Top 10 Uses of Windows Key| Windows Key Shortcuts

While browsing your computer or doing simple tasks, keyboard shortcuts can help you be more productive, save time, and also reduce the stress on your wrist by reducing the use of your mouse. In this article, I'll show you the Top 10 Uses of Windows Key i.e. Windows Key Shortcuts that you'll next turn into a keyboard assistant on the Trakin Tech website.

CONTENT:

• Open Setting
• Opens Action Center
• Open File Explorer
• Take a screenshot
• Open Emoji panel
• Show/Hide Desktop
• Open Microphone
• Access Power Platform Device Manager
• Refresh Webpage or File Explorer
• Closing Tab

Without any further delay, let's move on to our today topic titled "Top 10 Uses of Windows Key or Keyboard Shortcuts using Windows Key". 

Let's start with the essential keyboard shortcuts.

(1) Open Setting:

First, use the Windows key, you can find the Windows key on the bottom left of your keyboard to open the Settings app, most people go to the Start menu and choose the Settings icon. Let's close that. An easier way to open Settings is to hold down the Windows key and the "i" key. 

A helpful tip for navigating Settings or other applications or programs is to use the Tab key to jump to the next section, then use the arrow keys to navigate and press Enter on your keyboard to make your selection.  

(2) Opens Action Center:

The Windows key plus "a" opens your Action Center. This is where you can view your notifications and quickly access your settings.  

(3) Open File Explorer:

To open File Explorer, hold down the Windows key plus "e", you can even use the shortcut to open more than one instance, which is useful.  If you ever need to move files to other folders to quickly find files and program folders on your computer, press and hold the Windows key plus "s", enter your search term if necessary, use the arrow keys to navigate to your Navigate to Search and press Enter.  

(4) Take a screenshot:

There are several ways to take a screenshot to capture any part of the screen. We found that Windows’s built-in drawing and cropping tool worked quite well. To use it, hold down the Windows Shift key, then press "s" to launch your options. From left to right are the rectangular freeform window and the full-screen mode. 

For example, to take a rectangular screenshot, you need to left-click the mouse and drag the area so you can paste it anywhere, open the clipboard and see the copied material. Just hold down the Windows key plus "v" to paste any of the items that appear on your clipboard Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to outline the one you want to paste and press Enter on your keyboard.  

(5) Open Emoji panel:

Newer versions of Windows have a built-in emoji panel that is useful if you are commenting while composing an email on a YouTube social networking site, or wherever you want to use it, hold down the Windows key and the Hold down arrow key, then use the tab and arrow keys to navigate through each section by pressing Enter on each emoji you want to use.

(6) Show/Hide Desktop:

Assuming you have multiple windows open and you want to take a quick look at your desktop to find a file folder or a program to save, hold down the Windows key plus "d" to restore those open windows, hold the windows and the "d" key again. 

(7)  Open Microphone:

When you have a microphone plugged into your computer, another cool feature built into the latest versions of Windows is the dictation tool to open, press, and hold the Windows key plus "h", great fun being a dictator to be. 

(8) Access Power Platform Device Manager:

Now you know that tapping the Windows key will open the Start menu to get the quick links often referred to as the hidden start menu. Hold down the Windows key and add an "x". Here you can quickly access the power options of the Power Platform Device Manager and other useful things with the Windows key and any number key open the programs you've pinned to your system tray. Think of the number from left to right from one to nine and zero, for example, Microsoft Store is first from the left, so hold down the Windows K key. e and plus one to open it, the Vivaldi browser is fourth from the left, so it would be the Windows key and four. 

(9) Refresh Webpage or File Explorer:

The next view will be shortcuts that you can use in your web browser by using the f5 function key to update the webpage currently in f5. You can also refresh File Explorer and your desktop to quickly scroll through your browser tabs from left to right, hold down Ctrl, and press Tab to go back from right to left, hold down Ctrl-Shift, and press the Tab key. 

(10) Closing Tab:

You're like me and always close tabs that you didn't want to close. This is especially useful when you're holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys and the "t" brings those tabs back.

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