2 features you probably havent heard of

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  1. Posts : 177
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    2 features you probably havent heard of


    Hidden send to menu:

    Context Menu - Right Click vs Shift Right Click

    by deafult your send to menu probably looks something like the first image below..

    but if you hold down shift and right click you get the expanded version !!!

    Plus: if you shake a windows all other windows except that one will minimize!!!



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    Last edited by Brink; 01 Aug 2009 at 01:08.
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  2. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
       #2

    I knew about both of those since last year but I'm sure there are plenty that didn't, did you also know that if you shake the window again all the windows will expand again to how it was?
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  3. Posts : 177
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    actually i didnt =]
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  4. Posts : 203
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 7600 RTM
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    ha, yea, these are old features for Windows enthusiests
    The Aero Shake (shake a windows the minimize/restore other windows) feature has been there since before the public beta. There is also a fan made version that works on windows XP and Vista :)
    And the Shift+right-click has always given different options in most versions of Windows.

    A really cool feature of Windows 7, is the new magnification utility. They completely redid it from the old Accesibility option.
    To access it, Hold the Windows key and push +
    Click over the magnifying glass to access different options, other views; full screen, lens, and docked; or zoom in or out (Win & + or - also work).
    To turn it off, close the options box. Or keep the magnifying glass there if you want
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  5. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM
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    Yup, the shake to minimize other windows has been around for a while.

    And it annoys me to no end! I'm going to find that registry key soon enough to disable it.
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  6. Posts : 4,573
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    ciphernemo said:
    And it annoys me to no end! I'm going to find that registry key soon enough to disable it.
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
    System] Shell.

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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
       #7

    Also, there is a button on the far right of your task bar, like bottom right for most people (idk top right for me) which will show your desktop/gadgets just so you know whats up, lol

    If you press this button, it will minimize everything to task bar, so when i have like 10 windows up im like NOH.
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  8. Posts : 575
    7600 x86
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    Mgwalker said:
    Also, there is a button on the far right of your task bar, like bottom right for most people (idk top right for me) which will show your desktop/gadgets just so you know whats up, lol

    If you press this button, it will minimize everything to task bar, so when i have like 10 windows up im like NOH.
    click it again and they all come back...
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  9. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM
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    garbanzo said:
    click it again and they all come back...
    That I didn't know. Thanks! :)
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  10. Posts : 48
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #10

    You might want to tell the folks that you have to be right on a file in Windows Explorer for the hidden menu.
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