5 Awesome Keyboard Shortcuts That Save Time

Sep 07

Quick Tips By Geoff R

Have you ever wondered what that windows key between Ctrl and Alt on your keyboard does? Yes, it does minimize your games and steal window focus if you accidentally press it, but it has a real purpose, and is actually quite convenient. There are a bunch of shortcuts built around the windows key, but below are the most useful ones on a daily basis.

Win + L: Locks your computer

Win + D: Shows the Desktop

Win + M: Minimizes all programs

Win + E: Opens Windows Explorer

Win + R: Opens the Run dialog

So now you know that the Windows key isn’t completely useless. Problem is I find it does as much trouble by stealing window focus than it does from faster computing.

6 Comments so far »

Pamela said

am September 13 2007 @ 2:33 am

This is indeed very useful. It’s nice to know that the windows button isn’t just another one of those annoying buttons in the keyboard, but a time saver.
Alan said

am September 13 2007 @ 10:18 pm

This is great. I never thought the windows button have several other uses aside from opening the start menu.
rony john said

am September 20 2007 @ 5:32 am

i use them frequently
Tintu.c.Raju said

am August 25 2008 @ 8:52 am

hai iam tintu i like these shortcuts there are lots of shortcuts are available such as 1:for shutdown press win+U+U 2:Restart win+u+r 3:Log of win+L+L 4:to switch programs alt+Tab
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Tintu.c.Raju said

am August 25 2008 @ 8:58 am

some of the run box commands are there
press start and click on run or press win+r then type
1:appwiz.cpl :for add or remove programs
2:iexplore : open internet explorer
3:msconfig : to open the windows configuration
4:winword : to open ms word
5:powerpnt : to open power point
6:mspaint : to open ms paint
7:cmd : to open command prompt
8:%temp% : to view unwanted temporary files
9:temp : to view windows temporary files
10:regedit : to open the registry editor
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thank you
kumar said

am January 20 2009 @ 7:43 am

thank you mr. tintu for these shortcuts