Graphical objects that are used in the Windows operating system to quickly call up files are called " Shortcuts" Each shortcut corresponds to a set of settings that determine both the appearance of the object itself and the launch parameters of the file “linked” to it. The user has the opportunity to change these settings through the shortcut properties window.

Instructions

1. The shortcut can be located on the desktop, in the main menu of the operating system, or in one of the folders on one of the computer drives. In order to open the settings window, you need to gain access to it. Everything is easy with the desktop, with the main menu too, and to access folders on disks you will have to use a standard file administrator - “Explorer”. You can call it by double-clicking on the “Computer” icon on the desktop and single-clicking on the item with the same name in the main OS menu.

2. Go to the required shortcut in Explorer and right-click on it to bring up the context menu. If this object is located in the main menu or on the desktop, the method for calling the menu will be the same. Select " Properties" - this is the lowest line in the list - and the shortcut settings window will appear on the screen.

3. Depending on the version of the operating system used, the number of tabs in the properties window may vary - from 3 to seven. More often than not, it is necessary to change the settings located on the “Shortcut” tab. In the “Object” field you can add additional application launch keys. In the “Window” drop-down list, you can choose how the program window should appear on the screen - expanded to each screen, minimized to tray or medium size.

4. On the same tab there is a “Change Icon” button - if you want to change the image of this object, open the search dialog for a new icon by clicking on this button. The “Location” button opens the “Explorer” window in the folder where the file linked to the shortcut is located, and the “Additional” button opens a window in which you can change the user on whose behalf the file will be opened.

5. If you need to change the characteristics of a shortcut, then go to the “General” tab - there are several checkboxes and a button that opens additional settings. And on the “Compatibility” tab, you can adjust the settings for launching files older than earlier versions if they are abnormally processed by the installed operating system.

6. In addition to these 3, in the shortcut properties window there may be four more tabs with settings that help set the differentiation of access rights for different users (“Security”), “roll back” the version to the previous one (“Previous versions”), compare checksums from 2 shortcuts ( File Hashes).

Basic Configuration Options systems, displayed in the window " Properties systems» can be changed using standard operating procedures systems Windows XP. The OS graphical interface allows even a less experienced user to perform similar operations without the risk of introducing fatal errors.

You will need

  • – Windows XP

Instructions

1. Click the "Start" button to open the main menu systems and go to the “Control Panel” item to initiate the metamorphosis of OS WIndows configuration parameters.

2. Select Productivity and Maintenance and expand the System link.

3. Go to the Computer Name tab and enter the desired computer name or description in the Description field to display the selected name on the network.

4. Click the Authentication button to launch the Network Authentication Wizard tool to connect to the local network.

5. Click the "Change" button to select options for displaying the computer name in the domain and workgroup.

6. Go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button to launch the utility.

7. Use the “Driver Signing” button in the “Drivers” section to set the required level of security using digital driver signatures and click the “Hardware Profiles” button to determine the actions of the OS to select installed hardware during boot systems .

8. Go to the Advanced tab and click the Options button in the Performance section to specify whether visual results are applied when displaying interface elements.

9. Use the Options button in the User Profiles section to edit, delete, and copy selected profiles, and click the Options button in the Boot and Patch section to determine the OS that boots by default.

10. Go to the Mechanical Upgrade tab and check the Mechanical (Recommended) checkbox to confirm that a mechanical operating room upgrade is performed systems .

11. Go to the "Correction" tab systems" and uncheck the box "Disable correction systems» to allow the creation of regular correction points.

12. Click OK to execute the command and confirm that the selected changes are used by clicking Apply.

Helpful advice
The “General” tab opens by default and contains information about the version of the installed OS, computer user registration data, and technical specifications of the computer itself.

Organization of the desktop, in which launch Frequently used programs and files can be accessed with one click of the mouse, which is especially convenient. This possibility is provided by the Windows Quick Start panel. All that is required is to display it on the taskbar and add shortcuts necessary programs, folders and files.

