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A comment on Windows Registry mods, advanced tweaking and more.

Re:Windows Registry mods, advanced tweaking and more by themodelplumber on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:19PM (#32018141)
There was somebody on here (I think) in a launchers thread who said they use win+r for launching everything. It really makes a lot of sense. There's the obvious calc, cmd, iexplore (oops) but there's also putting whatever scripts you want in your path, and then skipping the start menu forever.

You might also check out NTLite for trimming things: https://www.pcgamer.com/trim-the-fat-from-your-windows-11-in...

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Re:Windows Registry mods, advanced tweaking and more by solardev on Friday July 08, 2022 @09:38PM (#32030440)
FYI, using just the Windows key by itself (instead of win-r) lets you search through executables and such via the built-in indexed search. It is more forgiving than win-r (which is just a command window, and requires you to know the exact name of the executable). It's basically like the macOS Searchlight or Spotlight or whatever it's called.

But yeah, windows key, (let go), start typing anything = you never have to move the mouse. Windows is MUCH more keyboard-friendly than macOS, about on par with Linux.

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