What keyboard short cut will do the same as a right mouse click on a DESKTOP icon ?

Question

I recently asked the question concerning icons, and recieved some good answears. I was told to use the keyboard button with the mouse pointer on it. But when use that button on a desktop, or quick launch icon it brings up the desktop menu, not the specfic icon's menu. Feed back will be appreciated !

Answer 1

look at ur keyboard.



find the spacebar.

3 keys over you should see a key with a box and arrow.



thats it

Answer 2

In theory you could run Windows without a mouse provided that you can remember all the shortcuts. Let's start at the beginning:



Ctrl + Esc will bring up the start menu and then you can use the curser key to navigate up the menu and press the Enter key to select a menu item.



Short cuts are only part of the non-mouse method or running Windows, you also have to use the Tab and Enter keys as well.

Answer 3

In order for the Application key to bring up the icon's context menu, the icon has to have the system focus.



To give the desktop icon focus you can either left-click it or use the Windows+M combination to minimize everything and then use the arrow keys to navigate to your icon. Then hit the Application key and you should be good to go!



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