A cool guide for Windows users
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The original was posted on /r/coolguides by /u/heytheresquare86 on 2024-05-03 00:16:08.
How could you forget the most important one: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Win + L to open LinkedIn
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.
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 🤷♂️
I'm forced to use Outlook, so those and O opening it in the desktop app is handy.
The fact that this is a photo of a printed sheet for hotkeys is very on-brand for most Windows users.
Don’t forget that Alt+F4 takes a screenshot when you’re playing your favorite multi-player video game.
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
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.
Ctrl + F5 is actually refresh without using cached items, helpful if the page gets wonky sometimes. Just F5 is refresh.
Ctrl + H = Find & replace
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.
There's a couple of these I didn't know and I will find very useful!
Ooooo, I didn't know that the Snip tool had one - thanks!
Look into Greenshot and you will quickly forget about any built in screenshotting and snipping capabilities of windows.
ShareX and never look back.
Yeah I didn't know this one either. Every time I see one of these cheatsheets, I learn something new
Ctrl+win+ left or right arrow changes desktops quickly.
You can buy stickers of this that you can put on your laptop. I've seen it on AliExpress, it's like two bucks.