Custom shortcuts, and regular shortcuts?

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Hello Everone:


1st off, I'd like to know why my
"when you hold down Alt, and the letter from a menu, it's supposed to open
that choice"
doesn't work?

Is there someplace that I might have shut it off at, in trying to optimize
my system, with "PC Tune-up" by accident?

and I'm always putting things in folders, I like to have folders for all
kinds of different catagories, and stages. So I'm always right clicking on my
desktop, then running up or down the context menu to get to "New Folder" or
"New Text Doc" and I want to make them happen with a keyboard shortcut. How
can I do that?

I've read all through Windows XP Pro Help, and to be honest they tell me
EVERYTHING except those 2 things.

Bruce
(e-mail address removed)
 
Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Effects button |
Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key

[[Specifies whether to suppress the drawing of keyboard shortcuts (the
underlined characters in menus and controls) and input focus indicators (the
dotted rectangles around objects), until you actually start using the
keyboard to navigate in Windows, generally with the ALT, TAB, or arrow
keys.]]

Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation Until ALT Key Is Pressed
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/accessibility/hideunderlines.mspx

Example of keybord shortcut for New Text Document (Notepad).
Start | All Programs | Accessories | Right click Notepad | Properties |
Shortcut tab | Shortcut key:

[[Provides a space for you to type a keyboard shortcut that you press to
start or switch to a program. Shortcut keys automatically include CTRL+ALT.
Press the key you want to add to this combination. For example, to define
the shortcut key combination CTRL+ALT+H, press H. You cannot use ESC, ENTER,
TAB, the SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, DELETE, or BACKSPACE.
No other program can use this key combination. If the shortcut key conflicts
with an access key in a Windows-based program, the access key does not work.
An access key is a letter or number that, when used in combination with the
ALT key, carries out the same command as clicking the command with the
mouse.]]
 
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