Next, we show you the 4 fastest methods that Windows puts at our disposal to quickly open any application. All these methods are valid for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Using the Windows search engine
A very useful and practical method to open applications without having them at hand or wasting time looking for them through the start menu is to use the Windows search engine found on the taskbar. Through this search engine, as we type the name of the application, the applications that match the name will be displayed.
It is not necessary for us to use the different filters that the Windows search engine makes available to us, as long as we are typing the name of the application correctly. If we do not remember exactly how to write it, the best thing we can do is use the Windows Start menu.
From the Windows desktop
Many are the users who, so that the taskbar is not an endless number of meaningless icons and where it costs a lifetime to find the application that we want to open, create a shortcut on the Windows desktop. As long as the app icons don’t move around, it’s an ideal solution for quickly launching any app.
However, if we abuse the shortcuts, our desktop can become a nightmareespecially if we also use it to save images or documents that we are working on until we no longer need them and the files in the corresponding folder.
Via the taskbar
Without a doubt, the fastest and easiest method to open applications quickly in Windows and with just one click is by placing them on the taskbar. Unless we hide the taskbar automatically, it will always be visible in any application that we have open, regardless of whether we use one or more desktops or monitors.
The easiest method to add any application or shortcut to the taskbar is by dragging the icon of the application or shortcut. We can also add any application to the taskbar from the Start menu, by right-clicking on the application that we want to add to the taskbar and selecting the Pin to taskbar option.
With the start menu
This option is ideal when it comes to applications that we use very sporadically, that is, when we talk about applications that we use very occasionally and that it does not make any practical sense to place both on the Windows desktop and on the taskbar.
