02-08-2008, 01:13 PM
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 | Desi Club Badshah | | |
  Re: ~ A Tip A Day ~
08 February 2008:
From Keyboard to Desktop I'm using a computer without a mouse, and I need to open a file on the
desktop. How do I get to it via the keyboard?
If you're already at the desktop, press the Windows logo key (or press Ctrl-Esc if you don't have one), and then press Esc to close the Start menu. Then, press Tab and watch the dotted rectangle move from the Quick Launch toolbar to, eventually, the System Tray. Press Tab one more time, and an icon on the desktop (such as My Computer) will be selected. (You may not see the selection but it's there; use the arrow keys to get to your file.) When it's highlighted, press Enter and it'll open.
If you're not at the desktop, first press Ctrl-Esc, then press Esc and tab to the Quick Launch toolbar. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Show Desktop button, and press the spacebar. When the desktop appears, follow the steps above.
If you don't want to go to all this trouble, just open Windows Explorer, press Tab to move to the folder tree, and then press the Home key to jump to the top of the folder tree, which happens to be the desktop. Tab over to the right window, and use the arrow keys to scoot down to the file
you want. When it's highlighted, press Enter to open the file. |