Windows 8 Tips Part 3 – Reduce your clicks

Windows 8 has definitely changed the way I interact with the OS. I find myself using more keyboard shortcuts than in the past. There are the usual suspects such as WinKey+D to take you to your desktop, WinKey+L to lock your PC, Alt+Tab to switch between open apps and WinKey+, to make all windows transparent so you can see your desktop. There are a ton of other keyboard shortcuts you can use to get around Windows 8 more easily.

The next nugget I stumbled across quite by accident, and I have since then seen a few blog posts about this quick menu. How can you access Programs and Features, System, Control Panel, Task Manager and many other often used locations in a snap? Move your mouse into the bottom left corner of your screen (you know, where your start menu used to be). You will see the following pop up:

Windows 8 Start Icon

 

 

 

 

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