One could pin programs to the task bar in a specific order and then press alt-1 through alt-0 to launch or switch to them. To see the order of programs on your task bar, press windows-t and then right arrow through. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: net bat [mailto:net...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:56 AM To: Chris Grabowski <cgrabow...@aisquared.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: My ctrl-alt shortcut combos are suddenly gone i think this is a windows thing. i get the same thing with windows 7 sometimes. i can look at the properties of the non working icon and the shortcut keys i have defined are still there but will not work. rebooting does not bring them back. i have to go into the properties and delete the shortcut. save the change then put the shortcut keys back then the icon shortcut will start working again until the next time a few months later. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Grabowski via Talk Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 7:22 AM To: Larry Higgins ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: RE: My ctrl-alt shortcut combos are suddenly gone Hi, Did you shut the computer down and reboot it to see if they come back? Chris -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:36 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: My ctrl-alt shortcut combos are suddenly gone Listers, I know this might border on the off topic, but I'm quite certain that most all of you use these kind of shortcut combos for easy access to your favorite apps/programs, and when they don't work, you can feel a bit lost and frustrated, as I do at the moment. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can go about getting mine back? I got up this morning and when I tried loading IE, with ctrl-alt-i, it didn't work. The same with my Thunderbird keys ctrl-alt-e. All of my windows key shortcuts are working fine, it is just these personal combo keys that are giving me trouble. And yes, the ctrl-alt-w is working for Window-Eyes. I did try redefining one of the shortcuts, but to no avail. If anybody has any ideas they would certainly be appreciated. I just hope I don't have to do something so drastic as a Windows restore, but if that will work, guess I'll just have to bite one and do that. But hope we can find a more immediate and softer solution. Thanks, Larry _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/cgrabowski%40aisquared.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/netbat%40comcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com