How to emulate the Windows Logo key

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Brian Bygland

I just acquired a IBM ThinkPad that doesn't have a Windows Logo key on its
keyboard. Is there another key combination that emulates the Windows key? I
really like using Windows+E to open Explorer.

Brian
 
Brian Bygland said:
I just acquired a IBM ThinkPad that doesn't have a Windows Logo key on its
keyboard. Is there another key combination that emulates the Windows key? I
really like using Windows+E to open Explorer.
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No, but you could assign a similar keyboard combination (like CTRL +
ALT + E) to the Windows Explorer shortcut in the Start Menu.
 
Brian said:
I just acquired a IBM ThinkPad that doesn't have a Windows Logo key
on its keyboard. Is there another key combination that emulates the
Windows key? I really like using Windows+E to open Explorer.

Brian
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Thiere is a combination that does so, but (guess what) I don't know what it
is (saw it a few days ago).
I'll see if I can find it !
 
Patrick said:
Thiere is a combination that does so, but (guess what) I don't know
what it is (saw it a few days ago).
I'll see if I can find it !
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It appears that Ctrl+Esc will emulate the Win-key, but only in so far as to
open the 'start' menu (no further keys can be combined).
 
Hi,

IBM has a utility called the "Thinkpad Keyboard Customizer Utility", this
utility allows you to change say the right alt or ctrl key to the Windows
key, or to the applications key.
It can be downloaded here.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docvie...g1MIGR-44185&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en

The supported ThinkPad models for this utility are:
The following ThinkPad systems are supporte d:
- ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22m, A22p, A22e
- ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
- ThinkPad G40
- ThinkPad R30, R31, R32
- ThinkPad R40, R40e
- ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23
- ThinkPad T30
- ThinkPad T40, T40p
- ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24
- ThinkPad X30, X31
 
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