In addition to using letters for assigning the shortcut key combination, numbers, up, down, left, right arrows can also be used. I love this feature but want it to have a keyboard shortcut. To create a keyboard shortcut for any folder, follow the same steps above but in Step 2 navigate to the folder you want use and in Step 3 right click on it. Test the keyboard shortcut key to open Notepad by holding down Ctrl + Alt and pressing N (Ctrl + Alt + N) In this example I will use the letter NĦ. Now press the letter on your keyboard that you want to use to open the folder. In the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut key box (where it says None).
Minimize Windows Explorer, then on your desktop, right-click the new shortcut, and then click Properties.ĥ.
Right-click on notepad.exe, click Send To, and then click Desktop (create shortcut)Ĥ. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and scroll down until you find notepad.exe.ģ. Click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.Ģ.
In the below examples, we'll create a keyboard shortcut to open Notepad and another to open a folder (applies to Windows XP and Vista).ġ. To create a new folder in the Mac Finder using the keyboard: Make sure you're in the folder/directory where you want to create a new folder, then Press the Command Shift n keystoke This Finder keyboard command creates a new Finder folder in the current directory with a name like Untitled folder. Also, any keyboard shortcuts create, must reside on the desktop. All shortcuts will start with Ctrl + Alt then any alpha, number or some special characters you want to assign to the shortcut. Keep the double quotes around the folder name as is.Creating your own keyboard shortcuts to open any program or folder in Windows is possible but there are some limitations with the key combination you can use. In this command, replace My New Folder with the name you’d like to assign to your new folder. Essentially I would like to create two new shortcuts which correspond to 'Move to photography' and 'Move to family' respectively. Mac already has the shortcut 'command delete' which corresponds to the menu item 'Move to bin'. Next up, type the following command and press Enter. Ideally on each photo I would like to have some keyboard shortcut I can press to send it to the folder it belongs to. This command makes your desktop the current working directory. And, replace mahes with your own username. In this command, replace C with the drive where you have installed Windows. In either shell, type the following command and press Enter. In Windows Terminal, you can use either PowerShell or Command Prompt shell to make a new folder.
To do this, open the “Start” menu, search for “Windows Terminal”, and click the app in the search results. Start by opening the Windows Terminal app on your PC. If you prefer commands to perform actions, use Windows 11’s Windows Terminal app to create a folder on your desktop.
RELATED: How to Change the Default New Folder Name in Windows 10 How to Create a Folder on the Desktop in the Command Line And, if you don’t like the default folder name, you can change that name to something you like. Repeat this process to create more folders. Using your keyboard, type a name for your folder and press Enter.Īnd your folder is now ready on your desktop. Windows 11 will create a new folder on your desktop.