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Is there any way without 3rd party programs to cycle between multiple instances of the same app without the use of 3rd party software in Windows 10?

Or a way to only cycle between apps on the monitor you are working

For example, I have 10 instances of the calculator open, number from 1 to 10, and I want to know if there is any shortcut to cycle between them in an order, so each time I press the shortcut it will switch to the next instance.

I know about Alt+Esc shortcut but if I have too much apps it starts to be a chaos.

A 3rd party program that does what I want to is for example "Windows Tabs" but I want to know if there is any way to do it in Windows without 3rd party programs.

I have already tried:

  • Alt+Esc
  • Alt+Tab
  • Ctrl+click on the taskbar (since you cannot order instances of the same app on windows taskbar this do not work)
  • Win+N (position of the app, this do not work for instances of the same app)
  • Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Giacomo1968
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Diego
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You could try pinning apps to the taskbar.

Pinned apps are assigned a shortcut automatically depending on their position in the taskbar, e.g.: the app pinned closes to the start button can be opened with Win+1, the second app with Win+2, etc...

To access different windows of a pinned app, you simply have to press the corresponding shortcut repeatedly, e.g.: to access the 4th window of an app pinned right next to the start button you press Win+1 4 times.

Other related shortcuts are (keeping the first pinned app as an example):

  • Ctrl+Win+1: Switch to the last window of the pinned app.
  • Shift+Win+1: Cycle through the windows of the pinned app in reverse order.
Saaru Lindestøkke
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