Advanced Shortcuts Composer

Advanced Shortcuts Composer is a portable tool that gives you the possibility to create desktop shortcuts and assign global hotkeys for launching any application from your computer. It has a few advanced options, as its name suggests, but these are intuitive.

The program's wrapped in a single executable file. It does not need setup, create extra files on the disk without your permission, or modify the Windows registry configuration. You can drop the .exe in any folder, local or USB flash drive to run Advanced Shortcuts Composer on any PC.

It adopts a user-friendly GUI represented by a single frame that lists all options available. You can browse for an application's .exe using the file browser or drop it in the designated area while navigating Explorer directories.

It's possible to edit the display name of the shortcut, as well as instruct the utility to create it on the desktop or in Internet Explorer favorites, "SendTo.." right-click menu, Start menu, or "Programs" area in the Start menu. Alternatively, you can integrate the app in question in the Windows autostart sequence, so it can automatically run at every system boot.

The keyboard shortcut can be assigned by making any combination out of the Ctrl and Alt keys, along with a specific letter, number or symbol shown in a drop-down list. Before carrying out the task, you can also set the tool's priority level between low idle, below normal, normal, above normal, high, and real-time.

As far as UI customization options are concerned, you can make the window stay on top of other processes, minimize it on creation, as well as tweak its opacity. There's also a shortcuts patcher put at your disposal.

To sum it up, Advanced Shortcuts Composer facilitates an easy solution for designating global hotkeys to any software utilities you have installed.