reate Keyboard Shortcuts for Applications and Folders

To speed up access to your favourite programs and folders, you can create key combinations that will open them automatically provided they have a shortcut on the desktop.
To make a keyboard shortcut create a shortcut to an application or folder and place it on the desktop. Right click the shortcut, choose 'properties' and go to the 'shortcut' tab. Select the 'shortcut key' window and press a key you would like to use as a shortcut. Windows will automatically create a CTRL + ALT + (your key) combination. Pressing this combo will open the shortcut.