Shortcut

When referring to Microsoft Windows, a shortcut is a link that points to a program. Shortcut icons allow users to create links to their programs in any folder, Start bar, Taskbar, Desktop or other locations designated by the user. A shortcut in Windows is commonly identified by a small arrow in the bottom corner of the icon and are files that end with a file extension of .lnk. To the right is an example picture of a Windows Shortcut that links to the game Company of Heros. A shortcut is also used to describe a keyboard shortcut.

• See document CH000739 for additional information about creating a Windows shortcut.
• Information about how to hide the small arrow that appears on Windows shortcut icons can be found on document CH001037.

Also see: Hotkey, Keyboard shortcut, Mnemonic, Operating system definitions