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Here are some lesser-known tricks!
1. Double Clicking on the left-top of any window closes it.
2. If you ever wanted to restart the Windows Explorer, Click on Start, press and
hold Ctrl+Shift Keys, right click on a blank space; You'll find Exit Explorer
option! (Warning, you need to open task manager and "Start a New Task (
explorer) " to get it back)
EDIT : On Windows 8 in Desktop mode, Hold Ctrl-Shift and right-click
anywhere on the task bar. (via Leonid S. Knyshov)
3. Winkey + PrnScrn to take a screenshot of the screen. It saves the
screenshots under Libraries\Pictures\Screenshots Folder. (On Windows 8)
4. You can change the location of your "My Documents" Folder, more here !
5. Ever wondered how to get the Start Menu, without using the Win Key? Try
Ctrl+Esc !
6. To Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar,
press Winkey + 1 ... Winkey + 9
7. Create a new folder, save it as
some_name.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
This is a hack that creates an access to all the settings in windows. It's very
handy. Here's a screenshot.
8. To review your computer's Reliability and Problem history, there is something
called Reliability Monitor, Simply type reliability in the Start Search box and
click on view reliability history. Try it! Most of the users do not know this!
9. The Problem Steps Recorder : Search for and run "psr" from the Start menu.
Click Start Record, and the utility will record your activities through a series of
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