The new Microsoft operating system (Windows 10) has brought, along with other new features, new quick commands to use with the keyboard.
Very useful if we use the computer on a daily basis, especially in the workplace.
Below is a list of the main ones:
- Windows Key + Tab: activates Task View
- Windows + A key: activates the Action Center
- Windows + C key: Cortana (voice query)
- Windows + D key: show Desktop
- Windows + E key: opens Windows Explorer
- Windows + G button: opens the new Xbox bar to take screenshots and record game sessions
- Windows + H key: opens the sharing menu
- Windows + I key: opens System Settings
- Windows +K button: enables streaming audio video to external wireless devices (Connect)
- Windows +L key: blocks the system
- Windows +P key: Activate Screen Projection function (Miracast)
- Windows +R key: execute a command
- Windows +S key: activate Cortana
- Windows +X key: opens power user function menu
- Windows + up/down/left/right button: scrolls between applications
- Windows + Crtl + D key: create a new virtual desktop
- Windows key + Crtl + F4: closes a virtual desktop
- Windows key + Crtl + right/left: scrolls virtual desktops
- Windows + Shift + right/left key: moves apps from one monitor to another
- Windows button + 1, 2, 3…: opens the pinned programs on the taskbar (1,2… is the position on the bar, from the left)
- Windows + Down key: Resizes a window to a full screen/ minimizes a resized window.
- Windows + up key: enlarges a resized window/opens a minimized window