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WINDOWS 11 KEY - ITS MOST USEFUL AND INTERESTING FUNCTIONS

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The Windows key, in this case we are talking about the current 11, has a lot of interesting functions that the vast majority of people don’t know about. Let’s see a summary of them

A KEY THAT MARKED A BEFORE AND AFTER

The Windows key has been and is very important. Let’s say that it has been a tool but also a marketing ploy, for inexperienced people, to help people less familiar with computers and new technologies to find their way around the Windows system, to know where they had to go to find the things that were right for them. to use on your PC and in the operating system. That key was implemented more than 25 years ago, in Microsoft’s Windows 95. Macintosh computers have a similar system of combinations and shortcuts.

SHORTCUTS TO UTILITIES

You can use the Windows 11 key to quickly go to modules, sections, sections of the operating system itself, or specific applications. Examples:
  • Windows key + W: Opens the widget panel
  • Windows key + A: Opens the quick settings panel
  • Windows key + N: Open the notifications and calendar panel
  • Windows Key + C: Opens Microsoft Teams chat
  • Windows key + I: Open Control Panel
  • Windows Key + E: Open File Explorer
  • Windows key + S: Open the search engine from the start menu
  • Windows key + R: Open the run window

WINDOW MANAGEMENT SHORTCUTS

The key also has combinations to organize the windows on your desktop.

  • Windows key + left arrow: Move the active window to the left half of the screen
  • Windows Key + Right Arrow: Same as above but to the right
  • Windows Key + Up Arrow: Same but half up
  • Windows key + down arrow: The same but to the one below

OTHER USEFUL SHORTCUTS AND COMBINATIONS WITH THE WINDOWS KEY

Some other combinations or shortcuts that may be useful are the following:

  • Windows key + L: Lock the current session
  • Windows key + V: Open the clipboard
  • Windows key + Alt + G: Screen recording
  • Windows key + Alt + R: End screen recording
  • Windows key + Ctrl + D: Creates a virtual desktop
  • Windows key + T: Switch to another window from the taskbar
We encourage you to try to memorize some of these combinations, you will save time and you will move better within Windows!
Windows 11 Key - The best functions
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