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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Ctrl+win+ left or right arrow changes desktops quickly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Ctrl + F5 is actually refresh without using cached items, helpful if the page gets wonky sometimes. Just F5 is refresh.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

You can buy stickers of this that you can put on your laptop. I've seen it on AliExpress, it's like two bucks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

There's a couple of these I didn't know and I will find very useful!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

One that is particularly useful for IT Tech

While using Run (Win+R), you can launch any command with a admin elevation prompt by pressing Ctrl+Shift-Enter to launch the command.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ooooo, I didn't know that the Snip tool had one - thanks!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Look into Greenshot and you will quickly forget about any built in screenshotting and snipping capabilities of windows.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I literally only ever take a screenshot and maybe crop it. What functionality could it possibly provide that I care about?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don’t forget that Alt+F4 takes a screenshot when you’re playing your favorite multi-player video game.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

If you're gaming on Linux and you need more speed, you hold Alt + Sysrq (Sometimes PrtSc) and then (while holding) type out R E I S U B one letter at a time.

Boom 200% speed increase and sub-ms latency

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I use this all the time for meeting transcripts. All of the “uh” and “ummmmm” and “and and”, “it it”, “I I”, etc. It shortens it just a bit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

The fact that this is a photo of a printed sheet for hotkeys is very on-brand for most Windows users.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How could you forget the most important one: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Win + L to open LinkedIn

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I actually use that with O instead of L. Opens outlook on the desktop app.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I click the outlook button. Much faster and more reliable then a 5 key 'shortcut'

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

This seems to have been removed at some point. It doesn't work for me any more, but it definitely did before. Edit: Ah, I've manually disabled it in PowerToy's keyboard manager.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

FWIW, there are a few of those that are useful: W is word, E is excel, and I'd bet that the rest of office each has one as well... those are the only two I use regularly 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I'm forced to use Outlook, so those and O opening it in the desktop app is handy.