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Windows 7 Secrets 11 May 2009 at 3:56 pm by CJ

Windows 7 Secrets

Since I am in Windows 7 for 2 full weeks now and knowing how frustrating this OS can be in the first days of usage, I decided to post some “secrets” keyboard shortcuts, enhancements, settings etc…

Here we go, 30 Tips, Tricks and Secrets for Windows 7:

1. Windows Management. By now, you’ve probably seen that Windows 7 does a lot to make window management easier: you can “dock” a window to the left or right half of the screen by simply dragging it to the edge; similarly, you can drag the window to the top of the screen to maximize it, and double-click the window top / bottom border to maximize it vertically with the same horizontal width. What you might not know is that all these actions are also available with keyboard shortcuts:

  • Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock;
  • Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximizes and restores / minimizes;
  • Win+Shift+Up Arrow and Win+Shift+Down Arrow maximizes and restores the vertical size.

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