After coming back to Windows after using a Mac for a while, I got used to using Spotlight to open running programs by hitting ⌘ Cmd+Space and typing the name of the program and then Enter to focus that program window. I find this is often easier than other focus methods.
For some things +Q (Cortana) or just
(Search) will open an existing window, but for example, OneNote opens a new copy of the program.
Are there built in methods in Windows, or third-party programs to quickly search running programs with text?
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Use the shortcut windows + S , that should do the trick.
1What you're looking for is Wox. Built using python and uses Everything.exe to search the file system.
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