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Toshiba Utilities
Fn-esse
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Fn-esse
®
 
Desktop shortcuts and Toshiba’s Fn-esse program provide 
quick ways to open programs, documents, and folders from 
within any Windows
®
 program without using the Start menu. 
For more information on creating desktop shortcuts, refer to 
the operating system documentation that came with your 
computer.
This section describes how to use the Fn-esse program to 
quickly access your programs and files.
With Fn-esse, you can assign an 
Fn key combination to:
❖ Open a Windows
®
 operating system program
❖ Open a file in its associated program
❖ Display a customized folder of programs and/or files 
from which to choose
Fn-esse also has several keys, known as hot keys, that 
perform preassigned operations. For more information, see 
“Hot Keys” on page 250. 
You can assign any key that is not associated with a hot key 
or a keyboard overlay.
Starting Fn-esse
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Click Start, All Programs, Toshi ba, Utilities, Fn-esse, or 
click the Hotkey Assignment icon in the Optimize tab of 
Toshiba Assist.
The Fn-esse keyboard appears.
(Sample Image) Fn-esse screen