I’m getting old and always learning! You may need a different view in Windows Explorer occasionally, even try different views to decide what to keep in particular folders. Instead of going to the Ribbon options at the top, which is time consuming, there are easy keyboard shortcuts that will change view instantly: CTRL + SHIFT […]
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Aero Peek keyboard shortcut
Aero Peek is a convenient way to see your desktop immediately, without having to minimize anything and lose the arrangements of your workspace. Aero Peek is not disabled on Windows after 7, it has only changed shortcut. The Win+Spacebar keyboard shortcut will now change language, while Aero Peek is activated by Win+Comma Enjoy!
Most users may be pleased with Windows adding the word “shortcut” whenever they create shortcuts to their files, because this way they can tell easily what is a file and what is a shortcut. Personally I consider this an annoyance, because the little arrow is enough to let me recognize a shortcut. To make Windows […]
Here is a list of some keyboard shortcuts you really need to know if you want to perform common tasks in Windows easily. Win+X opens a menu at the left bottom corner of the Screen, with links to Control Panel, Computer Management, Windows Explorer (use Win+E to open Windows Explorer directly), Search (Win+F for direct […]
The notorious system tray!, the Windows hiding place for all those programs you need to run but not to see. What if you wanted to reach this minimized-in-the-tray application, in order to follow an update, change some settings or anything? Is there a way to do it without using the mouse? The Win+b keyboard shortcut […]
Windows supports shortcuts to fixed drive letters, which means you cannot use Windows shortcuts within a USB flash drive where the drive letter may change. ShortExe is a free program that will let you overcome this limitation. By renaming this program, the name will be be interpreted by the program itself as shortcut information. For […]
ShortcutsMan is a freeware that displays the details about all the shortcuts that you have on your desktop and under your start menu. Broken shortcuts (shortcuts that point to a file that doesn’t exist) are automatically painted with pink color. You can select one or more shortcuts, and then delete them, resolve them or save […]
If you need a program that displays what global keyboard shortcuts are registered by various applications, you can use ActiveHotkeys: it will show a list of all active (registered) or inactive (available) global hotkeys. Please note that Windows does not provide information about what program registered a particular global hotkey, therefore this information is not […]