in having a clean desktop by hiding all desktop icons and using a keyboard shortcut to access hidden desktop.

Categories: How To, Internet, Operating System, Software, Tips, Tweaks
Tags: Firefox, Keyboard Shortcut Keys, vista, Windows

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7 Responses to “Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Vista”

Keyboard Shortcut to Open Internet Explorer in Windows Vista
October 13, 2008 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

[...] Update: Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Windows Vista [...]
Ajay
October 15, 2008 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

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
G Web
October 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

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.
peter
December 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

Also, if you have firefox in your quick launch toolbar then you can press the windows button the number that it appears in the list eg. windows button 4 (this is where I have firefox in my quick launch tobar) NB – this works for anything you put in your quick launch toobar!
Sohail
February 5, 2009 at 3:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks for this tip. I only use Firefox so it will help me big time
Gurtej Singh Dhaliwal
March 18, 2009 at 8:29 pm | Permalink

keyboard shortcuts are really a pleasure to work with. This a useful tip byte. we can use this with any icon on the desktop.
and peter your tip is even faster and useful

thanks to both of you.
Bitequeelty
May 31, 2009 at 8:47 am | Permalink

b’jour! ca fait un bout que je vous lit, Je sais que vous n’etes pas les plus geek, mais j’ai entendu parler de Allnblue unecoopérative de faisage de websites à qebek .jai su qu’ils soient superbes et qu’ils bossent aussi du SEO à québec. J’ai regarder sur Google mais je n’ai pas trouver leur adresse internet??? Est-ce que quelqu’un la connaitrait?? Bye