In IE you can use Alt + D key combination to highlight the address bar. This allows you to
enter a URL without the mouse click. This will be helpful for the laptop users who find it
uneasy to use their touchpad every time they want to type a URL.
Type URL without mouse click
Text prediction in Windows Command
Linux and certain UNIX shells has the ability to predict user keystroke. If You are typing a
directory name or a filename and if it exists, using this feature would help you in avoiding
those extra keystrokes. If you think that only these Operating Systems have these features,
then you are wrong. Windows XP command environment has this feature. You have to use
TAB key. Assume you are in C:\drive and want to type autoexec.bat and there is a file that
exists by that name. In such cases you can simply type first few characters and press the TAB
key. You would really be amazed at this finding. Now tell me honestly, do you think that
Windows is not smart enough?
Add item to right click
When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using
Sent To and New. Open Registry Editor. Navigate and choose:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell. Add a new Key to the “Shell” Key and name
it anything you like. Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a
folder, i.e. NewKey (use an “&” without the quotes, in front of any character and it
will allow you to use the keyboard). Navigate and click on the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\NewKey. Now you have to add a New Key
named Command and Set the (Default) value of the application you want to run. For
example: c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe (Include the full path)
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