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by Terminatorex on October 5th, 2008

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What does the windows emblem key do on the left side of the keyboard do(between Ctrl and Alt) and on the right side there is a key between the windows emblem key and Ctrl key, what does it do?

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  • by hetalivo on October 5th, 2008

    hetalivo

    The key on the right serves as a replacement for a right mouse button; pressing it is the same as right-clicking.

    The windows key performs Windows-specific actions. Examples include:

    Windows key = open start menu
    Windows key + L = Log out
    Windows key + E = Open Explorer
    Windows key + D = Minimize all windows

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  • by cscampbell on October 5th, 2008

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    The windows emblem is a combo of Ctrl-Esc without having to press two buttons on the keyboard. It's known as the start key and was created for windows 95 as a quick button to almost the start menu. It has served that function ever since all the way to Windows Vista.

    The other key opens drop down menus like pushing the right mouse button on any windows based PC mouse.

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  • by Cyanotic Wasp on October 6th, 2008

    Cyanotic Wasp

    Along with the advice received from others (I myself didn't even know that Windows-D would minimize open windows; Windows-M does the same thing, and Windows-Shift-M resizes them).

    In addition to the others mentioned:
    Windows-R = "Run"
    Windows-F = "Find" or "Search" (for files in Explorer)

    If you can still find it on the 'Net somewhere, there's a program called WinKey that allows you to set up hotkey combinations of all kinds to open document files, directories and executables of all kinds.

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  • by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on October 5th, 2008

    JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate

    Thanks for asking this question! I also never knew what that key did. Now I do.

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  • by Borderlinux on October 6th, 2008

    Borderlinux

    It fulfilled one more act of Bill copying Apple.

    Oh yeah...bunch of hotkey combos as mentioned use it and then some...just like the "right click" menu key on the right of the keyboard.

    I use it in my autohotkey scripts since typically windows applications don't use any win-* combination besides those that windoze grabs.

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  • by SomeOne1199 on August 10th, 2009

    SomeOne1199

    If your on vista, theres another function
    Try the Windows Key + Tab

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  • by Mentalmum is back on October 6th, 2008

    Mentalmum is back

    mine opens my start menu.

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