Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are the Windows key shortcuts for Windows 7.

Windows Key:   Opens and closes the start menu (use this for instant search)

Windows Key + Ctrl + Tab:   Aero Flip 3D

Windows Key + Down Arrow:   Minimises or restores the active window

Windows Key + Up Arrow:   Maximises the active window

Windows Key + Left Arrow:   Snaps the window to the left side of the screen

Windows Key + Right Arrow:   Snaps the window to the right side of the screen

Windows Key + Home:   Minimises all windows except the active one

Windows Key + (-/+):   Zooms out and in using magnifier

Windows Key + Spacebar:   Activates Aero Peek at the desktop

Windows Key + D:   Show the desktop

Windows Key + E:   Opens computer

Windows Key + F:   Opens a search window

Windows Key + G:   Brings gadgets to the top

Windows Key + L:   Locks the computer

Windows Key + M:   Minimises all open windows

Windows Key + Shift + M:   Restores all open windows

Windows Key + P:   Opens presentation settings. Great for laptops. Setup outputting to a projector or external monitor

Windows Key + R:   Opens the Run Dialogue box.

Windows Key + T:   Scrolls through the items on your taskbar

Windows Key + U:   Opens Ease of Access Center

Windows Key + X:   Opens Windows Mobility Center (Only works on laptops/Netbooks)

Start Firefox in Private Browsing Mode

Firefox Private Mode is an instance of Firefox that  does not save Cookies, Passwords, Browsing History, URLs typed into the search field or Temporary Internet files much like Internet Explorers inPrivate Browsing discussed previously. More info non Private Browsing at Mozilla’s Website here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private+Browsing

There are a few ways you can instantiate this mode:

1. From within Firefox: Click on the Tools Menu and select Start Private Browsing (or use the Keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift +P).

2. To Start Firefox in Private browsing mode all the time we need Click on Tools -> Options, Then click on Private, Select Use custom settings for history and Tick the Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session as shown below. I personally don’t like this method unless this is needed for shared computer you always want to be in private mode.

3. Start Firefox private browsing from a shortcut: Firefox does not let you have add a “private” flag to a Firefox shortcut by default like Internet Explorer does. To enable this functionality you will need to install the add-on “Private Browsing Command Line Flag“. This will enable you to copy your existing shortcut to Firefox and append  -private to the string.

4. Another addon worth mentioning is the “Toggle Private Browsing” button addon. This allows you to add a private browsing button to your toolbar as pictured below. More information on how to setup the icon is available at the add-ons page.

Open MYOB Datafile automatically

Technically this can be use used to have any program open up a file it can understand when its run. But you would generally associate a file extension with a particular program and just double click on the file itself.

The reason I’m using this method for MYOB is that sometimes when MYOB gets upgraded and you try and re-associate the myo extension with the new program windows does not actually do it and continues to try and open the files with the lower version of MYOB. I suspect this has something to do with the program itself having the same name just with a different path but I’ve not troubleshooted it as the below works around the problem easy enough.

All you need to do is create a new shortcut to the MYOB executable (or edit the one on your desktop) and then place the full path to the *.myo file after it in the target field.

As shown below the path to the command would be c:\Premier12\Myobp.exe “C:\Your Path\Company File.myo”

Click Ok and now you can just double click on your shortcut and have the correct version of MYOB open up the datafile.