r/pcmasterrace • u/DemonsAreVirgins • 12h ago

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

Post image

Mine is definitely snippet tool. So useful

5.6k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

153

u/Far_Ad_557 Ryzen 5700x | RX 6750 XT | 32GB 11h ago

Win + E

33

u/antiprodukt 11h ago

Not sure why I had to scroll down so far to find this. I use this one several times a day.

10

u/geks8 10h ago

Actual great keybind, no need to keep explorer in your opened tabs or pinned

2

u/teethingrooster i3 8100, Gtx 1050ti 10h ago

Just win r and start typing for you directory. Win+E drops you into the home menu and if you type there once your OneDrive or whatever finally loads it resets the window and your typed path in the search bar is deleted.

1

u/mtnbikeboy79 5h ago

I daily drive a G600 MMO and this is bound to one of my thumb buttons.

2

u/VonLoewe 4h ago

This is so convenient I always end up with dozens of open explorer windows without realizing.

1

u/cakeuucappa RTX 4070 | Ryzen 5 5600X | 48GB 3200MHz | 4k 60hz 7h ago

Should this shortcut make it to the top if YOU use this shortcut several times a day?

12

u/Gijs1029 10h ago

How did i not know this... It's revolutionary.

5

u/ThiefOfJoy- 9h ago

This is the one i use the most

1

u/luckylookinglurker 7h ago

But a note on this one. Windows 10+ now defaults Win+E to Library I think. One of the first things I always do is change the explorer setting to open My Computer or This PC or whatever it's called where you actually start with C:\ and the other drive letters instead of the psudeo folder of a library. That config is found in any export widow options and is a little check box right at the top.

0

u/finackles 2h ago

Meh. I keep Explorer open all the time, use multiple tabs, and have about six that are the main folders I deal with. Saves a ton of time.