You will need

  • – a computer with Windows OS installed.

Instructions

1. If your Windows XP does not display the Quick Launch bar, install it. To do this, right-click on the taskbar and select the “Properties” option from the context menu. In the window that opens, go to the “Taskbar” menu and check the box opposite the line “Display Quick Launch Panel”. Click the "Apply" and "OK" buttons.

2. If the shortcut for the component you need is on the desktop, drag it to the Quick Launch panel by pressing and holding the left mouse button. Using the same method, you can move a shortcut to any program, folder or file from their original location to the panel.

3. In Vista, displaying the Quick Access bar and placing shortcuts on it is done in much the same way as in XP. To install the panel, right-click on the taskbar, in the window that appears, select the “Toolbar” menu and check the box opposite the “Quick startup” option. Dragging shortcuts with the mouse works exactly the same as in XP. From the “Start” menu, you can export shortcuts to the panel through the context menu by right-clicking on the desired component and selecting the “Add to Quick Launch” option.

4. Before adding a shortcut to the Windows 7 Quick Launch bar, you need to install it. To do this, right-click on the taskbar and uncheck the “Pin the taskbar” checkbox. After that, immediately select the “Panels” item and the “Create toolbar” option. In the window that opens, enter the folder name “%UserProfile%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch”. After this, click on the “Select Folder” button and make sure that the Quick Launch panel appears on the taskbar.

5. Right-click on it in the place of the dotted separators and uncheck the “Show captions” and “Show title” items in the context menu. This action will leave only the icons themselves on the panel, without showing their names. Click on the “View” item and check the opposite box “Small icons” so that the panel can accommodate a larger number of icons.

6. Left-click on the Quick Launch panel and drag the dotted line to the desired distance, pinning a specific area of ​​the taskbar to the Quick Launch bar. Right-click on the taskbar and check the box next to “Pin the taskbar.” If you have not stopped SP1 for Windows 7, the quick access panel you created may disappear after a reboot. To prevent this from happening, install SP1.

7. Add shortcuts to the programs, files, and folders you need to the Quick Launch bar by dragging them with your mouse. You should release the mouse button when the text “Copy to Quick Launch” appears next to the cursor.

Helpful advice
If you use a widescreen monitor, it is convenient to place the taskbar on the side, increasing its width to such a size (about 80 pixels) that 3-4 rows of shortcuts fit in the quick access panel. This will allow you to place 20-30 icons on it, and at the same time leave enough space on the taskbar to place icons of running programs and files.

Standard Windows tools allow you to change only some file properties, for example, allow editing and deletion. In order to change the creation date, you have to use third-party programs or unconventional Windows techniques.

How to hide a file

Using standard Windows tools, you can hide the file you made from viewing and prevent it from being edited. To do this, right-click on its icon, select the “Properties” command and in the “General” tab of the properties window, check the “Read Only” and “Hidden” checkboxes. After that, go to the “Tools” menu and select the “Folder Options” item. In the “View” tab, find the “Hidden folders and files” item in the list of additional parameters and set it to “Do not show”. Click OK to confirm. To restore the visibility of the file, uncheck the “Hidden” checkbox.

How to change file properties

You can only change some data in the file properties. If you have Windows XP installed, in the properties window, go to the “Summary” tab and click “Advanced”. Click in the “Value” section opposite the property you want to change. If editing is allowed, an empty field will appear surrounded by a frame. To metamorphose the file properties in Windows 7, in the properties window, go to the “Details” tab and proceed as described above.

