I thought this was a trick to get Windows users to nuke their system or something…
Nope, it actually opens LinkedIn.
“Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+W” opens Word in a browser
“Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+T” opens Teams in a browser
“Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+X” opens Excel in a browser
“Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+P” opens Powerpoint in a browser
“Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+O” opensOutlook in a browserthe locally installed Outlook programClassic Microsoft.
It’s because the surface book added an Office button which was just a macro for Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win
More recently, “LShift+Win+F23” opens Copilot
More recently, “LShift+Win+F23” opens Copilot
That’s insane considering 99% of users have never heard of F23 and the ones who know use a separate shortcut to activate it. I’ve never seen a keyboard with all 24 function keys.
Because you weren’t around when the keyboards were gigantic. IBM keyboard
It’s beautiful
Oh shit i gotta be careful. F23 is what i “push” via python script to keep my teams status green…
Remember when they would actually add an option for obscure use cases like this? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I’m pretty sure that pretty much the whole Windows API is written like this to work around developers’ buggy code
I just have a mouse jiggle app
That’s the point. The new copilot key emulates shift+win+f23 because they expect that nobody is using f23
I’ve got Office 365 installed so the shortcuts open those local applications.
I’m a huge keyboard shortcut guy. But any more than two modifiers can fuck right off. I wanna launch a program, not play carpel tunnel Twister.
That’s the point, they are this long on purpose so that you never actually press them by accident, and never conflict with any other shortcut someone would use. They exist for custom keyboards that have an “Office” or “Copilot” button. The special key then sends that shortcut.
No one:
Absolutely no one ever:
Microsoft: Hey guys…
I don’t usually want to open LinkedIn at all. I wonder if they paid MS for the shortcut?
It’s part of the registry and cannot be reprogrammed without essentially bricking your system
Extrapolating from this point, I can only imagine the kind of fun things Windows 11 will have in store for us, when they finally force everyone to switch over to it.
There’s a way to disable the shortcuts so they can be remapped: https://github.com/midrare/hyperenable
It basically runs and creates the same global hotkeys as explorer.exe would for those Office ones, but it does so right before explorer launches so it can’t assign them anymore. After that, the program disables them so you’re free to use the hotkeys for other programs.
Probably done to support a meta-key on a keyboard where a manufacturer wanted a dedicated LinkedIn button.
That, and Linkedin is wholly owned by Microsoft.
Thanks, I hate it
WHAT THE FUCK
Is it possible to open lemmy instead
Are you fucking kidding me? This is the best most useless information I’ve learned in a while
Default browser?
You mean Edge?
wtf
And now it’s two clicks to open the property menu in explorer and takes half a second to switch windows
Alt+enter insta-opens properties.
Hold shift while right clicking to bring up the old menu. I got used to it now (sigh)
Yea I hate the 11 right click menu. But there is a registry key to switch it back to how it should be.
Motherfucker.
