What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key? - The Old New Thing
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  • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’d totally forgotten this trick - I used to use this when I was a kid after I heard about it. Was never quite sure if it was real because I remember also later being told to use it in Win 98 too and it didn’t do anything afaik.

  • rycee@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Wow, I’ve never heard of this fast restart feature before. Did it disappear after Windows 95?

    • lambaliciousEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I don’t recall but given the changes to the underlying components, I’d take it lasted at most up tp Windows 98.

      • rycee@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Very interesting and makes sense that it was something that was only possible due to the particulars of Windows 9x.