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IT Tip: Windows Logo Key
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What can you do with Windows logo key at the lower left of your keyboard?

Quite a lot. Here are some examples. Perhaps you’ll find a few favorites:

 

 

 Key combination

 

 

Action

Windows logo key

Open or close the Start menu

Windows logo key + D

Display the desktop

Windows logo key + M

Minimize all windows

Windows logo key + Shift + M

Restore minimized windows to the desktop

Windows logo key + L

Lock your computer or switch users

Windows logo key + T

Cycle through programs on the Taskbar

Windows logo key + Tab

Cycle through programs on the Taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D

Windows logo key + Up Arrow

Maximize the window

Windows logo key + Down Arrow

Minimize the window

Windows logo key + Home

Minimize all but the active window

Windows logo key + Shift + Left Arrow or Right Arrow

Move a window from one monitor to another

 

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