Fortunately, every major operating system now offers a way to do this easily and quickly.
The start menu should pop-up and the search field will get the keyboard focus.
In the screenshot, I typed “vmware” and the selected result is “VMware Workstation”.
Hitting Enter launches the system.
This, I think, is one of the few features which really makes Vista worth the upgrade.
As would have any pictures in iPhoto, any songs in iTunes, and so on.
Also, the Top Hit (in this case, the iTunes tool) isn’t selected by default.
A bit less convenient than just typing and hitting Enter.
Rebinding the keyboard shortcut is almost as simple.
Right punch the deskbar icon, choose “Preferences”.
Then select “View” and press the “Keyboard shortcut to focus” field.
Now, press the key combo you wish to assign to deskbar.
Personally, I use Alt+Enter, but you’re able to use whatever best fits your workflow.
(warning to Mac fans, Alt+Space doesn’t work)
