user defined keyboard shortcut

[Rahul]

Is there a way for me to define a new keyboard shortcut under winXP?
There's times when I go through so many key/moustrokes to a certain website
etc. that I sorely miss it.


For example: Google has this excellent new translate tool in therr Labs
beta (http://translate.google.com/translate_dict?q=&hl=en&langpair=en%7Cde)
.. I frequently need it when I'm, say, typing a paper in word or an email in
Thunderbird. Its a pain to have to go thorugh:

Open Firefox->Google Bookmarks-->Search for the translate tool -> Go to it
and add my phrase.

If I could do a (say) Ctrl+Alt+GG and get there from anywhere , it'd be
awesome!

Any ideas or similar hacks for this issue?

--
Rahul

[Leonard Grey]

First hit with Google:

"How to create a keyboard shortcut for a program in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310417

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Rahul wrote:
> Is there a way for me to define a new keyboard shortcut under winXP?
> There's times when I go through so many key/moustrokes to a certain website
> etc. that I sorely miss it.
>
>
> For example: Google has this excellent new translate tool in therr Labs
> beta (http://translate.google.com/translate_dict?q=&hl=en&langpair=en%7Cde)
> . I frequently need it when I'm, say, typing a paper in word or an email in
> Thunderbird. Its a pain to have to go thorugh:
>
> Open Firefox->Google Bookmarks-->Search for the translate tool -> Go to it
> and add my phrase.
>
> If I could do a (say) Ctrl+Alt+GG and get there from anywhere , it'd be
> awesome!
>
> Any ideas or similar hacks for this issue?
>

[Rahul]

On Mar 16, 6:54 pm, Leonard Grey > wrote:
> First hit with Google:
>
> "How to create a keyboard shortcut for a program in Windows XP"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310417

Thanks Leonard! I'd seen that but I'm not sure how to use it to solve
exactly my problem. I can get it to pop up FF; but can I get it to
automatically go to http://translate.google.com/translate_dict?q=&hl=en&langpair=en%7Cde
too?

That's a general problem. I have an MS-Access dir of names. Every
time I need to Go to folder--> Open particular db--> go to a certain
table. Display.

Is it possible to script / automate a certain set of actions?

-Rahul

[Leonard Grey]

This method works for any browser:

full path to browser - space - webpage address

For example:

"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.cnn.com

The quotation marks are needed if the path to your browser's executable
contains one or more spaces.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Rahul wrote:
> On Mar 16, 6:54 pm, Leonard Grey > wrote:
>> First hit with Google:
>>
>> "How to create a keyboard shortcut for a program in Windows XP"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310417
>
> Thanks Leonard! I'd seen that but I'm not sure how to use it to solve
> exactly my problem. I can get it to pop up FF; but can I get it to
> automatically go to http://translate.google.com/translate_dict?q=&hl=en&langpair=en%7Cde
> too?
>
> That's a general problem. I have an MS-Access dir of names. Every
> time I need to Go to folder--> Open particular db--> go to a certain
> table. Display.
>
> Is it possible to script / automate a certain set of actions?
>
> -Rahul

[Rahul]

Leonard Grey > wrote in
:

> This method works for any browser:
>
> full path to browser - space - webpage address
>
> For example:
>
> "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.cnn.com
>

Thanks again Leonard! That solves it.

-Rahul

[Leonard Grey]

You're very welcome.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Rahul wrote:
> Leonard Grey > wrote in
> :
>
>> This method works for any browser:
>>
>> full path to browser - space - webpage address
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.cnn.com
>>
>
> Thanks again Leonard! That solves it.
>
> -Rahul