Microsys Launcher for Windows is a useful freeware launcher program that allows users to open files, folders, apps, quickly and efficiently from the system tray.

Learn how to create a desktop shortcut & a keyboard shortcut to open the Windows Registry Editor. Also, see how to create a bat file to open it.

Creating a keyboard shortcut that opens your browser to the Google Docs upload option won't save you a lot of time, but you'll more easily transmit files as e-mail attachments.

Notepad is also helpful for stripping text formatting when you copy content from Web pages into your own business files. To open Notepad quickly, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop.