- Windows 11 could again shed with the direct access ‘Windows Key + C’ to summon co -pilot
- This keyboard shortcut was removed from Windows 11 last year for reasons why it is difficult to understand, frankly
- Microsoft now seems to have had doubts about banishing the shortcut, or that suggests a rumor.
There are some potentially good news for Windows 11 users who miss the old keyboard shortcut that Copilot invoked, as the first suggestions have been reduced that this functionality could be reinstated by Microsoft.
The keyboard shortcut in question, which is ‘Windows Key + C’, essentially served as a substitute for those who do not have a dedicated co -driver key (as seen in co -pilot + PCs such as the new Dell XPS 13) to summon the assistant of AI.
According to Phantomofearth in X, a regular source of gossip and leaks for Windows, Microsoft is “experiencing back” this keyboard combination.
Microsoft is experimenting with the direct access of the Windows + C. keywalk. “Choose what happens when you press the Copilot key or the Windows + C logo key”March 23, 2025
I guess Phantomofearth has discovered clues in a recent preview of Windows 11 to indicate that this process is underway, but they do not make it clear.
As noted, like the Copilot key, you can customize the function of this shortcut in the configuration. So, if you do not use AI assistant, you can make Windows + C perform a different action more useful for your particular way of working.
Analysis: Clear to land on your keyboard (after being in a retention pattern for a long time)
Actually, there is a background story here that may not take into account. A lot of moons, Windows + C was used to light Cortana, but when that assistant of AI was abandoned (in 2023), Microsoft transferred the shortcut to co -pilot.
Then, in what was a disconcerting turn at that time, in mid -2024, the keyboard shortcut was decoupled with co -senses, the reasons why it is better known by Microsoft. As I observed at that time, more cynical could suggest that it lent additional value to the convenience of that dedicated co -pilot key, which makes that more (light) point of sale for laptops of co -ilot+, at least in theory.
(I must also keep in mind that Windows Last, which detected the previous publication, points out that at that time, Microsoft argued that using the Windows key along with the “number position for the co -pilot set to your taskbar” is an “excellent way to open co -pilot”, instead of Windows + C. Still, what is the damage in having another one, more convenient in my book? nothing).
In any case, whatever reasoning at that time, Microsoft will apparently reverse the course now, and it’s time. Well, I say that in full knowledge that IA chickens should not be counted, not until we really see this official re -elemer keyboard at the tests as a way of mentioning the co -ilot application. For now, this is still just a clue that Microsoft is busy reintroducing this small but potentially useful characteristic.
Of course, even if you do not use co -pilot in Windows 11, you are likely to appreciate the ability to redefine the shortcut to something else, instead of the combo that lied latent. Although I suppose this ability could be loaded with the same limitations as reallocating the co -pilot key dedicated to another function, namely that only certain applications can be linked to it, but who knows, perhaps that is not the case.
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