What is that Windows Key for on my keyboard?
Take a look on your keyboard…just to the left of the spacebar. Do you see that key with the flag on it? Do you know what it's for? Hmm, me either.
I am in front of PCs all day and I never intentionally use that key. Most of the time, I hit it on accident and then Esc out of it.
That is until I found out some shortcuts that key holds:
- Windows key
- Displays START menu
- Windows key + d
- Shows the Desktop. Repeated, it restores the previous windows that were being displayed
- Windows key + e
- Opens a new Windows Explorer window
- Windows key + f
- Displays Find Files or Search
- Windows key + m
- Minimizes all windows
- Windows key + shift + m
- Undo Minimize all
- Windows key + r
- Displays the Run dialog box
- Windows key + Shift + m
- Restores windows minimized by previous command
- Windows key + F1
- Opens Windows Help
- Windows key + Ctrl + F
- Find any computer
- Windows key + tab
- Cycle through Taskbar buttons
- Windows key + break
- Open System Properties
Obtained from the most obvious place you'd never think to look: Microsoft
What Do You Think ?
389
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
More Like This
More from Dumb Little Man
Because being “in the know” is kinda hot.
Smart, funny, sometimes spicy content we handpicked so you don’t have to.
Comments