12 Horrifying Windows Self-Destruct Keys You Can Hit By Accident

[Admin]

From making your computer read everything on the screen out loud to closing your tabs or highlighting text seemingly at random, these Windows hotkeys can cause more harm than good. Stay away.

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[Exploding PSU]

Thank you, very useful!

I have to say, Ctrl + Shift + T to bring back closed tabs is such a live safer I can't live without. My previous laptop (a Lenovo model) had the F4 key mapped to the "close window" function, and it's sandwiched between the frequently used F3 (volume up) and F5 (screen brightness) functions.

Me accidentally closing my browser while trying to raise the volume / lower my brightness / refresh the page was a very common occurrence...

 

[Dementoss]

Not exactly "self-destruct", more mildly irritating and easily prevented.

Oh well, standard Future clickbait fare...

 

[kerberos_20]

self destruct would be "accidentaly" deleting system32 folder xD

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

I'd say Ctrl+V instead of Ctrl+Shift+V has hurt me over the years in Office apps more than anything, so I'd say Ctrl+V is one that can cause your office to self destruct, especially if there's already image elements in a Word document.

 

[das_stig]

Sorry but #1 would have to be CTL-ALT-DEL but what I did was CTL-ALT-Power Button thanks Dell for your stupid keyboard layout !

 

[Notton]

self-destruct key?
oh, I thought it was automatic for win11 24h2.

 

[Sippincider]

Is Ctrl-Z undo in File Explorer still full of "unexpected behavior" and things that can really go sideways? Such as trying to undo a file move to/from a removed drive?

IIRC didn't undo also keep a long history (not just say file actions since your last login or unlock) so the undo stack can really turn into spaghetti?

 

[kookykrazee]

self destruct would be "accidentaly" deleting system32 folder xD

Back in the day, my coworkers used to deleted W311 file folders then complain that they could not work, needless to say, IT had new computers ready for them

 

[derekullo]

Not exactly "self-destruct", more mildly irritating and easily prevented.

Oh well, standard Future clickbait fare...

Were you expecting an actual self-destruct button sequence?

 

[VizzieTheViz]

Were you expecting an actual self-destruct button sequence?

To be fair the title could also have been “fun settings to change for people who don’t lock their pc when going to get coffee without asking if you want any”.

The horrific destruction part seems a bit overly dramatic to my mind as it’s a list of stuff that’s supposed to work that way only a lot of people don’t know about it and don’t want any of that functionality.

 

[t3t4]

12 Horrifying Windows Self-Destruct Keys​

Where? Certainly not in this article! Not a single mention of a key combo that makes computer go boom! The most "destructive" thing mentioned in the article is typing over previous text in MS Word, and that can be simply undone with Ctrl + Z.
I am officially irritated now and more then sick to death of these useless garbage clickbait titles and thumbnails, globally!

Society is fake, Food is fake, Money is fake, Titles are fake.....
No wonder people get mad when I say 'real' 💩!

 

[Lcubed3]

That Fn+W one has gotten me a few times. Even after researching it, I couldn't find out why it was doing that until now.

 

[kerberos_20]

That Fn+W one has gotten me a few times. Even after researching it, I couldn't find out why it was doing that until now.

thats your keyboard specific key combo