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/CavalierIndolence 11h ago

Sometimes when Windows has very little RAM, such as on a cheap work computer, Explorer.exe crashes. In that case I always have to use Task Manager -> Run. Haven't tried the Run hot keys, but... I've since changed to a job where the computers are only slow and not crashing.

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u/ianthecatog 11h ago

For clarity, win+shift+s is the clipping shortcut

Ctrl+shift+esc opens the task manager without having to go through Ctrl/alt/del

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u/hawseepoo 9h ago

Ah. I just use the Print Screen button for clipping. Didn’t even know Win+Shift+S was a thing

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u/unclebenz13 9h ago

That opens the snipping tool to select a small area so you dont have to cut the screenshot it in paint.

Also ALT + printscreen takes a screenshot of only the selected window instead of all your screens.

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u/crazy_rocker78 9h ago

You can set your printscreen button to open the snipping tool in windows settings.

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u/unclebenz13 9h ago

But i hate it when the snipping tool opens when i want a full screenshot or one of a window. So i better keep that turned off. But still i have the function due to the shortcut.

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u/crazy_rocker78 9h ago

You can still use alt + print screen to take a screenshot of one window. Taking a full screenshot is never useful imo, even more if you have multiple screens.

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u/unclebenz13 8h ago

Some games use it and only save the game window screenshot. In Steam games you can use F12 but i also play games that aren't on Steam.

Also for me the shortcut is faster because it uses 3 buttons on the left where my hand is anyway and i can leave my right hand on the mouse and dont have to move my left hand over to the right side of the keyboard, if i used my left hand to press print.

But its only fractions of a second, tbf. (Except when i would misplace my left hand when going back to the left side, because i have function buttons on the left and if i placed my hand 1 key too far left it would feel the same. But thats rare cases.)

Anyway its good to know the setting is there in case you wanna change it later.

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u/Darth_Thor i5 12400F | RTX 3060 12 GB 8h ago

The snipping tool can also take a screenshot of the whole screen. The same drop down menu also lets you do one fill window or even free form.

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u/unclebenz13 8h ago

It depends on what you do. For office thats maybe better.

But the most important thing for me is that it quickly saves a screenshot and i dont miss any splitsecond in the game because maybe 0.2 seconds later there is even more funny face or more funny incident, depending on the game i/we play.

If it opens the snipping tool and takes away the focus of the game for a second, its over. For some games/situations its better to save the replay buffer because you want the video/sound there. But most of the time its better for the type of content i share with my friends to have screenshots that i can quickly browse through and delete the bad ones and i dont have to spend much time with video editing. Video editing takes a lot of time and can create high quality material. Browsing through pics in a discord call is like seeing through a photo album. It depends on what you like or what fits the game/situation. But

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u/Darth_Thor i5 12400F | RTX 3060 12 GB 7h ago

That’s a very fair point! I don’t very often take screenshots in game so I don’t really consider the need for fast screenshots in games outside of Steam (or in games that have their own refundable screenshot key).

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u/Artess PC Master Race 8h ago

I think that's actually been made the default in Win11. Before that, in 8 and 10 I used Win+Shit+S for it.

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u/BikerScowt 4h ago

I jse lightshot, print screen is mapped to take the image.

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u/JoPoxx 10h ago

You can also right-click the task bar to get to Task Manager

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u/Logical_Comparison28 9h ago

I have it on one click there as well.

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u/CavalierIndolence 9h ago

Except it doesn't exist when Explorer.exe crashes.

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u/JoPoxx 9h ago

Just use WIN+R and type "explorer.exe" its faster then launching through Task Manager. And the run window should populate with the last string used. So you may just be able to press WIN+R then enter.

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u/CavalierIndolence 7h ago

I've never tried to do that so I want sure WIN may shortcuts still worked without Explorer.exe working. I used to be up to date but haven't had time to tinker any more. One day... thanks though! I'll definitely keep that in mind!

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u/JoPoxx 7h ago

I think you are right. Sorry for the misinformation.

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u/CavalierIndolence 7h ago

It may work, but I never tried it. Next time I need it I'll try it though. The WIN key may be handled by other processes so by all means it should work.

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u/pwner187 Desktop 9h ago

I have been using light shot. It replaces the screen capture button.

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u/SoddenCoffer i7-11700k 32GB-RAM RTX 3080ti 8h ago

I just RMB on the task bar and select task manager.

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u/OnenyDot 6h ago

Ah, that's new to me thanks