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• ⊞ Win + C —brings up the Charm Bar (in Windows 8 and 8.1). In Windows 10 it opens Cortana
• ⊞ Win + D — shows the desktop and minimizes all windows
• ⊞ Win + ⇧ Shift + M — restores windows that have been minimized
• ⊞ Win + O — locks device orientation (and disables gyroscope function on tablets);
• ⊞ Win + P — switches operating modes to an outside monitor or projector
• ⊞ Win + Pause — opens My Computer
• ⊞ Win + F1 — opens Windows Help
• ⊞ Win + 1 ... 0 — runs or switches to the program pinned to the Taskbar with a specific sequence number
• ⊞ Win + ⇧ Shift + ↑ or ↓ — stretches the active window from the top to the bottom of the screen and restores the window size
• ⊞ Win + Home — minimizes or restores all non-closed windows, except active ones (only Windows 7), goes to the top of the web page
• ⊞ Win + Space — looks at the desktop (only Windows 7). Changes the layout (only Windows 8 and 10)
• ⊞ Win + + — activates the Magnifier Utility or zooms the image by 100%
• ⊞ Win + — — if the Magnifier Utility is active, the image is reduced by 100%
• ⊞ Win + Esc — disables the Magnifier Utility
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