How to change the creation date of a file

To find out the creation date of a file, right-click on its icon and select the “Properties” command. The “General” tab displays basic information about the file, including the creation date. You cannot change this parameter using standard Windows tools, but you can use unconventional methods. Double-click on the clock in the tray (lower right corner of the screen) and set the date and time to which you want to change the actual file data. Open the file with a suitable editor (Word is suitable for text files, Paint or Photoshop is suitable for graphic files) and save it under your name. Now the file properties will reflect the creation date you need. It is allowed to use third-party programs to metamorphose the characteristics of a file, for example, the file administrator Total Commander. Launch TC and find in Explorer the file whose data you want to change. In the “Files” menu, click “Change Features” and in the new window, check the box next to “Date/Time Metamorphosis”. After that, check the “Apply plugins” checkbox. The Plugin field should contain the value tc. In the “Quality” field, expand the drop-down list and select “Creation Date”. In the “Value” field, enter the required date and click OK. For the plausibility of the adjustment, click “Add attribute” and select “Modification date” in the list of properties. Enter a date later than the creation date. In the same window you can prohibit editing the file and make it hidden. To do this, check the “Read Only” and “Hidden” checkboxes.

Label is a small file that links to another file or folder. Like a file, a shortcut has a name and an icon. The main locations for shortcuts are the Desktop and the Windows Main Menu. Yes, in fact the Main Menu mainly contains shortcuts and folders. But it can also contain regular files. Shortcuts and files are drawn as menu items, and folders as submenus. You can verify this by examining the "Main Menu" folder in the "Windows" folder. Next to it is the “Desktop” folder. It is the contents of this folder that Windows draws to us on the monitor screen at startup. That is, “Main Menu” and “Desktop” are two special folders in Windows.

The main purpose of shortcuts- provide quick and convenient access to files and folders located in the depths of the hard drive file system.

Creating a shortcut is very simple. There are special commands for this in the Explorer window menu. In the "File" menu there is a "Create Shortcut" command. This command creates a shortcut in the same folder as the file it points to. Then it can be copied to other folders, including the Desktop and the Main Menu. But there is an even more convenient command. There is also a submenu “Send” in the “File” menu. In the "Send" submenu we will find the item "Desktop (create shortcut)".

Windows can create a shortcut to the file or folder where the cursor is located and immediately place this shortcut on the Desktop. Both commands for creating shortcuts are also present in the context menu.

Create a shortcut by dragging files– the fastest way to display a shortcut on the desktop is to “drag and drop”, i.e. select the required file, and then simply drag it to the desktop. When dragging, a shortcut icon must appear on the icon; if for some reason it does not appear, then the file or folder is either transferred or copied (when dragging, there is a + sign on the icon).

Create a shortcut using the context menu. Let's create a shortcut for the Calculator program. To do this, you need to right-click on the desktop. A menu will appear on the screen where you need to select “Create”.

A new menu appears: in this menu you must select " Label"

Then the window " Creation shortcut". In the window that appears, click on the button " Review",

and then double click on the small folder Windows. The window that opens contains all the programs in the folder Windows. To see the program " Calculator", you need to scroll the scroll bars. Having found the program " Calculator", you must double-click on the icon Calculator", which is located to the left of the program name.

After that, in the command line of the window " Creation shortcut"The path and name of the selected program appears

Now a shortcut for the calculator program will appear on the desktop, which can be dragged to any convenient location.

Another way to create a shortcut is to select a file or folder and right-click, then select the position " Create label", you can also do this by selecting " File\New label".

When you perform this action, a shortcut will appear in the root of the folder in which the above action was performed. Now this shortcut can be copied or transferred to the desktop, or to another location we need.

Change parameters shortcuts And their deletion. To change the shortcut settings, for example, the type of window that opens, you need to right-click the shortcut and select the command " Properties".

To remove a shortcut, you need to drag it onto the " icon Basket"or press the key" Delete". Removing the shortcut does not affect the object itself.

During the transition fromDOSToWindows The user interface is simplified, often eliminating the need not only for the command line, but also for batch files. Although this is justified by the potential inherent in Windows, it still significantly impoverishes the ability to manage a PC.

