More Easy Windows Tips You Might Not Know

More Easy Windows Tips You Might Not Know

These tips are for Windows 10 and Windows 11

1. Minimize, Restore, and More…

Windows 10>>>

Want to minimize all other open program windows except the one you’re working in? It’s easy. Grab the title bar of the window that you want to stay open and move it back and forth quickly (shake it up). After you shake it a  couple of times the window you shook will remain open and all other program windows will be minimized. Shake it a couple of times again, and all the minimized windows are back.

Windows 11>>>

To maximize the window you’re working in grab the title bar and move it quickly up to the top of the screen. To restore its previous size, grab the title bar and move it down.  Yes, you can just use the rectangle icon between the – and the + icons, but this is a different way and more fun — well sometimes!

2. Use the Windows Key + the PrntScr Key to Take & Save a Quick Screenshot (Windows 10 & Windows 11)

Want to take a quick screenshot of your computer’s screen? No problemo! Hold down the Windows Key and click the PrntScr (Print Screen) key. Now look in your Pictures folder. You’ll find a folder inside Pictures called Screenshots. You’ll find your screenshot there. Take as many screenshots as you want this way, Windows will save them all in C:\Users\Your User Name\Pictures\Screenshots  as screenshot(1).png, screenshot(2).png, screenshot(3).png, and so on. And, yes, of course, you can rename them.

Above: The folder in Pictures that Windows creates automatically to store all the screenshots you create this way. Yep, it’s creatively called “Screenshots”.

Above: A full-screen screenshot we created using the Windows key + PrntScr key (Windows 10).

Below: A full-screen screenshot we created using the Windows key + PrntScr Key (Windows 11).

3. Open the Properties Dialog of Any File or Folder Using the ALT Key (Windows 10 and Windows 11)

Did you know that you can open the “Properties” dialog of any file or folder in File Explorer by holding down the ALT key and clicking on it? You can and it’s a super fast way to do it.

Try it. Open File Explorer (Windows Key + E). Now hold down the ALT key and click on any file or folder. Voila! The file or folder’s “Properties” dialog will open immediately.

Above, Windows 10… Below, Windows 11:

Sometimes the best Windows tips and tricks are the easiest ones.