10 Things That Doing Wrong in Windows

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Even long-time Windows users can make the same mistakes over and over. There are highlights the ones you need to eradicate and explains what you should do instead 1. Stop re-arranging your desktop                                              Even the largest screen can feel cramped when running several programs simultaneously. Rearranging them can help, but it's not an ideal fix for software that works best in full -screen, such as video-editing tools.                                             That's where windows' virtual desktops can help. Click the Task View icon (film strip beside the Cortana and Search icons on the left of your taskbar) to reveal a timeline of recent activities, two virtual desktops, and a 'New desktop' button (see screenshot below)....
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Most Important Commands to type on Your PC

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File Explorer 

Open Command Prompt at a specific folder
what to type: cmd
Navigating to a specific folder in Command Prompt can take ages. Save yourself the hassle by typing this command into the address bar of File Explorer (Windows key + E). Command Prompt will now open in the same folder as File Explorer (see screenshot below)

Open Command Prompt at the same folder as File Explorer

Weed out space-hogging videos
What to type: kind: video size: small
When you're running out of space, those feature-length home videos are often the culprit. Quickly hunt down all videos over 1GB by typing this command into File Explorer's search box.

Start menu and Run 

Shut down your PC at a set time
what to type: shutdown-s-t 3600
Having to wait for a file to download so you can shut down your PC and go to bed is an irritation. Type this command into your Start menu and Windows will wait one hour (3600 seconds) before turning your PC off automatically. The number at the end represents the delay in seconds, so you can adjust this to suit your needs. If  you have a change of heart, type shutdown -a to abort the shutdown.

Use a stuck key
what to type: osk
Considering how much you use them, it's not surprising keyboards occasionally suffer key failures. If you're struggling to type a specific key (or your keyboard simply doesn't include what you need) press Start then type this command to show an on-screen keyboard. Any key you click will appear in whatever window you're working in.

Open File Explorer at your user folder
what to type: .
Open the Run box (Windows key+ R), then type a single full stop. File Explorer will now appear, displaying your user account folder. If you want to access the files of a different account, type two full stops instead to see all user folders.

Check your security software
what to type: virus protection
Windows will warn you periodically if there's a problem with your firewall or antivirus software. But for peace of mind, type this command into the Start menu to gey an instant security briefing.

Browser 

Try Chrome's experimental features
what to type: chrome://flags
Chrome has plenty of features mist people never use. Press Alt+D to highlight Chrome's address bar, then type this command. You'll see a list of features Chrome is testing and the option to enable those you want to try. Chrome will warn you the features are experimental and may cause problems, but you can always reset them by clicking ' Reset all to default' (top right).

See all your downloads
What to type: chrome://downloads
Can't find a file you downloaded? Want to know where you downloaded a specific film from? Chrome has the answers. This command typed into Chrome's address bar, displays all your recent downloaded files, the URL they came from and the option to open the folder that contains them.

Use Firefox's hidden settings
What to type: about:config
Type this into Firefox's address bar and you'll see a peculiar warning about dragons. Those who dare continue, however, will find a collection of advanced settings to play with. Some make little sense and are therefore best left alone, but others are genuinely useful - such as the 'zoom.maxPercent' option at the bottom, which lets you increase the maximum zoom on web pages.

Identify sluggish extensions
What to type: about:performance
As in the tip above, this command is typed into the Firefox browser bar. This one tells you which open tabs and extensions are gobbling more than their fair share of resources, If Firefox is running slowly and you spot something you don't need, hover over the right edge of the offending item, then click the cross (for tabs) of arrow (for extensions) to kill it.

Reveal your unread emails
What to type: label:unread newer_than:1m
This Gmail command shows you all your unread emails from the past month- type it into the search box at the top. Type label:unread to show all your unread emails, stretching back further.
Office tools.

Office tools 

Generate timestamps in Notepad
What to type: .LOG
If you want to keep a very simple diary, look no further than Notepad. By typing this (in uppercase) a the top of your Notepad file (see screenshot below left), you'll get handy timestamp each time you open it.

Add dummy text in Word
What to type: =rand(5,10)
You're crafting a newsletter in Word and just want to see how it looks with dummy copy. Type this command to get five paragraphs of random text, each containing 10 sentences.
...and LibreOffice Writer
What to type: lorem
LibreOffice Writer offers a similar if less flexible dummy text creator. Type this command then press the F3 tp get three paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum (Latin text often used as a placeholder), totaling 233 words. Not a fan of ancient languages? Try typing dt followed by F3 instead.

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