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Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi, Curtis. I can actually make two of the steps for creating favorites even simpler. After making sure nothing is selected, and pressing CONTROL plus SHIFT plus F10, just press W, followed by S, and Arrowing to "New" followed by arrowing to Shortcut is eliminated. W, followed by S eliminates the steps involving arrowing to New and to Shortcuts.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Curtis Chong
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 8:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Curtis – right there with you on doing this at work. AT home I have Leasy installed and the only thing I have learned to do with it at this point is to allow it to put favorite in my traditional IE Favorites folder. 😊
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Curtis Chong
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 9:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites
WARNING:
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Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with
over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.
First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you
would store any Favorite that you create.
Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to
move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line
item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
KeyCorp Public
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I do the same thing and even have a shortcut to the favorites
folder on my desktop for easier access.
Maria Campbell
lucky1inct@...
All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
--Edmund Burke
On 1/12/2022 12:55 PM, Van Lant, Robin
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Curtis – right there with you on doing this
at work. AT home I have Leasy installed and the only thing I
have learned to do with it at this point is to allow it to put
favorite in my traditional IE Favorites folder. 😊
WARNING:
This email originated externally. Exercise
caution. Think before clicking links or opening
attachments.
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to
the group if I passed along a solution for managing
website favorites which works across all of the Windows
browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft
Edge.
First, I created a folder within My
Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about
the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like.
This is where you would store any Favorite that you
create.
Second, using Edge or any other
browser, go to the web page for which you would like to
create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it
really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address
bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already
highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to
the Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the
Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a
couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS
should tell you when the line item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a
context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to
open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press
Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier
into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the
Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any time
you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer
first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to
activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
KeyCorp Public
This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential
information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee.
No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost as a result of
any transmission errors. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing
or using any of this information. If you have received this
communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and
destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard
copy.
This communication is for informational purposes only, is not an
offer, solicitation, recommendation or commitment for any
transaction or to buy or sell any security or other financial
product, and is not intended as investment advice or as a
confirmation of any transaction. Any market price, indicative
value, estimate, view, opinion, data or other information herein
is not warranted as to completeness or accuracy, is subject to
change without notice, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. accepts no
liability for its use or to update or keep it current. Any views
or opinions are those of the individual sender, not necessarily of
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
The sender of this communication is a licensed securities
representative employed by or associated with KeyBanc Capital
Markets Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC and may also represent KeyBank
National Association (“KeyBank N.A.”). Securities products and
services are offered by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Banking
products and services are offered by KeyBank N.A.
127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114
If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or
services from Key send an e-mail to DNERequests@... with 'No
Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line.
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Hi Curtis,
Interesting way for handling favorites.
However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that
particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way,
apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing
which browser into which to load the url at that time?
i.e. Sometimes a site may work better
using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better
in another browser altogether.
Thanks
Tom
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On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong
wrote:
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to the
group if I passed along a solution for managing website
favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I
have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla
Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.
First, I created a folder within My
Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about
the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like.
This is where you would store any Favorite that you create.
Second, using Edge or any other
browser, go to the web page for which you would like to
create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it
really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar.
Since the URL contained in the address bar is already
highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the
Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the
Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple
of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should
tell you when the line item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a
context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open
the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier into
the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut.
Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any time
you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer
first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to
activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Tom: You can clip the URL to the Clipboard and then use the run command: - Msedge for Microsoft Edge,
- Chrome for Google Chrome, and
- Firefox for Mozilla Firefox.
Then press space and paste in the URL. Press Enter. Curtyis
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of tom x Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 5:47 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi, Tom. As Curtis says, you can copy the URL to the clipboard and use the Run command, or you can do what I do. 1. Arrow to the Internet shortcut, but do not press ENTER. 2. Press ALT plus ENTER for Properties. 3. Once Properties opens for the shortcut, the URL is the first thing you will see. Copy this to the clipboard. 4. Open the browser you want to use to get to the URL. 5. Press CONTROL plus L to open the Address Bar. 6. Paste the URL from the clipboard into the Address Bar, and press ENTER. Now the URL will open in whichever browser you opened.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 4:47 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi Curtis,
The steps you outlined seems quite cumbersome and am wondering
what advantages there are over, say, saving the url into the
favorites list in each browser.
