•CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
•ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
•ALT+F4: Quit program
•SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
windowsprogram key combinations
•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
•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)
•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 windowsin 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/windowsExplorer shortcuts
For a selected 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 windowsExplorer)
•F5: Refreshes the current window.
•F6: Moves among panes in windowsExplorer
•CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in windows95 windowsExplorer 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
windowsExplorer 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
•windowsLogo+R: Run dialog box
•windowsLogo+M: Minimize all
•SHIFT+windowsLogo+M: Undo minimize all
•windowsLogo+F1: Help