You can create keyboard shortcuts to open programs. Opening programs this way is often simpler than opening them using your mouse or other pointing device.

Lets create a Keyboard shortcut for IE8. Before you get started, you need to create a simple shortcut for IE8 on desktop or anywhere else. See the image below.

Now follow these simple steps.

• Locate the IE8 shortcut and right click on it.
• Select Properties.
• In the Shortcut Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab.
• Click in the Shortcut key box, press the key on your keyboard that you want to use in combination with Ctrl+Alt (keyboard shortcuts automatically start with Ctrl+Alt), say Ctrl+Alt+I, and then click OK.

Now if you want to open IE8, just press Ctrl+Alt+I.