Windows: Windows Logo Key Shortcuts

Speech to Text, Dictation, Voice Typing

🪟 Windows+h

start online speech recognition

🪟 Windows+Ctrl+Shift

start local speech recognition (very bad. old.)

window show hide, maximize, etc

🪟 Windows+Tab

Show all windows.

🪟 Windows+d

Show desktop by minimize all windows.

🪟 Windows+m

Minimize all windows.

🪟 Windows+Shift+m

restores Minimize all windows, if pressed right away after 🪟 Windows+m

🪟 Windows+Home

Hide all other windows. Press again to show.

🪟 Windows+↑

Maximize window.

🪟 Windows+↓

Restore window size.

🪟 Windows+Shift+↑

Maximize window vertically.

🪟 Windows+Shift+↓

Restore vertical size or hide window.

🪟 Windows+←

Align window to the left side, max it vertically.

🪟 Windows+→

Align window to the right side, max it vertically.

🪟 Windows+Shift+←

Move window to the previous monitor.

🪟 Windows+Shift+→

Move window to the next monitor.

screenshot

🪟 Windows+Shift+s

Start screenshot.

🪟 Windows+PrintScreen

Screenshot whole screen to file, at ~/Pictures/Screenshots/ folder.

🪟 Windows+Alt+PrintScreen

Screenshot current window to file, at ~/Videos/Captures/ folder.

launch app etc

🪟 Windows

Start menu.

🪟 Windows+r

Run program by name.

🪟 Windows+e

open file explorer.

🪟 Windows+1 to 9 and 0

Launch/Switch taskbar app 1, 2 etc. 0 is 10th.

🪟 Windows+Shift+1 to 9 and 0

Start a new taskbar app 1, 2, etc. 0 is 10th.

🪟 Windows+Alt+1 to 9 and 0

list options for taskbar app 1, 2, etc. 0 is 10th.

screen zoom

🪟 Windows+=

screen zoom-in.

🪟 Windows+-

screen zoom-out.

🪟 Windows+Esc

Exit screen zoom.

quick link, restart shutdown, system

🪟 Windows+x

Opens Quick Link menu.

🪟 Windows+x f

Apps and features

🪟 Windows+x o

Power options

🪟 Windows+x v

Event viewer

🪟 Windows+x y

System

🪟 Windows+x m

Device manager

🪟 Windows+x w

Network connections

🪟 Windows+x k

Disk management

🪟 Windows+x g

Computer management

🪟 Windows+x i

Windows PowerShell

🪟 Windows+x a

Windows PowerShell (Admin)

🪟 Windows+x t

Task manager

🪟 Windows+x n

Settings

🪟 Windows+x e

File explorer

🪟 Windows+x s

Search

🪟 Windows+x r

Run

🪟 Windows+x u i

Sign out

🪟 Windows+x u s

Sleep

🪟 Windows+x u u

Shutdown

🪟 Windows+x u r

Restart

🪟 Windows+x d

Desktop

editing, emoji, paste

🪟 Windows+v

Paste from clipboard history. Must turn on clipboard history in [settings, system, clickboard].

🪟 Windows+.

Open emoji panel.

settigs

🪟 Windows+k

Open the Connect quick action.

🪟 Windows+Space

Switch language or keyboard layout.

🪟 Windows+i

Open settings.

🪟 Windows+u

Open display settings.