keyboard shortcutswindows 7
I remember with Windows XP, minimize used to be like alt m – n or something.
In Windows 7, it is Windows – Down.
The problem with that though is that you have to use both hands (the Window button is too far away from the directional buttons), which is kind of annoying because generally, one of my hands is on the mouse.
Is there any other keyboard to minimize a window besides Windows – Down in Windows 7?
As of 10.7 you can activate "mission control" and then drag-n-drop your window to whatever desktop group.
As blsub6 mentioned, you can change a registry value (with a command called from a batch file):
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Mouse" /t REG_SZ /v SwapMouseButtons /d 1 /f
or
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Mouse" /t REG_SZ /v SwapMouseButtons /d 0 /f
However, you need to logout before it will take effect.
The better solution is to make a tiny .exe with C# to swap the setting, as described in the answers to this question.
Make a text file which you can call swapmouse.cs, containing this:
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
class SwapMouse
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern Int32 SwapMouseButton(Int32 bSwap);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int rightButtonIsAlreadyPrimary = SwapMouseButton(1);
if (rightButtonIsAlreadyPrimary != 0)
{
SwapMouseButton(0); // Make the left mousebutton primary
}
}
}
And compile it to swapmouse.exe with this command:
"%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5\csc" swapmouse.cs
In more recent versions of .NET you may need to add /out:swapmouse.exe and /target:exe :
"[%SystemRoot%]\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\[version]\csc" /out:swapmouse.exe /target:exe swapmouse.cs
Then you just double-click that exe to swap the mouse buttons. It takes effect immediately.
Or, as rad mentions, you can create a shortcut, and define a keyboard shortcut/hotkey in the Shortcut tab of it's Properties.
Best Answer
The old one you're looking for (which still works) is
Alt+Space,n.For completeness's sake you can also minimize all with
Win+M.