control panel shortcut

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To make a shortcut key.
Right click the newly created desktop shortcut icon and select properties.On the shortcut tab click inside the "Shortcut Key" box (it should have the word "none" inside it) and then press whichever key you want to use.Then click apply.
Remember,by default all desktop shortcuts are pre-fixed with CTRL+ALT

So if you choose C
the shortcut key will be CTRL+ALT+C

Thought i'd explain it just incase you didn't already know.