However, I do like the idea of having
all the favorites in a single folder and am wondering if the
process could be made much simpler by using a auto hot key macro
or similar. I'll have to give this some thought.
Cheers
Tom
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On 15/01/2022 11:11 am, Curtis Chong
wrote:
Tom:
You can clip the URL to the Clipboard
and then use the run command:
- Msedge for Microsoft Edge,
- Chrome for Google Chrome,
and
- Firefox for Mozilla
Firefox.
Then press space and paste in the
URL. Press Enter.
Curtyis
Hi Curtis,
Interesting way for handling favorites.
However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load
that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a
way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of
chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that
time?
i.e. Sometimes a site may work better
using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function
better in another browser altogether.
On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong
wrote:
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to the
group if I passed along a solution for managing website
favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I
have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer,
Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.
First, I created a folder within My
Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about
the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like.
This is where you would store any Favorite that you
create.
Second, using Edge or any other
browser, go to the web page for which you would like to
create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it
really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address
bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already
highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to
the Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the Favorites
folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of
times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell
you when the line item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a
context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to
open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press
Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier into
the edit field and tab once to type a name for the
Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any time you
want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer
first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to
activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Hi, Tom. What I like about the shortcut approach to favorites is that, 1. There is no Favorite data in any browser you use. 2. Any shortcut you make to a URL can be used with any browser, as Brian says, (browser agnostic). 3. Shortcuts can be deleted or moved en masse, instead of one by one as with Chrome and Edge. I wish they would make a button that would clear out all favorites from each browser.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 7:35 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, The steps you outlined seems quite cumbersome and am wondering what advantages there are over, say, saving the url into the favorites list in each browser. However, I do like the idea of having all the favorites in a single folder and am wondering if the process could be made much simpler by using a auto hot key macro or similar. I'll have to give this some thought. On 15/01/2022 11:11 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Tom: You can clip the URL to the Clipboard and then use the run command: - Msedge for Microsoft Edge,
- Chrome for Google Chrome, and
- Firefox for Mozilla Firefox.
Then press space and paste in the URL. Press Enter. Curtyis Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To" command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you encounter this?
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 4:47 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hello Tom: The advantage is that the approach is browser agnostic, meaning that for each browser, the user does not have to learn a different procedure for managing Favorites. Kindly, Curtis Chong
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of tom x Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 8:35 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, The steps you outlined seems quite cumbersome and am wondering what advantages there are over, say, saving the url into the favorites list in each browser. However, I do like the idea of having all the favorites in a single folder and am wondering if the process could be made much simpler by using a auto hot key macro or similar. I'll have to give this some thought. On 15/01/2022 11:11 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Tom: You can clip the URL to the Clipboard and then use the run command: - Msedge for Microsoft Edge,
- Chrome for Google Chrome, and
- Firefox for Mozilla Firefox.
Then press space and paste in the URL. Press Enter. Curtyis Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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After hitting shift f10 on the shortcut, do you have an Open With choice in the shift f10 menu? If so, you should find different browsers that you have installed to choose from.
Chris
On Jan 14, 2022, at 10:55 PM, Bill White <billwhite92701@...> wrote:
Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To" command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you encounter this? From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 4:47 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi, Chris. I do not have an "Open With" option when I press an Internet shortcut. What I have is the following, Context Menu‑ To navigate press Up or Down Arrow. O Open o Print p Copy as path a Restore previous versions v Send to sub menu‑ n Cut t Copy c Create shortcut s Delete d Rename m Properties r In my Send to submenu, I have, Send to sub menu‑ n Bluetooth device b Compressed (zipped) folder c selected Bluetooth device b Compressed (zipped) folder c Desktop (create shortcut) d Fax recipient f Mail recipient m TeamViewer t So, I don't know where I would find the Open With option. This option is usually only seen when I have highlighted a file, not a shortcut.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 8:05 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites After hitting shift f10 on the shortcut, do you have an Open With choice in the shift f10 menu? If so, you should find different browsers that you have installed to choose from.
On Jan 14, 2022, at 10:55 PM, Bill White <billwhite92701@...> wrote: Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To" command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you encounter this? From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 4:47 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Hi Bill,
I pasted a couple of browser desktop shortcuts into the send to
menu to try out the process but no, it does not work which I
suspected may be the case with browsers. However, in the past I
have pasted numerous shortcut icons, like text editors etc, into
the send to menu and they work perfectly.
In case anyone is interested, to paste a shortcut icon into the
send to menu, do the following.
Hit control c to copy the shortcut, go
to C: users, user, app data, roaming, Microsoft, Windows and paste
the shortcut into the send to folder. All done.
Tom
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On 15/01/2022 1:55 pm, Bill White
wrote:
Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to
Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To"
command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me
an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you
encounter this?
Hi Curtis,
Interesting way for handling favorites.
However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always
load that particular url into the same default browser. Is
there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to"
command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the
url at that time?
i.e. Sometimes a site may work
better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may
function better in another browser altogether.
On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong
wrote:
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to
the group if I passed along a solution for managing
website favorites which works across all of the Windows
browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft
Edge.
First, I created a folder within
My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical
about the name of the folder. You can call it anything
you like. This is where you would store any Favorite
that you create.
Second, using Edge or any other
browser, go to the web page for which you would like to
create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it
really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address
bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is
already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the
URL to the Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the
Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a
couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS
should tell you when the line item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a
context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to
open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press
Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier
into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the
Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any
time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File
Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press
Enter to activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Yes Bill, this seems like a logical route to take.
Tom
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On 15/01/2022 1:25 pm, Bill White
wrote:
Hi, Tom. As Curtis says, you can copy
the URL to the clipboard and use the Run command, or you can
do what I do.
1. Arrow to the Internet shortcut,
but do not press ENTER.
2. Press ALT plus ENTER for
Properties.
3. Once Properties opens for the
shortcut, the URL is the first thing you will see. Copy this
to the clipboard.
4. Open the browser you want to use
to get to the URL.
5. Press CONTROL plus L to open the
Address Bar.
6. Paste the URL from the clipboard
into the Address Bar, and press ENTER.
Now the URL will open in whichever
browser you opened.
Hi Curtis,
Interesting way for handling favorites.
However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always
load that particular url into the same default browser. Is
there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to"
command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the
url at that time?
i.e. Sometimes a site may work
better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may
function better in another browser altogether.
On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong
wrote:
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful to
the group if I passed along a solution for managing
website favorites which works across all of the Windows
browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft
Edge.
First, I created a folder within
My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical
about the name of the folder. You can call it anything
you like. This is where you would store any Favorite
that you create.
Second, using Edge or any other
browser, go to the web page for which you would like to
create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it
really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address
bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is
already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the
URL to the Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the
Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a
couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS
should tell you when the line item is not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a
context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to
open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press
Enter.
Paste the URL you copied earlier
into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the
Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it. Any
time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File
Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press
Enter to activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Hi, Tom. The reason this does not work with browser shortcuts is that they are not executable in and of themselves. They only become executable when acted upon by the default browser. In order to make these shortcuts work, you must give a path to the executable file that opens the browser. If your browser is Edge, for example, and you don't want the shortcut to open in the default browser, but want it to open in Chrome, for example, you might do it this way, Make a shortcut to the browser you want to open the link following the shortcut, as in, "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.youtube.com/ If this is in the target of the shortcut, and you paste this into the Send To menu, it will open YouTube using Google Chrome, even if that browser is not your default browser.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2022 9:22 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Bill, I pasted a couple of browser desktop shortcuts into the send to menu to try out the process but no, it does not work which I suspected may be the case with browsers. However, in the past I have pasted numerous shortcut icons, like text editors etc, into the send to menu and they work perfectly. In case anyone is interested, to paste a shortcut icon into the send to menu, do the following. Hit control c to copy the shortcut, go to C: users, user, app data, roaming, Microsoft, Windows and paste the shortcut into the send to folder. All done. On 15/01/2022 1:55 pm, Bill White wrote: Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To" command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you encounter this? Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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In my last post, where I gave an example of a program target, followed by a shortcut URL, the server broke the line into two separate components. In actuality, when you follow the program target, which is surrounded by quotes, with the URL, it should all be on one line, not on two separate lines as the broken link shows in the previous email.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of tom x
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2022 9:22 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: My Nerdy Approach to Creating and Managing Favorites Hi Bill, I pasted a couple of browser desktop shortcuts into the send to menu to try out the process but no, it does not work which I suspected may be the case with browsers. However, in the past I have pasted numerous shortcut icons, like text editors etc, into the send to menu and they work perfectly. In case anyone is interested, to paste a shortcut icon into the send to menu, do the following. Hit control c to copy the shortcut, go to C: users, user, app data, roaming, Microsoft, Windows and paste the shortcut into the send to folder. All done. On 15/01/2022 1:55 pm, Bill White wrote: Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To" command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where did you encounter this? Hi Curtis, Interesting way for handling favorites. However, pressing enter on the shortcut would always load that particular url into the same default browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10 "sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which to load the url at that time? i.e. Sometimes a site may work better using Firefox rather than Edge while another may function better in another browser altogether. On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis Chong wrote: Greetings everyone: I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed along a solution for managing website favorites which works across all of the Windows browsers I have worked with over the years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. First, I created a folder within My Documents called Favorites. There is nothing magical about the name of the folder. You can call it anything you like. This is where you would store any Favorite that you create. Second, using Edge or any other browser, go to the web page for which you would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move the focus to the address bar. Since the URL contained in the address bar is already highlighted (selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the Windows Clipboard. With File Explorer, open the Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE a couple of times to ensure that nothing is selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is not selected. Now, press Shift+F10 to open up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to Shortcut. Press Enter. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter. That's all there is to it. Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then press Enter to activate it. Cordially, Curtis Chong
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Thanks for the explanation Bill.
