Windows Logo Key Uses

Window Logo Key + L is used to Lock your keyboard. Leaving your office for a meeting? Gotta grab some lunch? Gonna be right back? A quick Window Logo Key + L will lock your keyboard and keep your stuff safe!

So what else can the Windows Logo Key be used for? Here is the list…

Windows Logo Key (by itself)
Pulls up the START menu.

Windows Logo Key +R
Manually type the name of a program to run in the “Run dialog box”.

Windows Logo Key +M
Minimize all applications (quite handy!).

SHIFT+Windows Logo Key +M
Undo minimize all applications (not sure why you would need to do this).

Windows Logo Key +L
Locks your computer desktop (quite handy!).

Windows Logo Key +F1
Windows Help.

Windows Logo Key +E
Starts Windows Explorer (quite handy!)

Windows Logo Key +F
Starts “Find files or folders”. If you have Windows Desktop Search installed, it will open the Windows Search Box.

Windows Logo Key +D
Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop. Same as Windows Logo Key+M.

CTRL+Windows Logo Key +F
Opens the Find computer window. If you have Windows Desktop Search installed, it will open the Windows Search Box.

Windows Logo Key+TAB
Cycles through the open applications on the taskbar (the bar at the bottom of your desktop). When you highlight the application you want, hit the enter key to display that application.

Windows Logo Key+Break
Shows the System Properties Window.