This is an Easter Egg in windows, that brings up a menu with pretty much any common task or setting you’ll need to change on your system. Simply create a new folder, and name it GodMode. {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. Double click on it to open the menu.
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Since there is no native full screen option for Edge (F11 does not work) you can use the following key combination to go full screen Win + Shift + Enter. This will make the browser full screen. Doing the same will return to standard screen.
Many programs have tray icons that will change when they need your attention. By default windows hides most of these to free up the taskbar. You can change this by right clicking the taskbar > Properties > Customize (under notification area). There is an option to always show all the icons, or you can change them individually. Now you’ll never miss those antivirus alerts!
Windows 10 comes with live tiles in the start menu. If you’re used to windows 7, or prefer a simpler start menu, you can turn these off easily. Just right click on each tile and click “Turn live tile off”, or “Unpin from Start”. You can then resize the start menu once you have removed enough of them.
To access the Task Manager (where hanging programs can be terminated) directly, use CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. This can be crucial when the computer is struggling to even bring up the ALT-CTRL-DEL menu through which Task Manager is normally accessed.
Holding the SHIFT key while right-clicking brings up the advanced menu, with options such as “Run as User” (a specific user, as opposed to “Run as Administrator”) and “Open command menu here”.
If you have a piece of software you frequently use, but don’t want to take your hands off the keyboard and search for it with the mouse, you can assign a custom shortcut key combination to launch it. Just open the properties of the program, and pick a combination. For example; CTRL + ALT + W could launch Word.
Ever go to post a picture on Facebook and have to dig around your hard drive looking for the file? Well a simple solution to that is to right click on the file while holding the shift key, and click “copy as path”. Then you can paste that into the browse window, it will show you the right folder you need to be in, as well as the file name.
Mac and Linux have had this for years, but now windows has caught up. You can press windows key + Tab and then press the “+ New Desktop” button. You can then click on the desktop to access it. Use windows key + tab again to switch back.
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