How assign hotkey to taskbar menu in XP?

[Sammo]

I have created some simple menus of my own. When I click on the correct
place on XP's taskbar they pop up a menu screen (not a window with borders).

They are a bit like the standard Quick Link menu but without visible icons.

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How can I assign a hotkey combination to a menu so that it pops up?

Is it possible to do launch the menu by pressing just a single key? For
example: the XP Start menu pops up when the "Win" key is pressed.

 

[David Candy]

To move around the desktop toolbars, Taskbar, Notification Area and the Desktop - press Ctrl + Escape (or the Winkey) to activate Start, Escape to cancel the menu, then Tab and Shift + Tab to the various parts of the screen. Use the arrow keys to move within a section. Winkey + B jumps straight to the System Notification Area. To get a context menu of a blank part of the taskbar use the clock's context menu. Shift + F10 displays the context menu, Space or Enter activates.

 

[Sammo]

To move around the desktop toolbars, Taskbar, Notification Area
and the Desktop - press Ctrl + Escape (or the Winkey) to
activate Start, Escape to cancel the menu, then Tab and Shift +
Tab to the various parts of the screen. Use the arrow keys to
move within a section. Winkey + B jumps straight to the System
Notification Area. To get a context menu of a blank part of the
taskbar use the clock's context menu. Shift + F10 displays the
context menu, Space or Enter activates.

Can I actually assign a hotkey to one of the taskbar menus?

Maybe through the registry?

 

[David Candy]

Not that I know of. I can tell you how to turn on vertical explorer bars only (closely related to horizontal bars and desktop toolbars).