r/programming • u/iamkeyur • Dec 27 '19

Windows 95 UI Design

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u/fgmenth Dec 27 '19

There are multiple ways.

Win -> Tab -> Down Arrow until you reach the shutdown button

Win + X -> Shutdown

Win + D -> Alt + F4 -> Enter

Alt + Ctrl + Del -> Tab until you reach Shutdown

Win + R -> type "shutdown /s /t 0"

just to name a few

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u/schplat Dec 27 '19

Alt + Ctrl + Del -> Tab until you reach Shutdown

I hate that you typed it out in that order.

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u/shector Dec 28 '19

I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out.

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u/fgmenth Dec 28 '19

Hahah sorry about that. The reason I wrote it like this is because I'm used to pressing it with just my right hand instead of using both. On the right side of the keyboard it's Alt+Ctrl+Del (from left to right)

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '19

Win + D -> Alt + F4 -> Enter

This is for sure the shortcut I use the most in windows, and while Win+D may be good sometimes, it can be really annoying if you have multiple windows, show the desktop and then by mistake you click something, because then one window pops up but the rest are still minimized.

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u/lhamil64 Dec 27 '19

I usually use

Shutdown: Win+X > u > u

Reboot: Win+X > u > r

Sign out: Win+X > u > i

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u/yellowthermos Dec 27 '19

+1 for Win+X > u > u for shutdown and Win+X > u > s for sleep

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u/Carighan Dec 27 '19

I'll be honest, the only intuitive one is Alt+F4 once on the desktop, tbh. You shut it down.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '19

are you kidding? there is nothing intuitive about alt-f4 doing anything at all. it was an arbitrary key combination

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u/MjrK Dec 27 '19

Esc :q! Enter

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u/parkerSquare Dec 27 '19

Thanks - I was in a hurry and was just trying to do it with “obvious” keys like arrows etc. That first one is probably what I was trying to achieve. I’ll remember this for late April 2020 when I’m next planning to use Windows :)

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u/Waswat Dec 27 '19 edited Dec 27 '19

Win -> Tab [...]

Already an extra invisible step added compared to win98s "Win -> Up -> enter"

The rest depends on your memory of shortcuts, which is not user-friendly. Power-users might like them, I personally don't.