The Shortcut page of the Properties dialog for every shortcut contains an item labeled Shortcut Key. Shortcut keys are effective only for shortcuts that are located on the desktop or in the Start menu. The only way to determine the shortcut key for a given shortcut is to open its Properties dialog. It is very easy to inadvertently reuse a particular shortcut key combination. The following table shows a list of possible shortcut keys for popular programs. You can create a small text file in your home directory with a list of shortcut keys that you have assigned.
Each user can assign an individual shortcut key to a particular program by assigning the keys to the shortcuts in the Program folder of the their Profile folder. The programs corresponding to these shortcuts are displayed when the Programs command on the Taskbar is selected. The path to this folder in Explorer is C:\Windows\Profiles\UserName\Start Menu\Programs, where each user has to substitute their logon name for UserName.
