Shortcuts to stuff

[shlibar]

I was wondering if there is a program out there or somewhere in Win98 or Win XP Pro to make shortcuts for certain things to happen?

e.g. I press Control + C and it closes a certain program running

You get me?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

-Shlibar

[query]

A programmable keyboard is the best option.  There are also programmable mice as well these days.

[Chandler]

You can assign hotkeys to shortcuts to make programs launch.  Similarly you can end tasks using a shortcut (and assign a hotkey for that too)

Windows 2000 and XP Professional come with a utility for killing off tasks (taskkill), for XP Home you need to download a separate utility.  These can also be used in a shortcut, which can subsequently be assigned a hotkey.

To assign hotkeys for shortcuts (either in your Start menu or elsewhere):
1) Right-click on the shortcut
2) Select Properties
3) On the Shortcut tab, enter whichever hotkey you want to use to launch that shortcut.