In DOS, the shortcut to the MS-DOS program is a Pif file, which is also a system configuration program. An inexperienced user is often afraid to resort to command lines because he doubts the correctness of the commands entered and is afraid of ruining something. In addition, incorrect commands are inconvenient to edit - you have to type them again, unless, of course, you have the Doskey utility. In general, simple commands are easy to learn to quickly enter directly, but when you need to perform a whole series of them, in particular to archive, rename, move or copy groups of files, and also if such operations are required often, then it makes sense to turn to the Bat file. It is better to specify a simple file name so that there are no errors when entering it. The Windows system allows you to make operations with files more visual, and give faceless DOS Bat-files an expressive shortcut.

If there are, for example, more than 50 computers on the network and all users, as a rule, know their programs and standard operations in NC and Windows well, then to change the properties of the shortcut to one of the public programs and add two nested folders on each of them PC you can do the following. In a public folder place the shortcut “Shortcut.lnc” with the necessary properties, the command file “Command.bat” and the shortcut “Command.pif” to it with an icon, for example, in the form of an airplane (Windows\ System\Pifmgr.dll). The lines included in the Bat file were:

DEL C:\WINDOWS\WORK~1\SHORTECT.LNC

COPY F:\<ПУТЬ>\SHORTECT.LNC

C:\WINDOWS\WORK~1\SHORTECT.LNC

In the shortcut properties for this file, you also need to enable the “Close window when you log out” function. Now the procedure for replacing the shortcut and creating two subfolders on each of the 50 machines is as simple as clicking on the airplane icon in the network public folder window.

It happens that similar problems need to be solved for a local PC. Let’s say that before working on a document you should unzip the files on the floppy disk, and then archive them again when finished. In addition, you need to organize your files in a certain way, placing them in different folders. In this case, the set of commands depends on the archivers used.

Many programs allow control via the command line. Moreover, this turns out to be more flexible than a regular mouse click on it.

icon. In such a case, batch files and shortcuts will help. In the properties of Windows shortcuts (lnc files) there is also a place for a command line pointing to a batch file that is launched along with the corresponding shortcut.

Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) can be launched with the parameters specified in the properties of its shortcut or in the batch file:

/n - open Explorer in a single window with the contents of the current folder;

/e - open Explorer with the contents of the current disk and the expanded current folder;

/root,<имя>- specify the folder whose contents you want to view.

Command c:\windows\explorer. exe /e, /select, c:\dir1\file.doc will open Explorer with the DIR1 directory expanded, and c:\windows\explorer.exe /n, /root, c:\dir1\file.doc will open a text editor (in in this case - Word) and will open the document, and if Word is not installed, an error message will appear.

The commands will be executed the same way both from the command line (DOS session) and from the corresponding shortcut. However, to avoid problems due to incorrect encoding, directory and file names should be entered in Latin characters. Thus, the previous command will not be implemented if the path contains folder names in Russian in Windows encoding.

Sometimes you need to run a program in Windows that can only run in a DOS environment. In this case, batch files will again help. For example, you can play GTA in both Windows and DOS, but when the system is overloaded with programs running at a particular time, GTA will not work and you will have to use DOS emulation mode. To speed up this process, you need to perform certain operations. First you need to create and place a shortcut to the DOS session on the Desktop. Then, opening the shortcut properties, add the name of the batch file that will control the launch of the program, and create this file, for example, under the name Igra.bat.

Then, being in the “Program” tab, you need to click the “Advanced” button, enable the options “Prevent the program from detecting Windows”, “MS-DOS mode”, “Select a new MS-DOS configuration” and fill in the fields for the files.

Having closed the additional settings of the program, you can change the icon for it by selecting it using the “Browse” button from those already available in the system. So, to launch the program, just click on the shortcut. When finished, type Exit on the command line and click to be back in Windows.

