15 Windows timesavers/shortcuts

[Chiefcrowe]

I just read this and a few were new to me so I thought i'd share...


http://www.pcworld.com/article/2598...ips-and-tricks-designed-to-save-you-time.html

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I also just now somehow discovered the Problem Steps Recorder, which seems like it could be very useful!

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-use-Problem-Steps-Recorder

 

[Dahak]

Here is a quick summary of the article if people are lazy 🙂
There is two that I did not add, which is add desktop or address bar to taskbar
and some search options which did not seem like a "timesaver"

1) Launch Taskbar programs by pressing Winkey+#, where # is the location of the icon right from the start button
2) Launch more instances of the same program by holding shift and click on icon.
3) Copy as Path - hold shift and right click on file
4) Hold Shift and right click for more Sent To options
5) Customize Sent To locations - Start - Run - shell:sendto
6) CTRL+Z Undo/Undelete from recycle bin, CTRL+C Copy ,CRTL+V paste
7) Multiselect with Checkboxes -
Win7 - Folder Options -> View - > Use check boxes to select items
Win8 - View Tab in ribbon -> Item Check Boxes, also in the same location as win7
8) Aero Snap with keyboard - Winkey+ Up or Left or Right arrow, with current active window
9) Right click on Taskbar Icon to pin items to JumpList
10) Increase JumpList items - Right-click taskbar -> Properies -> Jumplist Tab
11) Drag Folder to Favories List In Explorer for comon/fast access to folders
12) Open programs with Shortcut Keys -> right click on program -> Shortcut Tab
13) Old XP Alt-Tabbing - Just hold one Alt button, press and release the other Alt button and then press tab

 

[Dahak]

I also just now somehow discovered the Problem Steps Recorder, which seems like it could be very useful!

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-use-Problem-Steps-Recorder

Problem Step Recorder. - Been there since Win7 and its still there in Win8/8.1
but frankly I have never really used it as most of my support is done trough a remote program.
The only down side to it is, the end user has to be somewhat computer friendly.
Now I am not saying that to be mean/bad but you have to explain to them to go to start -> run - type PSR -> press ok.
Click on start
try to replicate the issue
could add comment at that point with the add comment button
once error has happened / done click on stop recording
click on save.
select where to save it
save it
open email
attach to email

I know some users that some times have difficulty with some of this, through no fault of their own, they are just not computer friendly

 

[code65536]

They missed an important shortcut for tip #2 (page 3): middle-clicking on a taskbar item launches a new instance without having to use the other hand to hold down Shift.

(Middle-clicking, in general, is one of those really useful things--particularly in browsers--that most people sadly don't know about.)

 

[Morbus]

Indeed code65536.

And while we're at it, middle clicking a link on the web will open it on a new window.

I pity the souls who go through the web without knowing this.

Also, CTRL+F will let you search for words. I've encountered people who didn't know about this, and I pity them even more.

 

[ninaholic37]

Last time I had a mouse with a middle-click was in the early 90s. Then it was all trackball, trackpoint, trackpad. Can you middle-click on a touch screen?

 

[code65536]

Last time I had a mouse with a middle-click was in the early 90s. Then it was all trackball, trackpoint, trackpad. Can you middle-click on a touch screen?

Virtually all modern mice have a middle-click: Click the scroll wheel.

For touchpads, many Alps touchpads are configured by default to treat left+right at the same time as a middle click (at least, that's the default setting for the Linux driver and the Windows Dell driver; not sure about others). Synaptics touchpads don't support middle click by default, but most can be configured to do so. (I configure a touch zone where taps in a particular corner are interpreted as middle clicks.) There are some touchpads that don't have a way to do a middle click. Those are all heresies that I hate with a fiery passion. 😛

And... touchscreens are crap. 😛 You don't even have a good way to do a right-click (you can long-press and in many contexts, that's treated as right... what a pain! but, seriously, if you're using a touchscreen, you've got way bigger power-user usability challenges than the lack of a middle click).

 

[Lorne]

Also for browsers there is ctrl+Lclick to open in new tab (Which I abuse a lot) and shift+Lclick to open in new browser.
ctrl+wheel = zoom in and out

just thought I throw that in there for those that don't know,, Not that you pros don't of course.

 

[Morbus]

Last time I had a mouse with a middle-click was in the early 90s. Then it was all trackball, trackpoint, trackpad. Can you middle-click on a touch screen?

Dude, doesn't your mouse have a scrollwheel?! õ_Ô That's your middle click right there.

Also, no, you can't middle-click on a touch screen, that's one of the many reasons touch screens are lame.