Task Manager - Windows V7 - Keyboard

Launching the Task Manager Directly

Every so often I learn a new keystroke that makes me think not only "why have I never discovered this before?" but "that's really helpful and I can see me using this a lot." This happened the other day when I discovered CONTROL SHIFT ESCAPE. What does this keystroke do? It moves focus directly into the Task Manager. This is pretty handy because, as we all know, going into the Task Manager is not exactly a rare occurrence in the wonderful world of access technology...

To get a feel for how swift this is in use, let's go through a quick example by assuming that MS Word has gone AWOL:

Opening the Task Manager to Close a Running Program

1. Press CONTROL SHIFT ESCAPE to launch the Windows Task Manager.
2. Tap letter W to locate the Winword.exe application in the list.
3. Press ALT E to activate the End Task button.
4. A message box will open, with focus on an End Process button. Press the SPACEBAR to confirm the operation and you're done!

Much more direct than the trusted route of ALT CONTROL DELETE I feel, so give it a whirl and see if it works for you.