We all know that pressing the Windows key on the keyboard brings up the start menu. What about combining it with other keys? Here is a short list of the combinations I know of.
- e - Explorer
- r - Run dialog (start / run)
- u - Utility manager
- d - Show desktop (toggle)
- f - Find (or search)
- l - Lock
- b - Toolbar notification area
- m - Minimize everything
I know that programmatically I can assign new actions to Windows key combinations (even overriding the defaults), but I don't know of any way to do that within Windows itself. Attempting to assigning a Windows key combination to a shortcut changes it to CTRL+ALT instead.
2 comments:
I found where you can still download WinKey 2.8. PC World has it in their Desktop downloads section.
It is a great utility, thanks for the recommendation!
If I get a chance and there is any interest I could post the code for how to write a program like this. It is actually really simple.
[CTRL]+[ESC] will popup the Start Menu, but I don't know how to do the key combinations without an actual windows key.
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