Tips for working quickly on Windows 10
Tips for working quickly on Windows 10
Though not money, time counts. You might be doing something you enjoy instead of slogging through context menus or clunky Windows. Technology dominates our life, so squandered seconds add up quickly.
Time to recoup lost seconds, minutes, and hours. These basic Windows 10 tips and techniques aren’t spectacular or innovative, but when combined, they may simplify your routine.
Modify startup programs
Start where it all begins: computer boot. Almost every software you install activates your PC. Some apps, like keyboard management or antivirus, merit that honor. Others don’t. Look out, game launchers. Every software that launches when Windows starts slows your machine, particularly if you haven’t updated to an SSD.
Fortunately, Windows application start control is simple. To launch the Windows 10 Task Manager, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc or type “Task Manager” and pick the Startup tab at the top. There, you’ll see all the programs competing for your attention, with Low to High effect ratings. Click any listing and choose Disable to disable. Starting immediately, you must actively launch the software to activate it.
Customize task bar
Let’s improve organization. Programs pinned to your Windows 10 taskbar launch quicker than those on the Start menu or desktop. You should fill yours with your most-used apps and files.
Right-click an application and choose Pin to taskbar in the context menu. After launching an application, you may also change its taskbar icon. Save commonly visited URLs as a shortcut in your browser’s settings menu, then right-click the shortcut on your desktop and choose Pin to taskbar.
Unfortunately, folders can only be pinned to Start. You can pin individual files to your taskbar, but the method is significantly different. This leads to our following tip.
Accept jump lists.
Jump lists are fantastic after you’ve pinned your most-used apps to the taskbar. Most application icons in your taskbar display a pop-up list of your most recent open files or shortcuts to popular actions when you right-click them. It helps you resume a project without having to go through Windows File Explorer folders.
If you often use a file or shortcut, you may pin it to the top of the jump list by hovering over its item and clicking the right-hand pin icon. A new “Pinned items” area at the top of the jump list will display any files you pin. Simply click the pin symbol again to delete an entry.
Keyboard shortcuts launch taskbar shortcuts
But we want speed. Unless you’re using a jump list to rapidly return to a file, not clicking on taskbar icons will speed them up. Power users love keyboard shortcuts, and you can start a taskbar application without touching your mouse.
Keyboard shortcuts!
Ctrl+C: These Crtl techniques work with most software: Copy, Cut, Paste, Undo.
Alt+Tab: Move via open programs
Win+Tab: View all open programs per monitor using Windows Timeline.
The Windows key Launch search.
Windows+E: Launch File Explorer.
Windows+ Print Screen: Saves a screenshot to Pictures.
Windows+I: Open Windows Settings
Control+Shift+Esc: Use F5 to open Task Manager. Refresh the active window