In some cases, you can use a batch file to reboot the system. So, for DOS mode there is a Restart utility, the executable file of which (restart.com) is located in the c:\windows\command\ebd\ebd.cab directory. For Windows dll, SHExitWindowsEx 8 - also turn off the PC (if this function is available).

similar Bat files. For example, AVP with default settings and the AVP monitor running will not even allow you to copy such a file. However, certain settings will help cope with this problem.

For command file options in Windows, you can display a dialog box. So, let's create a file Mydel.bat to delete the file we specified later.

IF exist %1 Del %1

On the command line, after the name of the batch file, the name of the file to be deleted is indicated.

Let’s create a shortcut to the Bat file and in its properties on the “Program” tab and in the “Command Line” field, add a question mark at the end of the line separated by a space. Let’s enable the “Close window when logged out” feature and change the icon to match the nature of the command. As a result, after double-clicking on the shortcut of this file, the “Options” window will appear, where you must enter the full name of the file that we are going to delete. To complete this command, simply enter OK. Here you need to keep in mind that a file deleted in this way will not be placed in the Recycle Bin and, of course, it will not be possible to return it either.

Finally, let’s create another batch file, Ar.bat, that allows you to perform several functions at once:

· checking the floppy disk for the presence of files and deleting them;

· archiving and sending to a floppy disk, along with pictures in .JPG format, the just written article, for example Bat.doc, which will be located in the %1 subdirectory of the Maydoc1 directory (enter the name of the subdirectory in the parameters window). Files with other extensions will remain unchanged in the working directory;

· turning off the computer.

Having opened the properties of the BAT file or its shortcut, enter a question mark at the end of the command line, separated by a space. In the root directory of the C:\ drive, we will create a service file, which may come in handy more than once in the future. This will be a text file with the name Y, without an extension, containing only one character Y. In the first line of the Bat file, the character Y gives an affirmative answer to the Del command's request to delete files. Place the Ar.bat file itself in the root directory of the C:\ drive and, opening the shortcut properties, indicate C:\ in the “Working folder” field of the “Program” tab. Select the icon for the shortcut from the catalog

Windows\System\Shell32.dll. drag the shortcut to the Desktop, insert a floppy disk with old and unnecessary files into the drive and, after saving the document, close Word and click on the AR shortcut.

Dnepropetrovsk University of Economics and Law

Kremenchug Institute

Department of “Informatics and Mathematical Methods in Economics”

Test

from the discipline “Informatics”

Topic: “Purpose of shortcuts. Ways to create shortcuts. Configuring shortcut parameters and their operating modes for DOS and Windows programs”

Option #6

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Brief information

Label is a link to an object, a secondary (additional) image of this object, indicating its location. The shortcut is used to speed up the launch of programs or documents. An object and its label are usually in different places. Using a shortcut is especially effective when objects are at the lower levels of the hierarchical structure of folder subordination, and shortcuts are at the top.

The shortcut is stored in a file of about 1 KB. It can be easily created or destroyed without affecting the object associated with it.

Actions that can be performed with a shortcut are similar to actions with files. Opening a shortcut means opening the object associated with this shortcut. In the window Properties You can always find out which object this shortcut is associated with, where this object is located, go to this object, change the shortcut icon.

Having a shortcut on the Desktop or in a folder makes it easier to launch an application or open a document. When creating a shortcut, you can also specify command line parameters that specify the program's operating mode.

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    Creating an application (document) shortcut

To create a shortcut to a program or document:

      Right-click on an empty space in a folder window or on the Desktop and select the item from the context menu CreateLabel. The wizard program will start Create a shortcut(Fig. 2.1);

      in field Specify the location of the object enter the path to the launching file or document;

      You can also find the file or document to be launched using the button Review. This will open a window Papo review k, in which the required application or document is searched (for the specified task in step 1, the path to the launch file Excel next: C:\ ProgramFiles\ MicrosoftOffice\ Office 11\ Excel. exe);

      if necessary in the field Specify the location of the object you can specify additional parameters;

      click on the button Further and in the field Enter a shortcut name In the next Wizard window, specify the signature that the shortcut will have (in the task, agree with the name given by the system by default). After that, click on the button Ready. The shortcut will appear on the Desktop or in the selected window.

