Vista - Keyboard Shortcut

Hello Sqkrchik,

Usually it would be Ctrl+Alt+ the key letter instead when using this tutorial. An alternative would be to place the Snipping Tool shortcut as one of the 1st ten shortcuts listed in Quick Launch. You could then use the Windows Key + the # of what order the shorcut is in. For example, if the Snipping Tool shortcut was the 1st icon in Quick Launch, you would use Windows Key + 1 to open it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thank you Shawn for your reply. I was able to set up the hotkey combination using the "+ctrl, +alt, +s" which works if I press the three keys and doesn't work for the window key +s. The snip goes to the snipping tool screen.

Previously (before the upgrades), I could press the window key +s and the snip would go to One Note from Explorer. I really liked that ability.

Was that something that was set up in Explorer or in One Note? Is it a different type of hot key?

I'm learning more than I ever thought I would....
Thanks,
Cynthia

You're welcome Cynthia.

It must of had something to do with One Note since I cannot open it with Windows Key + S either in Vista.

I figured it out! The window key+s IS a function of one note. From One Note's other options in the tools dropdown menu, you can place a one note icon in the notification tray. Right-clicking on that icon enables options to create screen clipping using the window key + s command.

Somehow, when I lost the other notification icons, I must have also lost the one note icon.

Thank you for your help. I don't think I would have followed this through without inspiration from this site. I'm feeling rather techie ... I have this site bookmarked to stay updated on these Vista issues. (I uninstalled IE8 too after reading one of the threads.)

Thanks Again!!

You're welcome Cynthia. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out. Please feel free to post any issue you run across in the forum. I'm sure that one of us may be able to help with it.