If you’re like most people, you use the Windows run dialog box all the time. But did you know that you can add text shortcuts to it? To do this, open the run dialog box by pressing the Windows key and R at the same time. Then, type cmd and press Enter. This will open the command prompt window. Next, type shortcut and press Enter. This will display a list of text shortcuts that you can use in the run dialog box. To add a new shortcut, type a name for it (for example, “copy”) and press Enter. Now, when you want to copy something from your computer to your clipboard (for example, a document), just type copy followed by the thing that you want to copy (for example, “doc1”). Then, press Enter to open the run dialog box and paste the thing into it. ..
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The Question
SuperUser reader Nic finds the run-dialog shortcuts to be handy and wants to expand upon them:
If you’re a keyboard ninja, having super speedy access to your favorite apps in this fashion would be handy. How do you go about it?
The Answer
SuperUser contributor John T offers a quick and simply way to accomplish the shortcut addition:
If you’d like a step-by-step tutorial for editing the system PATH, make sure to check out How to Edit Your System PATH for Easy Command Line Access.
replace X.X.X with your version of Netbeans.
Alternatively you could make a shortcut to the netbeans.exe executable in the above path, and place that shortcut in a location that’s already in your path (e.g. C:\Windows\System32).
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