# Application key

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by blw1978 (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 14:11:34

Hi, as I posted in another thread, I'm working with a new laptop at work. I need to pin MS outlook to my start menu. Previously, I could press the applications key and an option would appear. Now, I'm in Windows 7, and can't find said Applications key. Has it been eliminated in W7? I used it a lot, so feel kinda lost. Any suggestions?

## Post 2 by BigDogDaddy (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 15:28:51

it could be in a different place on your new laptop. If you are unable to find it, you can also utilize the keystroke shift f10.

## Post 3 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 15:41:06

What laptop do you have? The key itself is not eliminated: the operating system still processess it's scan code, and applications still use it.
If you tell us what laptop you have someone on here may be using a similar one and can tell you where it is. Do you know where your Windows key is? I had a Dell Inspiron once whose Windows and Application keys were on the top right-hand side of the keyboard, of all places.

## Post 4 by blw1978 (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 18:51:55

My applications key is on my Dell Latitude 630 for home use with XP. I'm not sure what Dell I'm using at work. I know it's a latitude, but not sure which model. I'll try the shift f10 key. Yikes, there's definitely a learning curve with Windows 7. Is it just me, or does Outlook's calendar really suck!!

## Post 5 by blw1978 (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 18:53:00

Sorry, I meant to say that my applications key is on the mid part of my upper keyboard, right next to my on/off key. Not sure about my work laptop.

## Post 6 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 28-Mar-2011 23:40:38

Mine is on the right side of the space bar one over. It has not changed due to windows 7, so it must be the keyboard on the laptop. Most or all of your keystrokes you used with XP will work, so it's not the OS. The keystroke works, and you can use the