Keyboard Shortcut to Open Internet Explorer in Windows Vista


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IE8By default, Internet Explorer does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista. Be it IE7 or IE8, we can assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer. 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 Internet Explorer?

Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Internet Explorer in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.

Internet Explorer desktop shortcut

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Keyboard Shortcut for Internet Explorer

Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Internet Explorer. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + I to open IE.

Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Internet Explorer.

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.

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