My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by yonatan8070 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:51AM (#40756975)

I think they mean calculation from the start menu search (on a default installation, it will Bing the calculation and show the search result, which I find absurd since it requires an internet connection to solve x+y). The calculator program still works fine offline, but is often overkill when you just want to quickly solve something

I'll note that Microsoft's PowerToys run solves this properly, just like MacOS's Spotlight and the built in search on most Linux desktops

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by ed_elliott_asc on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:17AM (#40757370)

But spotlight replaces alt+space so you can’t minimise or move a window from the command line :(

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by spectre3d on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:26PM (#40763521)

You meant Microsoft's PowerToys Run, correct?

Spotlight is Mac-only and uses Command-Space by default.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by spectre3d on Sunday June 23, 2024 @06:28PM (#40771147)

As the sibling comment mentioned, you can customize the keyboard shortcut so you don’t lose alt-space.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by dspillett on Sunday June 23, 2024 @05:02AM (#40765867)

If you mean "PowerToys Run", you can reconfigure pretty much any if the PowerToys shortcut key combinations.

Though for now I've just turned that one off as I don't have obvious need for it and haven't looked at what else it might offer. I use PowerToys mainly for FancyZones and plain text paste.

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