What is the Windows hotkey to minimise a single, currently active window?
Problem
On Windows Vista, I'm familiar with Win + D to show the desktop but sometimes I just want to minimise two or three windows as they become active and not the whole lot. What hotkey can I use to minimise only the currently active window?
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I've been using the shortcut Alt+Space followed by N for years. Works on any Windows version, all the way back to Windows 3.0! It should work with all keyboard layouts and probably even all Windows localizations. Alt+Space opens the general windows menu. You can open it manually by left-clicking with the mouse on the top left window corner. The menu contains the options to maximize, minimize, close the window, etc. It also underlines the key you need to press to select the appropriate option ("…
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