If the shortcut is needed only for ease of access and you do not need to specify command line parameters, you can use the special drag-and-drop method:

    Creating a folder

A folder can be created on any medium and in any folder (folder hierarchy). For this:

    Icon (shortcut) properties

To view the properties of an icon or shortcut:

    Deleting objects to the Recycle Bin and restoring them

For removal There are several ways to add objects (icons, shortcuts, files and folders) to the Trash:

      hover the mouse pointer over the object to be deleted, press the left mouse button and, without releasing it, drag the object to the Trash icon;

      if dragging is carried out while the right mouse button is pressed, then when you release the button, a context menu appears in which you should select a command Move;

      right-click on the object to be deleted and select the command in the context menu Delete.

It should be remembered that when you delete a shortcut, the object (folder or file) to which it refers is not deleted.

D la recovery objects deleted to the Recycle Bin.

Every user can change desktop shortcuts. The first thing you can do is rename them. To do this, just right-click on the shortcut and select “Rename” in the window that appears. Then enter the desired name and press Enter.

  • right-click on the object of interest;
  • from the menu presented, select “Properties”;
  • in the window that opens, find the “Shortcut” or “Settings” tab;
  • click the “Change icon” button;
  • select the desired image from the list provided, or use “Browse” to find your folder with downloaded icons and select the one you like among them.

Also, many people don’t like the arrows on the shortcut icon; they can be removed quite simply. This operation is performed by editing the registry. The sequence of actions should be as follows: “Start” -> “Run” -> type “regedit” -> OK. In the expanded document, you need to open the following path:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Explorer -> Shell Icons

If “Shell Icons” is not in the “Explorer” section, then you need to create it: right-click on “Explorer” -> select “Create” - “Section” -> type Shell Icons -> Enter. Next, in the right window, click on an empty space, select “Create” -> “String parameter” from the context menu, enter the name 29.

Then right-click on parameter 29 and select “Change” in the context menu, then enter the value %windir%\System32\shell32.dll,-50 or replace the existing one with it. The changes you make will take effect after you restart your computer.

How to change the size of a shortcut

Of course, not everyone understands why it is necessary to change the size of labels, so many people don’t even think about how to do it. However, often when changing the operating system, shortcuts are displayed in unusually large sizes. In addition, over time, the desktop becomes cluttered, and there is not enough space to place new objects.

In such situations, you involuntarily begin to think about how to change the size of the labels. Although in the second case it is better to find some time and put things in order on your desktop. However, there are 2 ways that allow you to quickly change the size of objects:

  • On the keyboard, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel forward to increase the size of the shortcuts, and backward to decrease them;
  • call the context menu by right-clicking on an empty area of ​​the workbench. In the list that opens, hover your mouse over the “View” item, then click on the desired option: “Large icons”, “Regular icons” or “Small icons”.

How to change shortcut properties

Each shortcut is assigned a specific set of standard settings. However, any user can change them through the properties window. To do this, right-click on the desired shortcut and select “Properties” in the context menu that appears. The shortcut settings window will open.

Depending on the version of the operating system, the number of tabs in this window can be either three or seven. In most cases, change the settings of the “Shortcut” tab:

  • “Object” - in this field you can see the path to the file in the system;
  • “Window” - in the drop-down list you can change the appearance of the program on the screen at the moment of opening;
  • “File location” - when you click this button, a window opens where the file associated with the shortcut is stored;
  • “Change icon” - this button is intended to change the image of an object;
  • “Advanced” - in this window you can change the name of the user on whose behalf the file is opened.

In addition, in the “Security” tab you can differentiate the access rights of different users, “Previous Versions” - return the previous version of the file, “General” - edit the attributes of the folder: hide an object or limit the ability to edit.

