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A detailed list of various windows shortcuts, including keys for common functions such as cutting, pasting, renaming objects, and opening menus. It also covers shortcuts for specific programs like notepad and windows explorer.
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General Windows Shortcuts F F
Cut
Undo
Help Rename Object F3 Find all files Ctrl + Z Ctrl + X Ctrl + C Paste
Copy Ctrl + V Ctrl + Y Open Start menu
Redo
Switch between open programs Quit program
Ctrl + Esc Alt + Tab
Shift + Delete Delete item permanently Shift + Right Click Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands Shift + Double Click Runs the alternate default command ( the second item on the menu) Displays properties F10 Activates menu bar options Opens a conte t menu ( righ lick) Selects the Start button (press Tab to select the taskbar, or press Shift + F10 for a context menu) Opens a drop‐down list box
Ctrl + Esc or Esc
Alt + Tab Switch to another running program (hold down the Alt key and then press the Tab key to view the task‐switching window) Swi ch b kward b ppli ati Shift Press and hold down the Shift key while you insert a CD‐ROM to bypass the automatic‐ run feature Alt + Spacebar 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) Switch h hild window f Multi le D Interf (MDI) pr Alt + Underlined letter in Opens the menu and the function of the underlined letter menu Alt + F Ctrl + F
Closes the current window The current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window 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) Shift + Delete Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
Ctrl + Hold Left Click (While selecting a file or text) Ctrl + Shift + Hold Left Click (While selecting a file) F
Copy a file or text
Alt + Enter Open the properties for the selected object
To create a shortcut
Selects the "Go To A Different Folder" box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
F
Crtl + A
Shift + Click + Close button
Right Shift (hold for eight
Backspace Switch to the parent folder
Shift five times Toggles FilterKeys on and of
Toggles StickyKeys on and off
Select all the items in the current window
f
For folders, close the current folder puls all parent folders
Ctrl + G Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows Explorer only)
F5 Refreshes the current window Moves amon panes in Windows Explorer
Ctrl + Tab to t e next c o a p ocument ace ogram
Alt + F
Shift + F10 x same as t c
Alt + Double Click
Alt + Down Arrow
Alt + Shift + Tab t ac s etween open a c ons
Alt + F
seconds) Num Lock (hold 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
Print Screen Copies the whole screen's image to the clipboard Alt + Print Screen Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad)
Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer
Shortcuts for 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