Using keyboard shortcut to launch an application

Does anyone know any free way to launch applications via a keyboard shortcut? For example I have an automator workflow that cleans up my desktop and archives it into a folder. I'd like it to be run whenever i hit command-option-F11. Is there any way to do this in OS X's built in Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane, or do I have to get a third party application?

Hi Peter!
There is not a built in way to launch apps via keyboard shortcuts on your Mac. (At least not that I know of?)
A very popular app is Quicksilver. You can launch apps very quickly by typing in the first few letters of the name of the app. Most people that get used to it have a hard time going back...here's the link:
http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
If you make your Automater workflow into an app then you could launch it via Quicksilver...
Reg

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the first line in your script is redundant but you don't need the script for this. see this link
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090903085255430
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Maybe I'm missing the point.
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I'm relieved (if a little frustrated!) that others have the same issues, it makes me feel at least it's not just me! :-)
I am running Windows 7 64 bit Intel quad core processor 8Gb RAM if that helps Jim?
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This is kind of a slight complaint about Apple having discarded a very useful shortcut for windows navigation: ctrl + > (forward to the next window of the active application) and ctrl + < (backward).
Admittedly, these shortcuts were not officially documented, instead ctrl + tilde (or: accent) was and is indicated for obtaining the same effect. But I think most people will consent that these are impractical (or, with less composure, very bothersome to use compared to ctrl + >, which was easily to press with o n e hand ;-)) ).
So, please, dear Apple after sales service, listen to the customer, and resuscitate those shortcuts (or bring up something else of even usefulness. Ctrl + F4 is definitely not the right answer, since you leave the active application here. There must be a reasonable way to go through all windows of a given application, for the sake of GUI usability) ! Thank you.

You are talking to other users, not Apple. Go to http://www.apple.com/feedback to talk to Apple. BTW, did you know you can change most keyboard shortcuts yourself using software provided with every Mac? Look under the keyboard control panel of System Preferences.

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I don't know of a shortcut to do what you ask, though I use the shortcut hotkeys manager Spark http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22675 to open apps and documents. But it includes the ability to launch applescripts with hotkeys, so there might be a way to do it that way if you know how to write those.
I have several online bank accounts and how I handle the problem you outline is this. I have a Word document with the numbers and passwords of the different accounts in a list. The Document is locked but the password is a single letter for easy opening. When I go to a bank account and it asks for my user number I open the Word document and cut and paste the relevant number to the online account.
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the easiest is to use a 3rd party app launcher. there are loads of them and any one will do this: Qucksilver, Butler,launchbar, Spark,ikeys etc. you can also do it without 3rd party tools using automator. see this link
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