Minimize one, single window in Windows 7 with keyboard shortcut

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I'm after a way to minimize the active window in Windows with a keyboard shortcut, just like cmd + m works on my Mac.

iamadam · Answer 1 · 2011-07-05 14:14:06Z

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Using the Windows Key + Down Arrow. Here is a link to all of the Windows Key Shortcuts available in Windows 7.

answered Jul 5 '11 at 14:14

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When I do that, it first "unmaximizes" the window and then minimizes it. I guess that's ok. – chelmertz Jul 6 '11 at 12:26

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Josip Medved · Answer 2 · 2011-07-06 23:30:28Z

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Minimizing single window is not possible via simple shortcut. However, you can use combination of two shortcuts Alt+Space followed by letter N.

answered Jul 5 '11 at 14:14

	isn't that alt + space? – dsolimano Jul 5 '11 at 14:21
	Doesn't work for me, besides I already have Launchy hotkeyd as <kbd>alt+space</kbd> so that wouldn't work either. – chelmertz Jul 6 '11 at 12:26
	@dsolimano: typo, fixed now... – Josip Medved Jul 6 '11 at 23:30

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