Handy Windows 8 shortcuts

[Chrisroman]

A few useful shortcuts, that I find myself using a lot.

Alt-F4 - At the desktop, pressing this will give you the Shutdown/Restart/Logoff dialog. Can also use to close metro app that has focus.

Win-Q - Fast app search

Win-Tab - Show/Select open metro apps. Equivalent to Alt-Tab for desktop

Win-PrtScr - takes a snapshot of your screen and automatically saves file under Libraries\Pictures\Screenshots



Also thought this was a cool feature. Especially for kids and grandparents

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zxue/archive/2012/03/07/win8-howto-8-set-up-a-picture-password.aspx

 

[Woe]

Win-D - Switch to Desktop (Same as Win7)

 

[Tawnos]

We already have a much more comprehensive thread for this: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1696938

 

[GushpinBob]

Win-X is my favorite.