Windows tricks you might not know

[yzahn]

I have a tip for those who run VMs (or remote desktops).
I like running my VMs fullscreen, I put them on a seperate desktop (Win 10 only) and then switch to and from the new machine with a 4 finger dragging gesture.

[TroubleMaker]

I use mouse gestures for virtual desktops!

[Master]

Win + Tab

Give it a try you will be amazed by the options,

• swap active windows like Alt + Tab
• search for your recent activities
• and the best thing is creating new desktops (for those multitaskers)

[TechWiz]

Just saw last week Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V is finally working in CMD, I guess it took Microsoft SO long to figure out how difficult it was without.

[Knaper Yaden]

@TechWiz said in Windows tricks you might not know:

Just saw last week Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V is finally working in CMD, I guess it took Microsoft SO long to figure out how difficult it was without.

I guess it took you SO long to upgrade to Windows 10 … It’s been in Windows 10 since the beginning (that’s like 5 years.)

In their new Windows Terminal (which is still in Preview, supports all type of terminals including CMD and Powershell) they just added a (Control+F like) Find (by pressing Control+Shift+F.)

[Btech]

@TechWiz Yess!!! “God me” found me very helpful Thank you!

[CK Design]

some might not know it but windows 10 has a built in screen recorder with no external software required
just press win + ALT + R

[CtrlAltDel]

You can also open a link in a new tab by pressing Ctrl and then clicking on the link, can be usefull for a laptop where you don’t have the mouse wheel to use.

[Knaper Yaden]

And Shift+Click to open in a new window.

Also useful is Alt+Enter in the browser address bar to open the modified URL in a new tab (i.e. go to the address bar of this page, delete the URL following https://shutfim.com/ and then press Alt+Enter to open your edited URL in a new tab while leaving this tab as is.)

[Chocolate]

@Knaper-Yaden said in Windows tricks you might not know:

Also useful is Alt+Enter in the browser address bar to open the modified URL in a new tab (i.e. go to the address bar of this page, delete the URL following https://shutfim.com/ and then press Alt+Enter to open your edited URL in a new tab while leaving this tab as is.)

Nice,
Open a new thread with browser tips I think there is a lot too discover.

[Knaper Yaden]

@Yitz said in Windows tricks you might not know:

Window key + .
Will open the emoji selector

BTW useful to know, in the Emoji Selector you can type a word (or start typing) to find the relevant emoji.

(Also, I find it easier to press Enter twice and then backspace instead of pressing Enter and Esc to close the Emoji panel.)

[Chocolate]

I cannot believe that I went years without knowing about this one.

When you are working inside Command Prompt, if you type the first letter of a file or folder that exists in the directory where you are working and then press the Tab key, it will auto-populate the rest of the filename.