Windows Users: The most useful shortcut you never knew about…

October 15th, 2007 by Jonathan Johnson

I finally had it yesterday, I just knew there had to be a way to do it. I had previously asked two other Windows gurus, and they didn’t have the answer. I searched high and low, and couldn’t find the answer.

But yesterday, I finally found it. Press the Windows key and E together. Go ahead, try it, I’ll wait.

And there you have it. There is a way to open a new Explorer window without touching your mouse.


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2 Responses to “Windows Users: The most useful shortcut you never knew about…”

  1. CarlosM Says:

    If you asked that on NUG I would let you know ;-)

    Other useful WinKey shortcuts I use:
    To toggle between desktop and current window: WinKey + D
    To minimize all windows: WinKey + M
    To navigate on the taskbar buttons: WinKey + TAB (after selecting press space to get the window)
    To get the Search (files and folders) window: WinKey + F
    To get the Run window: WinKey + R

  2. David Hurst Says:

    The Windows key shortcuts have been around since Windows 95, so these work on any version of Windows since then.

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