Windows – How to set an “open with” keyboard shortcut in windows 7

You could use the menu button on your keyboard, assuming you have one. Replacing your step 4 with the following has what I think is the desired effect:

4. Menu
5. Arrow keys to "Open File Location" option. Update: Or just press i - see comments.
6. Enter

Now, it's hardly a shortcut, but since you're arrowing to the file maybe this isn't too much of an additional chore compared to having to mouse as well?

First, create a shortcut to your Desktop. i.e. C:\Users\%username%\Desktop

Then see here on how to assign it a shortcut key, maybe CTRL ALT D or something?

• Locate the shortcut to the program that you want to create a keyboard shortcut for.
• Right-click the shortcut, and then click Properties.
• In the Shortcut Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab.
• Click in the Shortcut key box, press the key on your keyboard that you want to use in combination with Ctrl+Alt (keyboard shortcuts automatically start with Ctrl+Alt), and then click OK. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.