Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

You know the obvious keyboard shortcuts, such as [Ctrl] + [V], and [Alt] + [Tab]. You probably don’t know them all, however. Experiment with all of them and see which ones you’d like to adopt!

• [Windows] + [E] opens My Computer in Windows Explorer

• [Windows] + [Pause/Break] opens the System Properties dialog box

• [Windows] + [U] opens the Utility Manager

• [Windows] + [R] opens the ‘Run…’ prompt

• [Windows] + [F] opens the ‘Search for Files and Folders’ window

• [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [R] opens the ‘Search for computers on the Network’ window

• [Windows] + [M] minimises all the windows

• [Windows] + [Shift] + [M] maximises all windows (after you have minimised them)

• [Windows] + [D] minimises all windows to the desktop, and then restores all Windows

• [Windows] + [L] locks the computer (i.e. takes you to the ‘Welcome’ screen)

• [Windows] + [B] selects the first item in the System tray; use the arrow keys to cycle through the items and use [Enter] to open a selected item in the System Tray

• [Alt] + [Enter] opens the ‘Properties’ page of a selected item

• [Alt] + [Esc] cycles between open programs in the order they were opened

• [Alt] + [Spacebar] in the active window, this brings up the corner dialog box for Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, or Close

• [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Esc] opens the Windows Task Manager (just like [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] does)

• [F2] will rename an item

• [F3] opens the ‘Search for files and folders’ window

• [F6] cycles through the different types of elements that can be selections on a screen or window

• [F10] selects the menu bar in the active program (usually ‘File’) (like [Alt]) so you can use the arrow keys to navigate through the menus and [Enter] to select

• [Shift] + [F10] for a selected item, this does the same thing as a right-click with the mouse (instead you can even use a dedicated button to this on keyboard located between [Windows] and [Ctrl])

• [Ctrl] + [Esc] opens the Start Menu

• Clicking [Shift] five times turns StickyKeys On or Off

• Holding down the right [Shift] for eight seconds turns FilterKeys On or Off

• Holding down [Num Lock] for five seconds turns ToggleKeys On or Off

Try these out!!!