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The ctrl-click tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Ctrl+Click keyboard shortcut in Windows environments. Topics include using Ctrl+Click to select multiple files in Windows Explorer, its equivalent on Mac keyboards when running Windows in a virtual machine, and its role in taskbar navigation for launching new app instances. Recent threads also reference Microsoft's Click to Do feature in Windows 11 Insider builds, which uses Ctrl+Click as a selection method for AI-powered actions. The tag spans both classic Windows 7 usage and modern Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, reflecting the shortcut's enduring relevance for file management and productivity.
  1. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 Insider Dev/Beta: Click to Do modes, Snipping Tool window recording (KB5064071)

    Microsoft has quietly shipped matching Dev and Beta channel updates for Windows 11 this week — both delivered as cumulative update KB5064071 — bringing Dev builds to 26200.5751 (25H2 track) and Beta builds to 26120.5751 (24H2 track), along with focused refinements to Click to Do, File Explorer...
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    • accessibility arm64 beta channel click to do copilot ctrl-click dev channel file explorer freeform selection insider preview kb5064071 recall feature rectangle selection rollback 0x80070005 snipping tool taskbar touch ui polish window recording windows 11
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News
  2. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 Beta: Click to Do, Clean Open With, AI Rollout

    Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5751 (KB5064071) to the Beta Channel, a modest but meaningful update for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2 that refines Click to Do selection, softens some visual chrome in File Explorer, and continues Microsoft’s phased “controlled...
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    • 0x80070005 beta channel build 26120 click to do copilot copilot platform ctrl-click feature rollout file explorer freeform selection insider preview kb5064071 npu open with recall feature rectangle selection ui polish windows 11 windows update rollback xbox bluetooth bugcheck
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News
  3. J

    Windows 7 MacBook Pro Keyboard

    I am running Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro virtual machine. On a PC I can open Windows Explorer and select certain files within a folder with Ctrl-Click. Does anyone know the equivalent keyboard shortcut on a MacBook Pro? Thank you, Jonart
    • Jonart
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    • ctrl-click file explorer files folders keyboard macbook shortcuts virtual machine windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. reghakr

    Windows 7 Mastering Taskbar Shortcuts: Enhance Your Windows Navigation Efficiency

    Taskbar Shortcuts Scroll through taskbar icons. Want to cycle through all the programs you have open without calling up Flip3D (with Windows key+Tab, in case you'd forgotten)? Windows key+T will guide you through all of your open programs and let you see their window thumbnails, but won't change...
    • reghakr
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    • administrator close ctrl-click cycle elevated flip 3d grouping instance jump lists mouse open programs shortcuts taskbar thumbnails windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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