Is it possible to shut down the computer, close a current program and save your work, only using hotkeys in Windows?

original title: Keyboaed shortcuts?

Hello, anyone know how to stop the computer, close the current program and save the work using only the keyboard in Vista Home premium?

Thank you for your time and efforts to this issue.

Kind regards

Jazzie5.

Hello jazzie5,

In addition to what Tom SC suggested, you can close a window or the current program by pressing Alt + F4.

The common shortcut for recording of the work is CTRL + S. I advise to use this command before you press Alt + F4 to close the program, although many programs will prompt to save your work if you do this before you save it manually.

Bonus keyboard shortcuts:

Task Manager: Ctrl + SHIFT + ESC

Close the tab in the browser: Ctrl + W

Switch between tabs in the browser: Ctrl + Tab

Let us know if you have any other questions!

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