Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, How-Tos
There are lots of nice launcher apps out there (Launchy, SpeedLaunch, Executor, etc.), but why bother with them when you can do the same thing with functions already built in to Windows? Explorer’s running anyways, so you might as well get something out of it.
First, create a new folder that will contain your shortcuts. If you’ve got a data drive or partition, put it there so it’ll stick around after a reformat. Next, right click my personal, and open system properties.
Click the advanced tab, then click the environment variables button. In the bottom box, find path and click the edit button. Now scroll all the way to the right, add a semicolon to the end, and input the path to your new folder.
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