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Windows key

and modern Microsoft logos in use since 2021|244x244px & 10 key with an isosceles trapezoid version of the Windows logo|240x240px & 7 key with a centered logo within an orb|246x246px key with the logo offset to the top left, also features the word "start"|245x245px The Windows key (also known as the win, start, logo, flag or super key) is a computer keyboard key originally introduced on Microsoft's Natural Keyboard in 1994. On Windows 95, it was used to open the start menu, and subsequently became standard on PC keyboards. In Microsoft Windows, performs the same function, for keyboards which lack the key.

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and modern Microsoft logos in use since 2021|244x244px & 10 key with an isosceles trapezoid version of the Windows logo|240x240px & 7 key with a centered logo within an orb|246x246px key with the logo offset to the top left, also features the word "start"|245x245px The Windows key (also known as the win, start, logo, flag or super key) is a computer keyboard key originally introduced on Microsoft's Natural Keyboard in 1994. On Windows 95, it was used to open the start menu, and subsequently became standard on PC keyboards. In Microsoft Windows, performs the same function, for keyboards which lack the key.

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