Windows 10: SECRET Windows 10/11 Keyboard Shortcuts – Hidden Microsoft Launcher?!

Alright, this is WILD. I just found some INSANE built-in keyboard shortcuts on Windows 10 (possibly 11 too). These are NOT custom shortcuts—I didn’t set these up.

Try this:

Press Win + Ctrl + Alt + Shift +

• T → Opens Microsoft Teams (even if Chrome is closed!)
• Y → Opens Yammer
• X → Opens Excel
• W → Opens Word
• P → Opens PowerPoint
• O → Opens Outlook
• N → Opens OneNote

AND if the app is installed, it launches the local version instead of the web version!

But here’s the craziest part:


If you press Win + Ctrl + Alt + Shift with NO LETTER, it opens Microsoft Copilot!

AND if you press this combo in a text box, it starts inserting random Latin characters instead of triggering shortcuts. WTF is this feature?!

I have no idea if this is an undocumented Microsoft shortcut, a deep system feature, or just some weird bug. Can someone else test this and confirm? Maybe it works on Windows 11 too? Lemme know

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Windows 10 commands/shortcuts/env. var.

Keyboard shortcuts to open programs:

Create a shortcut on the desktop to whatever program you want. Right click -> Properties and fill in the field there. Sadly the shortcut needs to remain on the desktop, but you can hide it.

Fun fact: If you had keyboard shortcuts for programs pinned to your Windows 7 start menu, those shortcuts still work when you update to Windows 10.

 

How to create a shortcut for a keyboard shortcut.

Hi Marcos,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are willing to create Keyboard shortcut on Windows 10. I will certainly help you.

I suggest you to follow the steps in the below Microsoft article to create
a keyboard shortcut for an app.

Create keyboard shortcuts to open desktop apps

Note: The troubleshooting steps in the above link are meant for windows 8, however, you can use the same for windows 10 as well.

Refer below article for more information on Keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts

Please post back with above information and we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Can someone from Windows/Microsoft provide a list of all unnassigned keyboard-combo shortcut keys/hotkeys for Windows 11?

Hi all

As the question suggests - can someone provide a list of all unassigned keyboard-combo shortcut keys/hotkeys for Windows 11?

I perform a lot of repetitive work on my PC and having an idea of the "vacancies" in terms of keyboard shortcut keys, can help me assigned macros more efficiently. I understand there are lists of the assigned keyboard shortcut keys, but that is too difficult to work out which ones aren't taken.

Best

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