# PC HELP! How did I land in Oz?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436 "2018-06-05T00:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/1 "2018-06-05T00:03:40Z")
I was working on my PC, typing away, when my fingers connected with the WRONG key combination of CTRL something. Instantly, my screen (showing Firefox) shifted to the right and magically I am in a parallel universe! I am still in Firefox, but all my open tabs are gone - like a rotating bookcase in a haunted house. I am sure they are there…somewhere…perhaps some keystroke caused me to instantly switch users? Does anyone know how I get back? Has anyone else had this experience? What keystroke combination might have caused this? Any ideas or best guesses? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/2 "2018-06-05T00:11:23Z")
P.S. I have Windows 10 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/3 "2018-06-05T01:15:19Z")
Windows key + Ctrl + arrow key will switch workspaces (desktops?) in Windows 10. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/4 "2018-06-05T05:36:31Z")
CTRL W will quickly close tabs – how quickly depends on your computer. You get them back from “History” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/5 "2018-06-05T12:27:09Z")
Appropriate user handle. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/6 "2018-06-05T13:03:56Z")
Ctrl + Shift + T is the usual way of restoring accidentally closed tabs. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/7 "2018-06-05T14:51:09Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > I was working on my PC, typing away, when my fingers connected with the WRONG key combination of CTRL something. Instantly, my screen (showing Firefox) shifted to the right and magically I am in a parallel universe! I am still in Firefox, but all my open tabs are gone - like a rotating bookcase in a haunted house. I just want to say, I love this analogy. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/8 "2018-06-16T11:08:14Z")
Just getting a chance to follow up. Too much chaos in my life. Anyway, thank you all so much for the feedback. It was a freaky experience! ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-help-how-did-i-land-in-oz/815436/9 "2018-06-16T14:55:42Z")
Did you get it to work? You might have accidentally set Firefox to tablet mode, so it’s acting like you have a small screen That happened to me once, four or five years ago, and I was … displeased. I don’t recall losing tabs though, so maybe this is something else.