Windows Shortcuts

 

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      Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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      Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
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      Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
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      Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
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      Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
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      Win + F1: Open Windows help.
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      Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
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      Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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      Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
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      Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
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      Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
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      Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
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      Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
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      Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
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      Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
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      Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
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      Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
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      Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
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      Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
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      Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
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      Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
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      Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
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      Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
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      Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
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      Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
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      Ctrl + S: Save.
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      Ctrl + O: Open...
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      Ctrl + P: Print.
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      Ctrl + Z: Undo.
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      Ctrl + A: Select all.
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      Ctrl + F: Find...
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      Ctrl+W : to close the current window
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      Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
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      F1: Open help.
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      F11: Toggle full screen mode.
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      Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
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      Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
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      Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.
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      Tab: Forward one item.
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      Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
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      Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
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      Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
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      Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
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      Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.
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      Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
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      Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
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      Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in    Rich Edit controls.
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      Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
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      Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
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      Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
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      Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
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      Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.
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      Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.
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      Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
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      End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.
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      Arrow Keys: Navigate.
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      Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.
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      Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.
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      (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).
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      BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.
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      Alt + Left: Go back one folder.
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      Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.
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      Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).
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      Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.
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      F2: Rename selected item(s).
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      Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.
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      Delete: Delete selected item(s).
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      Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.
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      Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.
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      Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).
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      In tree pane, if any:
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      Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.
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      Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.
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      Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
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      Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.
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      Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.


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      Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
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      Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
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      Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
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      Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times
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      Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds