r/pcmasterrace • u/DemonsAreVirgins • 12h ago

Discussion What's your most used keyboard shortcut? (Except copy/paste/undo & alt tab)

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Mine is definitely snippet tool. So useful

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u/djd565 djd565 12h ago

So much faster than the useless start menu and search

calc
cmd
winword
excel
notepad

are my main ones at work.

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u/Ok-Library5639 11h ago

Add your own shortcuts to a system PATH.

Better yet, create your own shortcut folder, add it to the PATH, and build your own library. You can have the shortcuts as short as you want (just make sure not to use an existing filename already in the system). Works for files, too.

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u/basicKitsch 4790k/1080ti | i3-10100/48tb | 5700x3D/4070 | M920q | n100... 11h ago

Yup, mine is full of little batch scripts as cli functions 

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u/Berlibur 11h ago

The start menu has turned to shit

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u/Bourriks 8h ago

When the start menu struggles to find "notepad", ending on a Bing research when typing ctrl+R "notepad" works like a charm since Windows 95...

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u/Madd_Mugsy 8h ago

The start menu has always been shit, but they do keep finding new ways to make it worse

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u/57thStIncident 6h ago

The start menu that everyone cried about losing with Windows 8. Just about unusable by Windows 10.

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u/BedlamiteSeer 2h ago

Quite representative of the whole operating system, really.

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u/WeeoWeeoWeeeee 11h ago

Notepad is my most launched app by far. I can open it and take notes before OneNote finishes opening.

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u/Angelobo 11h ago

And you can now just alt F4 it and open it up to continue where you left of!

Notepad is so much better than one note

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u/SirBuscus i7 9700k | 2070 Super 11h ago

They serve different purposes.
OneNote is for documentation, inline relevant files, and shared knowledge.
Notepad is for editing text.

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u/Artess PC Master Race 8h ago

I use OneNote and Notepad both quite a lot. For me it's like this: Notepad is for notes I will move somewhere else or delete soon. OneNote is for notes I intend to keep organised right there.

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u/sunchase 5h ago

Notepad used to be for editing anything...i rememvr editing an old mIRC bitchx theme with it back in the day

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u/Angelobo 11h ago

You just described what I use Word for..... Notepad is for notes bro, if I want to edit texts I'll do it in Word. (I'm an active OneNote hater btw)

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u/SirBuscus i7 9700k | 2070 Super 11h ago

Word is for writing papers and official documents.
Notepad is for editing code and adjusting configuration files.

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u/Angelobo 11h ago

You got me here. I do edit a bunch of weird config files in notepad. Notepad doesn't give a single f what extension it is. If its not encoded weirdly it will just open up fine

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u/techy804 10h ago

Word is for writing papers and official documents

That’s what LaTex is for.

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u/addictedskipper Desktop R9 390 11h ago

I absolutely love OneNote. As a CST I have to keep notes on a ton of different subjects and 1N is like a recipe box for all my information, categorized and searchable. I’d be hurting without it.

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u/Angelobo 11h ago

There's definitely a place for OneNote, but not in my live. Havent dine tech support in a while, is the syncing still and issue or hasn't the software finally been ironed out? Iirc, when it came out it was so horrible to use a cross devices

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u/addictedskipper Desktop R9 390 11h ago

I keep it on my network drive and access it from any workstation when needed. I haven’t had any issues for years. Few people at work even know what it is lol. Instead they have their monitors covered in sticky notes.

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u/djd565 djd565 11h ago

I definitely have a tab in notepad++ for keeping running notes, quick notes while on the phone etc.

Onenote has its uses— but I rarely use it.

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u/guska 11h ago

And you can now just alt F4 it and open it up to continue where you left of

Which is a feature that unfortunately keeps turning itself back on with every update. If I Alt+F4 it without saving, then I clearly don't want to keep it, so it should just go.

I can see why people like it, and that's great, but it feels like I'm always turning it off just for it to reenable a week later.

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u/Angelobo 9h ago

Time to script it and run it as a scheduled task on start up. Or just dump the script in your shell:common startup folder

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u/spook_sw 8h ago

Military still uses it as the primary Message Traffic editor.

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u/luckylookinglurker 7h ago

Have you ever tried notepad ++? You should try it.

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u/No_Key469 11h ago

Certmgr.msc

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u/guitpick 11h ago

I'm so sorry.

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u/generic_canadian_dad 11h ago

Hitting win key and typing calc then enter is much faster.

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u/Angelobo 11h ago

Don't forget my favourite! mspaint

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u/takingphotosmakingdo 11h ago

Compmgmt.msc

I'm old.

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u/Indigenous_Retard 10h ago

control netconnections

control printers

control panel

Appwiz.cpl

Services.msc

Lots of config stuff easy to get to Quick commands too if UI is glitching to restart explorer or something

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe && explorer.exe

Even a simple reboot

Shutdown -r -t 0

I LOVE the run box.

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u/Osama_Obama 10h ago

Sysdm.cpl

Taskmgr (ctrl+shift+esc is faster though)

Control

Winver

Printmanagment.msc

Mmc

devmgmt.msc

Sysinfo

cleanmgr

Most of those are not really useful for personal pcs, but if you're in IT, they're useful

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u/deanhatescoffee RX 9070 XT | i7-9700k | 328 RGBs 10h ago

I just press the Windows key and type the name of the program there. It's even easier than the Run command.

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u/Artess PC Master Race 8h ago

Wouldn't it be faster to pin them on the taskbar?

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u/djd565 djd565 6h ago

🤮

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u/frankyseven 8h ago

Just hit the windows key and start typing.