Windows Key Magic

Following my previous post on what you can do with keystrokes I began playing around with the windows key. And I discovered some rather new keystrokes that many may not have known about.

the windows key on your keyboard

Windows Key + Tab: Cycle through the buttons in the Task Bar.
Windows Key + D: Minimize or restore all windows
Windows Key + E: Launch Windows Explorer
Windows Key + F: Launch Search for Files
Windows Key + Ctrl + F: Launch Search for Computers
Windows Key + F1: Launch the Help and Support Center
Windows Key + R: Launch the Run dialog box
Windows Key + Pause/Break: Launch System Properties dialog box
Windows Key + M: Minimizes all open windows.
Windows Key + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
Windows Key + L: Locks the workstation
Windows Key + U: Launch the Utility Manager

4 Responses to “Windows Key Magic”


  1. 1 sindhu

    it looks lik u have quite a lot of time on your hand and are bored as fuck…

  2. 2 Anirudh

    nah. I have rather little time on my hand and a lot of unfinished projects but I’m lazy as fuck.

  3. 3 Phalgun

    This post is also a good one.

  4. 4 Anirudh

    Thanks phalgun, keep coming back cause I have some pretty neat things in store.

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