Keyboard shortcuts for Windows, shortcut keys, key combinations




Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
         SUMMARY
         MORE INFORMATION
§         To copy a file
§         To create a shortcut
o        Properties control
o        Accessibility shortcuts

This article lists keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Windows....
This article lists keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Windows.


Windows system key combinations F1: Help CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu ALT+TAB: Swit...
Windows system key combinations
         F1: Help
         CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
         ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
         ALT+F4: Quit program
         SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
         Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations
         CTRL+C: Copy
         CTRL+X: Cut
         CTRL+V: Paste
         CTRL+Z: Undo
         CTRL+B: Bold
         CTRL+U: Underline
         CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
         SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
         SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
         ALT+double click: Displays properties
         SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands
         F1: Starts Windows Help
         F10: Activates menu bar options
         SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
         CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
         CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
         CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
         ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
         ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
         SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
         ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
         ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
         CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
         ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
         ALT+F4: Closes the current window
         CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
         ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
For a selected object:
         F2: Rename object
         F3: Find all files
         CTRL+X: Cut
         CTRL+C: Copy
         CTRL+V: Paste
         SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
         ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
To copy a file
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

General folder/shortcut control
         F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
         F5: Refreshes the current window.
         F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
         CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
         CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
         CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
         BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
         SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
Windows Explorer tree control
         Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
         Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
         Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
         RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
         LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
Properties control
         CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility shortcuts
         Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
         Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
         Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
         Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
         Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys
         Windows Logo: Start menu
         Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
         Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
         SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
         Windows Logo+F1: Help
         Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
         Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
         Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
         CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
         CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
         Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
         Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
         Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item