Creating shortcuts can improve the productivity and efficiency for users. Today, we will show you how to create a desktop shortcut to launch device manager in Windows 7.
Right click on your desktop and go to New >> Shortcut.
Copy and paste devmgmt.msc in the location field and click Next.
You will be asked to name the shortcut, just type Device Manager or anything you want and click on the Finish button.
Now, if you want to change the icon of the shortcut, right click on it and go to Properties.
Click on Change Icon button under Shortcut tab.
Select any icon you want to use from the list of preloaded icons or browse to the location of the shortcut. Click OK when done.
You can even assign shortcut keys to launch the shortcut. Go to shortcut properties and click in the Shortcut Key field. Now, press the keys you want to use as a shortcut (e.g CTRL +D, etc.)
If you want faster access, pin it to Taskbar or Start Menu.
Hope this helps, feel free to ask any questions you have using the comments section below.
Great article, Hammad. But the following can achieve the same results, give more access to system controls and create those nifty shortcuts that can do so much.
Firstly, create the GodMode feature that lets users access all of the system’s control panels. On the desktop create a new folder and name it with this text string – GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} – Once done the folder’s icon will change to look like a control panel.
Secondly, click on this icon and a plethora of control panels will appear.
Thirdly, right click on any item that interests you and choose “create a shortcut”, which will be placed on one’s desktop. From here, you can place your newly created shortcuts where ever you like.
Fourthly, enjoy your new shortcuts as any geek would!
I feel Godmode really works better.
or go to C:\Windows\System32\en-US and devmgmt.msc is already there and right click it