Win X Menu Keyboard Shortcuts In Windows You May Not Have Heard Of

Open elevated CMD using Win+X keyboard shortcut

Press Win+X and A at the same time, from the Desktop and an elevated Command Prompt window will open. Sure, you can always press Win+X or move the mouse pointer to the bottom left corner to open the WinX Menu, and then select Command Prompt (Admin) – but using these keys is faster.

Open Computer Management

Press Win+X, G and Computer Management window will open.

Open Search from Desktop

Pressing together Win+X, S on the desktop will open Search in Windows 8.

Open Control Panel System Properties

If you press Win+X, Y, the Control Panel System Properties will open. Pressing Win+X R opened Run box, Win+X D opened Desktop, Win+X E opened the Explorer – there were many such – but then you can simply use Win+R, Win+D, Wind+D, etc., respectively instead, to open the same. Do let us know if you come across any other useful Win+X keyboard shortcuts for Windows. See this post if the WinX Menu is not working.