Windows 10: Windows P shortcut to switch screen not working on 2 new computers...

Hi We just bought 2 new Dell Inspiron laptops and everything is fine except the Windows + P shortcut to switch screen that is not working.https://www.dell.com/support/home/fr-fr/product-support/servicetag/0-UG43ZU91cHpTWHlJYlFzc3VDb1BTQT090/overviewWe tried all solutions of this post https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start-win_menu/windows-key-not-working-already-tried-all-thing-on/0c796f79-0aa8-466e-ab44-802005d1791band this onehttps://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-key-p-shortcut-not-working/e178d038-5cde-4b67-9b65-3f4c8a703b49?page

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Windows Key + P shortcut not working

Hi Jimmie,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the description, I understand that Windows + P shortcut is not working.

I would like to know some information.

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  What actions are you trying to perform pressing Windows + P key?
  
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  Are you using Dual Monitors?
  
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  Have you made any changes to the computer settings prior to this issue?
  
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  Since how long are you facing this issue?
  

Please let us know the information in brief. We will be glad to assist you further.

 

Is windows + P keyboard shortcut working? Anyway to use Displayswitch?

Hello Bovined, and welcome to Ten Forums.

Windows + P still opens Display Switch (aka: second screen) for me. If you like, the tutorial below can help show you how to create a shortcut that will also open it.

Display Switch shortcut - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

Shortcuts don't work on new computer

Are you referring to having copied over your own folders & files into C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents etc?

• If you have copied them into exactly the same place and your username is the same as you had in your previous Windows 7/8/10 computer then the shortcuts should still work.
• If your previous computer did not use C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents etc for user files then all your shortcuts will be wrong. {This definitely applies if you had Windows XP. I cannot remember where Vista put user files.}

For shortcuts to your own files that no longer point to the correct place, right-click on the shortcut, select
Properties and then

• correct the path & filename shown in the Target field
• delete the entry in the Start in field.

I did not understand what you were trying to say in your post about "If I go to my old computer and attach to my new computer drive in File Explorer, the links all work fine from the old computer".

• How were the computers / drives connected?
• Were you testing that the old computer could find the old files on the old computer or that the old computer could find the files after they had been copied onto the new computer?

Denis