Users, in general, have a very clear idea of ​​what a shortcut is in an operating system of any type. The question is: how much do they understand what properties objects of this type have and what actions can be performed with them. But sometimes it may depend on this, for example, the removal of viruses or the launch of an associated program with additional rights or privileges.

What is a shortcut in Windows: general concepts

But let's start with the simplest thing. Most often, users believe that shortcuts in Windows are some kind of icons depicting a smaller logo of programs or files. Generally true, but not entirely.

Here you need to clearly understand that the shortcut itself is a regular file ranging in size from ten to one hundred kilobytes, which contains information on binding to the program, file or any other object for which it was created, so that access to them can be obtained in the fastest possible way (usually This is a double click if the default opening setting has not been changed). But what information is present in this file?

Work shortcuts and their types

Here you need to distinguish between the types of labels. For example, standard shortcuts created in Windows systems for files (including executable program objects) have the LNK extension, which is derived from the English word link, that is, “link”.

When opening its properties, such a file contains information related to indicating the full path to the location of the object to which it is bound. In this case, to call a file, you do not need to enter the specified path in the same “Explorer” or in another file manager.

There are other types of such objects. Depending on the operating system, extensions can be completely different. But for Internet pages, for example, saved on the “Desktop”, uniform standards have been adopted, and the shortcut itself has a URL extension.

What a shortcut is is a little clear. But how to determine its type, since in Windows systems the extension is hidden by default?

First, you should use the file manager view customization tool and set the display of hidden directories and files, as well as uncheck the box for hiding extensions for registered file types. After this, whether in Explorer, on the Desktop, or in any other place, it will not be possible to determine the type of shortcut and the object of labor associated with it.

Creating shortcuts using the simplest methods

Let's look at the question of how to create a shortcut using any version of Windows as an example. To do this, in “Explorer”, right-click on the selected object (file) and select the “Send ...” line from the menu and go to the option of creating a shortcut on the “Desktop”.

For Internet pages, the question of how to make a shortcut for the desired resource is solved by highlighting the address in the browser and dragging it into the free space of the “Desktop” or “Explorer”. Sometimes such manipulations may require simultaneous use of the Ctrl key.

File Associations and Basic Options

As for the parameters, the main emphasis here is, of course, on quick access to the desired object without physically searching and launching it.

An interesting feature in the latest versions of Windows is to set the option to run as administrator, so as not to have to use the RMB menu every time. You can also perform some additional actions on the properties tab. For example, it is no secret that many computer games can be launched in the mode of using the console to enter special commands (for example, to enable the so-called god mode, obtain additional weapons or bonuses). In this case, after specifying the link to the final executable file of the program, an additional command is written.

Using shortcut properties to eliminate virus threats

All this is good, but many viruses (especially advertising ones) exploit this very vulnerability. Even complete removal of the threat in the form of a software applet that can replace default search engines and home pages does not always have an effect. Why? Yes, only because in the link to the browser file there was a postscript indicating the link to the page to which the virus initially linked.

To fix the problem, review the properties of the browser shortcut and make sure that there is nothing more after the name of the browser executable file with the EXE extension. In the case of using most browsers (say, Chrome), the object type reference line should end with Chrome.exe, and for Opera it could be the Launcher.exe launch file. By deleting the additional postscript and saving the changes, the situation can be corrected quite simply.

Brief summary

What a shortcut is, I think, is already clear to any user. But as for the actions performed with such objects or the settings used, be careful, since the link to the desired object being opened may not always relate specifically to viral effects. Such links can be created even when a virtual machine is installed on the system. Of course, ordinary users are unlikely to use such software products, but such situations cannot be discounted.

To summarize, it can be noted that shortcuts are not mandatory objects in the sense of being present in the operating system. This is rather a kind of means of accelerating access, because initially you can simply open the desired file or service through a file manager. And in this situation, there is simply no need to search for the file, since the link to it is precisely indicated in the shortcut to which the file or even a page on the Internet is associated.