There’s a useful windows shortcut key that I’d almost forgotten existed. I was speaking to a friend who uses a Mac and he proudly showed how by pressing one key (or combination) he could hide all of the open programs and display the OS X desktop. There’s an equivalent key in Windows XP too, it’s a combination of the “Windows Key” + D. Couldn’t remember it at the time as it’s been so long since I’ve used it.
There are hundreds of shortcut keys, I bet someone out there has an email service sending ‘shortcut key of the day’ too. If I find it, I think I’ll have to subscribe.
OK, pop quiz: Name the shortcut Keys for the following commands (answers in the Extended Entry):
Show Windows Desktop : (c’mon, I’ve just told you that one).
Copy :
Paste :
Switch to another application :
And the answers are:
Show Windows Desktop : “Windows Key” + D
Copy : Ctrl + C
Paste : Ctrl + V
Switch to another application : Alt + Tab
..and i didn’t even start on the application specific shortcut keys…
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10 responses to “Useful Windows Shortcut Key (show desktop)”
Good site mate
Have you been to Turkey for holiday?
or Australia ?
cheeers
Sam Duru
I’ve never been to turkey, but I have been to Australia and I wrote about it here: http://www.steveroot.co.uk/archives/2006/01/the_holiday_pho.html
Hi Steve,
I know this is an old entry – but just the right one for me! A week ago I deleted the “Show desktop” entry in my toolbar and was now search the web for info how to get it back. happily I found your site, your shortcut is much better than another icon in my toolbar. Thanks a million.
Have a nice day, mine started great because of you sharing the obvious.
Regards,
Ursula
Thank you for your windows key + D command
this was very helpful!
Not a big fan of the mouse – slows me down.
T.
My favorite Windows shortcut is forever Shift + F10, which brings up the contextual (right-click) menu wherever mouse focus currently is.
That’s a great one – I never knew about shift + F10,
Thanks for sharing
This is so helpful! Since Vista and 8.0 I haven’t been able to do this. Thanks for the top tip
Windows + Tab is my favorite, You might need newest version of windows (at least 7)
Genial el shortcut para el escritorio
Good sharing.
Thanks!