Using the Windows Key to Start Taskbar Programs
We’re a big fan of the super-duper Windows 8 taskbar because it offers the easiest way to launch our favorite desktop programs: just click the icon. However, even that easy-as-pie method is ever-so-slightly inconvenient when your hands are busy typing. It would be a tad more efficient if you could launch taskbar icons from the comfort of your keyboard.
But wait, you can! In Windows 8, you can use the Windows Logo key and the numbers across the top of your keyboard (not the ones on the numeric keypad) to press taskbar icons into service without having to reach all the way over to the mouse.
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