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What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key?
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The post discusses a little-known flag from 16-bit Windows that enables a faster restart of Windows 95 when the shift key is held down. It cites minimal content and appears to be a repost from another source without original insights.
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