I'm after a way to minimize the active window in Windows with a keyboard shortcut, just like cmd + m works on my Mac.
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Using the Windows Key + Down Arrow.
Update: If the window is Maximized, it will first go "Un-maximized" then a second Win + Down Arrow will Minimize.
Here is a link to all of the Windows Key Shortcuts available in Windows 7.
Edit (new link): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts
(for reference this was the old link): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts
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2When I do that, it first "unmaximizes" the window and then minimizes it. I guess that's ok. Jul 6, 2011 at 12:26
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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.
Pressing Alt+Space opens the context menu for the current window and the keyboard mapping of the Minimize option is 'n'.
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Doesn't work for me, besides I already have Launchy hotkeyd as <kbd>alt+space</kbd> so that wouldn't work either. Jul 6, 2011 at 12:26
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