Windows Keyboard Shortcut

Sometimes, you will find that using keyboard shortcut is more faster than using click on your mouse to do several thing on Windows. Now, I will show you all Windows keyboard shortcut for you to increase your effective and efficient on work and doing thing on your Windows Computer.

• Alt + Tab. Switch between open applications
• Alt + Shift + Tab. Switch backwards between open applications.
• Alt + double-click. Display the properties of the object you double-click on.
• Ctrl + Tab. With an application that has multiple sub tabs/document windows, this switch between tabs
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab. Same as above but backwards.
• Alt + Print Screen. Create a screen shot (image in clipboard) only for the active screen/program.
• Print Screen. Create a screen shot (image in clipboard) for your entire desktop.
• Ctrl + Alt + Del. Reboot the computer and/or bring up the Windows task manager.
• Ctrl + Esc. Bring up the Windows Start menu. In Windows 3.x this brings up the Task Manager.
• Alt + Esc. Switch Between open applications on taskbar.
• F1. Activates help for current open application.
• F2. Renames selected Icon.
• F3. Starts find from desktop.
• F4. Opens the drive selection when browsing or pull the list of drive selections
• F5. Refresh.
• F10. Activates menu bar.
• Shift + F10. Simulates right-click on selected item.
• Alt + F4. Closes Current open program.
• Ctrl + F4. Closes Window in Program.
• F6. Move cursor to different Windows Explorer panel.
• Ctrl + Space bar. Srops down the window control menu.
• Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad). Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer
• Alt + Enter. Opens properties window of selected icon or program.
• Shift + Del. Permanent Delete - Delete programs/files without throwing them into the recycle bin.
• Holding Shift at Startup. Boot safe mode or by pass system files as the computer is booting.
• Holding Shift. When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.
• Enter. Activates the highlighted program.
• Alt + Down arrow. Display all available options on drop down menu.
• * (on the keypad). Expands all folders on the currently selected folder or drive in Windows Explorer.
• + (on the keypad). Expands only the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer.
• - (on the keypad). Collapses the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer

• WINKEY. Pressing the Windows key alone will open Start.
• WINKEY + F1. Opens the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
• WINKEY + F3. Opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook.
• WINKEY + D. Brings the desktop to the top of all other windows.
• WINKEY + M. Minimizes all windows.
  
• WINKEY + SHIFT + M. Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.
• WINKEY + E. Open Microsoft Explorer.
• WINKEY + Tab. Cycle through open programs through the taskbar.
• WINKEY + F. Display the Windows Search / Find feature.
• WINKEY + CTRL + F. Display the search for computers window.
• WINKEY + F1. Display the Microsoft Windows help.
• WINKEY + R. Open the run window.
• WINKEY + Pause / Break key. Open the system properties window.
• WINKEY + U. Open Utility Manager.
• WINKEY + L. Lock the computer (Windows XP and above only).

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