Cheers
Tom
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On 16/01/2022 4:57 pm, Bill White
wrote:
Hi, Tom. The reason this does not
work with browser shortcuts is that they are not executable
in and of themselves. They only become executable when acted
upon by the default browser. In order to make these
shortcuts work, you must give a path to the executable file
that opens the browser. If your browser is Edge, for
example, and you don't want the shortcut to open in the
default browser, but want it to open in Chrome, for example,
you might do it this way,
Make a shortcut to the browser you
want to open the link following the shortcut, as in,
"C:\Program
Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
https://www.youtube.com/
If this is in the target of the
shortcut, and you paste this into the Send To menu, it will
open YouTube using Google Chrome, even if that browser is
not your default browser.
Hi Bill,
I pasted a couple of browser desktop shortcuts into the
send to menu to try out the process but no, it does not work
which I suspected may be the case with browsers. However, in
the past I have pasted numerous shortcut icons, like text
editors etc, into the send to menu and they work perfectly.
In case anyone is interested, to paste a shortcut icon
into the send to menu, do the following.
Hit control c to copy the shortcut,
go to C: users, user, app data, roaming, Microsoft,
Windows and paste the shortcut into the send to folder.
All done.
On 15/01/2022 1:55 pm, Bill White
wrote:
Hi, Tom. Where is this "Sent to
Browser" command with SHIFT plus F10? I have a "Send To"
command, but nowhere in that selection list does it give
me an opportunity to send the URL to a browser? Where
did you encounter this?
Hi Curtis,
Interesting way for handling favorites.
However, pressing enter on the shortcut would
always load that particular url into the same default
browser. Is there a way, apart from using the shift F10
"sent to" command, of chooseing which browser into which
to load the url at that time?
i.e. Sometimes a site may work
better using Firefox rather than Edge while another
may function better in another browser altogether.
On 13/01/2022 2:24 am, Curtis
Chong wrote:
Greetings everyone:
I thought it might be helpful
to the group if I passed along a solution for
managing website favorites which works across all of
the Windows browsers I have worked with over the
years: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.
First, I created a folder
within My Documents called Favorites. There is
nothing magical about the name of the folder. You
can call it anything you like. This is where you
would store any Favorite that you create.
Second, using Edge or any
other browser, go to the web page for which you
would like to create a favorite or shortcut. Press
ALT+D or CTRL+L (it really doesn't matter) to move
the focus to the address bar. Since the URL
contained in the address bar is already highlighted
(selected), press CTRL+C to copy the URL to the
Windows Clipboard.
With File Explorer, open the
Favorites folder you have created. Press CTRL+SPACE
a couple of times to ensure that nothing is
selected. JAWS should tell you when the line item is
not selected.
Now, press Shift+F10 to open
up a context menu and up arrow to New. Press right
arrow to open the submenu and press down arrow to
Shortcut. Press Enter.
Paste the URL you copied
earlier into the edit field and tab once to type a
name for the Shortcut. Then, press Enter.
That's all there is to it.
Any time you want to manage or go to a favorite, use
File Explorer first to locate the favorite and then
press Enter to activate it.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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