Microsoft Windows shortcut keys

Windows System Key Combinations

• CTRL+ESC - Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB - Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4 - Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE - Delete items permanently

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 context menu containing alternative verbs.
• 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 context 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, ESC - Selects the Start button. (Press TAB to select quick launch, the taskbar, system tray)
• ALT+DOWN ARROW - Opens a drop-down list box.
• ALT+TAB - Switch to another running application. Hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window.
• Press down and hold the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the auto-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) application.
• ALT+ - Opens the corresponding menu.
• ALT+F4 - Closes the current window.
• ALT+DOWN ARROW - Opens a drop-down list box.
• 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

• F2 - Rename object
• F3 - Find: All Files
• CTRL+X - Cut
• CTRL+C - Copy
• CTRL+V - Paste
• SHIFT+DEL - Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin.
• ALT+ENTER - Open the property sheet for the selected object.
• To Copy a File - Press down and hold the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
• To Create a Shortcut - Press down and hold 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.

Property Sheet Control

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Move through the property tabs.

Accessibility Shortcuts

• Tap SHIFT 5 times - Toggles StickyKeys on and off.
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for 8 seconds - Toggles FilterKeys on and off.
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for 5 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 - Start Menu
• WINDOWS+R - Run dialog box
• WINDOWS+M - Minimize All
• SHIFT+WINDOWS+M - Undo Minimize All
• WINDOWS+F1 - Help
• WINDOWS+E - Windows Explorer
• WINDOWS+F - Find Files or Folders
• WINDOWS+D - Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+WINDOWS+F - Find Computer
• CTRL+WINDOWS+TAB - Moves focus from Start, to Quick Launch bar, to System Tray. Use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on Quick Launch bar and System Tray
• WINDOWS+TAB - Cycle through taskbar buttons
• WINDOWS+BREAK - System Properties dialog box
• Application key - Displays a context menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed

• WINDOWS+L - Log off Windows
• WINDOWS+P - Opens Print Manager
• WINDOWS+C - Opens Control Panel
• WINDOWS+V - Opens Clipboard
• WINDOWS+K - Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• WINDOWS+I - Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• WINDOWS+A - Opens Accessibility Options(if installed)
• WINDOWS+SPACEBAR - Displays the list of IntelliType Hotkeys
• WINDOWS+S - Toggles the CAP LOCK key on and off

Dialog Box Keyboard Commands

• TAB - Move to the next control in the dialog box.
• SHIFT+TAB - Move to the previous control in the dialog box.
• SPACEBAR - If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option button, this selects the option button.
• ENTER - Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline).
• ESC - Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.
• ALT+ - Select menu item.