[gui-talk] Windows8 Questions

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

You might not need a shortcut.  In Windows 7, and I think 8, you can launch taskbar programs by pressing the Windows key combined with their left-to-right number along the taskbar.  So on my Windows 7 boxes, Windows-1 starts up IE.  Also, if you go to the taskbar instead, hitting the context menu key on a program gives you a "jump list" of things which that program can do.  In the case of IE, this includes some recently viewed websites.
73 -- Lloyd, W3IUU
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.



-----Original Message-----
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Yes it is.

Dave


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> Is IE on the tasbar?
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> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dave
> Marthouse
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>
> How do I make a shortcut for internet explorer and place it on the desktop
> in windows8?  The procedure used in xp doesn't seem to work and there
> doesn't seem to be an intuitive approach to this.
>
> In addition how do I set Windows8 to indicate by playing a sound when a
file
> download is finished.  In a related matter is there any way I can set the
> computer to open a new window indicating download status and speed like xp
> did under windows8?
>
> I'm using jfw14.
>
> I find this new os rather usable but with lots of small niggling
annoyances.
>
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>