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Description

Provides the hotkey of a shortcut object. A hotkey is a keyboard shortcut that starts or switches to a program.

Syntax

object.Hotkey = strHotkey

Parameters

Part	Description
object	WshShortcut object.
strHotkey	Sequence of keys to assign.

Remarks

The syntax of strHotkey is as follows, with Hotkey being case-insensitive:

Part	Description
modifier	"ALT+" | "CTRL+" | "SHIFT+" | "EXT+"
keyname	"A" .. "Z" | "0".. "9" | "Back" | "Tab" | "Clear" | "Return" | "Escape" | "Space" | "Prior" | ...

Hotkeys can activate only shortcuts located on the Windows-based desktop or the Windows Start menu.

Example

The following example creates a shortcut and assigns a hotkey to the shortcut:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set oMyShortcut = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\a_key.lnk")
OMyShortcut.TargetPath = "%windir%\notepad.exe"
oMyShortCut.Hotkey = "ALT+CTRL+F"
oMyShortCut.Save
WScript.Echo oMyShortCut.Hotkey