Keyboard shortcuts for launching programs- Start any program with 1 click

keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcutsA close view of a laptop keyboard and touchpad with a small blue USB port and cables visible at the edge, shown in a tech blog post

Keyboard shortcuts can be a great time saver (especially for specific programs, folders, actions) that you do dozens of times a day.

 

Over a decade ago I put the below file together documenting the most frequently used Windows / Office shortcuts

keyboard shortcuts

MS word file great keyboard shortcuts

Two women smiling and looking at a computer screen together in a bright office, one pointing at the monitor.

Now-a-days AutoHotKey to create my own shortcuts (of which I have over 100 which do various activities by a simple click of the key/button.)  AutoHotKey has a function for this called Hotkeys which are a great way to launch programs / scripts /folders that you use frequently.

This video walks through how easy it is to set up hotkeys to launch programs, scripts, etc.

 

Automating prep work for SQL in list query of hundreds-thousands of items

 

SQL in List

Often I have a list of hundreds (sometimes thousands) of items that I need to insert into a  query. Unfortunately I can only add 99 items at a time.

This video demonstrates how my script replaces the first 98 line breaks with commas and wrap items already having a comma with special characters to escape them.    This is perfect for my SQL in list query!  What would have taken me several minutes or longer is now done in the blink of an eye  (while also escaping illegal characters).  The below video demonstrates it’s usage and further down the page is the AutoHotkey code that cranks it out!

 

Video demonstrating how the SQL in list works

 

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