Instructions

After you start ExecMaster it installs a taskbar icon; right click on it in order to access the menu. You have 3 options, to close the application, to enable or disable it and finally to bring up the preferences window.

First you have to set a combination of two control keys, after that and if you press the two keys (that can be the same key twice, CTRL-CTRL is the default) then that brings a special window that receives the keyboard input. If you type a valid shortcut it takes the appropriate action.

Next you should set your shortcuts. From the toolbar click the Add new entry… button (it's the first one from the left). Choose the group and give a name of your choice. The Shortcut field is the most important and it should be different for each command in order to avoid conflicts. Give an appropriate one, for example if you want to open the notepad, you can set note as shortcut. For such a command you select Execute from the Type combo box. In the Command field give C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe or the right path for the notepad. Now if you press the two keys (always in the right order, first-second) the window that accepts input shows and if you give note and ENTER then that opens the notepad.

Let's modify the above slightly and add an argument. Arguments in ExecMaster are represented with %%. Find the note command in the list and double-click there, that brings the command editor; change the Command from C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe to C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe %%. Now like before you press the two special keys to bring the input window and give note "C:\my docs\doc.txt", that opens the notepad with the C:\my docs\doc.txt file.