Do it Alternatively – PC Tricks

by on March 9th, 2009

Ever faced any situation when you wanted to copy something and paste it without letting any other know nearby. I mean every PC user knows what is Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V or right click-copy-paste. Try following:

Alternative Commands For Copy Paste

Copy Command : Ctrl+Insert
Past Command : Shift+Insert
With Ctrl and Shift, Insert does the same task for you.

Alternative For Opening Different Locations in Explorer

Pressing ‘windows key’+E takes us to the “My Computer” Location. We all know. There is also a very simple way to do this kind of stuff.

You will have to go to Run Command Prompt and type following.
.
..
…
Single dot, double dot and triple dot.
Yes.

Type . and hit enter
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator will be opened

Type .. and hit enter
C:\Documents and Settings will be opened

Type … and hit enter
My computer will be opened

Topic: Tips & Tricks, Windows XP, Vista Tips, Windows 7
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