Posts under Hotkeys tag.

How to disable Windows key or WinKey in Windows 10/8/7

Pressing the Windows keys opens the start menu. Using combination’s of WinKey with other keys on your keyboard lets you perform many actions and commands that you perform with the mouse. These are the WinKey or Windows Key shortcuts, and […]

What do Keyboard F1 to F12 Function Keys do

Every keyboard has a set of Function Keys F1-F12 on the top row, however, the old computer sets used to have these keys gathered on the left side of the keyboard. While every function key caters special function, these can […]

Enable, Disable Win+L Shortcut Key on Windows 10/8/7

If you find the Win+L shortcut or the WinKey+L or Windows Key + L hotkey, getting in your way, you may want to consider turning off or disabling this combination key. To do this, you will have to edit the […]

New keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8.1

Every time a new version of the Windows operating system or an Upgrade is released, you get to see some new keyboard shortcuts. Many of you, may have already read our post on Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts, today let us have […]

Launch Pinned taskbar programs faster in Windows 8 / 7 using Hotkeys

Similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7, Windows 8 too lets you quickly launch the pinned taskbar programs quickly using Hotkeys. Windows   by default, assigns shortcut key combinations to the first 10 items you place in the Taskbar or the […]

Media Player Hotkey: Assign common hotkeys to all Media Players on your Windows PC

How many Media Players have you installed on your Windows PC? I bet more than one. The most popular of them are Windows Media Player, VLC, Classic Media Player, Winamp and others. Everyone knows that different media players have different […]

Assign hotkeys for Windows shutdown, restart, log off, hibernate, stand by

ShutDown After is simple program by use of which you can set timer or assign hotkeys for windows shutdown, restart, log off, hibernate, stand by. You can also set your Windows PC to shutdown after completing a task. This can […]

Display global hotkeys list in Windows 7 / 8

If you want to dislpay all active Windows hotkeys list, then these two freeware ActiveHotkeys & HotKeysList will display the global hotkeys in Windows. A global hotkey is associated with a particular nonchild window, and allows you to activate the window […]