WindowsLogo Key combinations that can speed up your work
Do you know about the Windows key? That's the one between the CTRL and the
ALT keys on the lower left side of your keyboard. You might have another one
just to the right of the ALT key on the lower right side of your
keyboard.
Windows: Opens the Start menu
Windows + D: Minimizes or restores all windows
Windows + E: Opens Windows Explorer
Windows + F: Open the File Finder
Windows + Ctrl + F: Opens Search for computer
Windows + F1: Opens the Help and Support Center
Windows + R: Opens the Run dialog box
Windows + break: Open the System Properties dialog box
Windows + shift + M: Reverses minimize all windows
Windows + tab: moves the focus through taskbar buttons
Windows + L: Locks the workstation (or switchs to the Logon screen when Fast
User Switching is available)
Windows + U: Open Utility Manager (has Windows Narrators and some other
access tools)
To use the key combination, just hold down the Windows Key and then press
the key after the "+". For example, if you want to open the Run dialog box
fast, just hold down the Windows Key and then press the letter R.
To disable
the Windows Key
Some people just wish the Windows Key would go away! If you're one of
these people who hit it by mistake from time and time and wish it weren't
there, here's a tip that will allow you to disable the Windows Key:
- Click Start and then click the Run command.
- In the Run dialog box, type regedt32 in the Open text box. Click
OK.
- In the Registry Editor, drill down to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ControlKeyboard Layout registry
hive. Make sure that you have clicked on the Keyboard Layout node so that
it is selected.
- Click the Edit menu, point to New and click on Binary Value. Right
click on the New Value #1 entry in the right pane of the Registry Editor
and click Rename. Change the name to Scancode Map.
- Double click on the Scancode Map entry. Type in the following for the
value data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00
00 00 00
- Log off and then log back on.
The Windows key is now dead as a doornail!
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