Get Windows 7’s Task Switching Hotkeys In Vista & XP

As you may know, there are several new hotkeys available in Windows 7 to improve your productivity. In Windows 7, you can simply open or switch between any opened applications using Windows + 1-9 hotkeys.

For example, Windows + 1 hotkey switchs to the fist window on the taskbar and Windows + 2 opens the second window on the taskbar. As this feature can improve your productivity dramatically, we have a small application that enables you get this feature in Windows XP and Vista too.

Activatebynum is a small utility for Windows XP and Vista that allows you switch between two windows easily using Windows + 1-9 keys.

For a collapsed group of window buttons, repeatedly pressing the same Windows key + N combination (where “N” is the position of the group on the taskbar) will cycle through each window in the group. Windows key +- shows button numbers (>= 5) as tooltips.

Note that you will not be able to use Windows + 1-9 hotkeys to launch Quick Launch applications while Activatebynum is running.

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