Help with Key-Combo ALT+F4 (AKA- Oldie but a Goodie)

Sometime back in the beginning of April I thought i saw a thread or a link explaining the proper use of ALT+ F4 key combo.
I searched the forum and can't find anything about it.
I'm on a Mac right now so can't try it.

:idea: Anyone? :wink:

Let's play password...You....."actor"....you.....

is this some sort of scam?

worst thread ever

just gooooooogled it

From www.howstuffworks.com


This is one of those jokes people play on each other -- it's in the same category with squirting flowers and exploding cigars. This joke works on machines running the Windows operating system because Windows happens to define certain keystrokes that work the same way in all applications. Just about everyone knows that Alt+Ctrl+Del interrupts the operating system, but most people don't know that Alt+F4 closes the current window. So if you had pressed Alt+F4 while playing a game, the game window would have closed.

It turns out there are several other handy keystrokes like that built into Windows. For example, Ctrl+Esc will pop up the Start menu, Alt+Esc will bring the next window to the foreground, and Alt+Tab or Alt+Shift+Tab will let you cycle through all available windows and jump to the one you select.

On keyboards that have the little "Windows" key (let's call it WK here) down near the space bar, you probably know that you can press that key to open the Start menu. You can also use that key with other keys like you use the shift key. For example:

WK+e - starts the Windows Explorer
WK+f - starts the Find in Files dialog
WK+Ctrl+f - starts the Find a Computer on the Network dialog
WK+M - minimizes all the windows to clear the desktop
WK+Shift+M - restores all the minimized windows
WK+r - starts the Run dialog
WK+F1 - starts Windows Help
WK+Pause - starts System Properties

wk+d does the same thing as wk+m, but d is closer to the wk key.

Also, wk+u is fucking fun. Opens microsoft narrator!

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Originally Posted by euphoricism

wk+d does the same thing as wk+m, but d is closer to the wk key.

Also, wk+u is fucking fun. Opens microsoft narrator!

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thx nerd

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Originally Posted by Lukie

worst thread ever

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:lol:

And the compliments are just pouring in.
LMAO

Sry, got bored at work.
Just wanna be there to see the faces of folks who fell for it.

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Originally Posted by bigred

thx nerd

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And I can only hope that u Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V'd that happy. Party Pooper!

The punchline is the 'beginning of April'! GET IT?

I used to do this to people when I was playing Counter Strike

I thought it was common knowledge that Alt-F4 closes the window or application.

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Originally Posted by WildBobAA

I used to do this to people when I was playing Counter Strike

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no, you yell them type gg money in console or bind mouse1 kill for instakills.

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Originally Posted by thenonsequitur

I thought it was common knowledge that Alt-F4 closes the window or application.

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no shit sherlock :wink: