Windows 10+ Useful commands & Keybinds

Keybinds

Windows Key + Tab = Opens Taskview (Let’s you have extra desktops to multi-task)

Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right = Moves active window to your next or previous monitor

Home / End = Scrolls to the top / Bottom of a window

Commands

Back up Drivers

  1. The first step is to open a command-line prompt with administrator privileges
    • Right-click on the Windows start button and select CMD Prompt (With Admin) or Windows PowerShell (with Admin) from the menu that appears
  2. Create a directory to back up the driver into. Type the following command, followed by hitting the Enter key:

    md C:\X (Where X is the folder name you chose.)

  3. Type the following command, followed by hitting the Enter key:

    dism /online /export-driver /destination:C:\X (Where X is the folder name you created.)

  4. Using the Windows Explorer tool, navigate to the folder you created, to see all the drivers you exported to the folder

Restore the Drivers

  1. Open the Device Manager utility
    • Click the Windows start button and type Device Manager and select the utility when it appears on the menu
  2. Right-click on the selected unknown driver and choose Update Driver Software from the menu that appears
  3. Select Browse my computer for driver software and then select the directory that you created in the previous guide
  4. Select Next and the PC will find and install the appropriate driver from those in the directory you created
  5. Repeat steps 2 – 4 for any additional unknown drivers or devices
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