General
Windows Shortcuts
F1 Help
F2 Rename Object
F3 Find all files
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + Esc Open Start menu
Alt + Tab Switch between open programs
Alt + F4 Quit program
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)
Alt + Double Click Displays properties
F10 Activates menu bar options
Shift + F10 Opens a context menu (same as right click)
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)
Alt + Shift + Tab Switch backwards between open applications
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)
Ctrl + Tab Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
Alt + Underlined letter in Opens the menu and the function of the underlined letter
menu
Alt + F4 Closes the current window
Ctrl + F4 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)
Shift + Delete Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
Alt + Enter Open the properties for the selected object
Ctrl + Hold Left Click Copy a file or text
(While selecting a file or
text)
Ctrl + Shift + Hold Left To create a shortcut
Click (While selecting a
file)
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 amon panes in Windows Explorer
Ctrl + G Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows Explorer only)
Crtl + 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 puls all parent folders
Shift five times Toggles StickyKeys on and off
Right Shift (hold for eight Toggles FilterKeys on and off
seconds)
Num Lock (hold for five Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
seconds)
Left Alt + left Shift + Num Toggles MouseKeys on and off
Lock
Left Alt + left Shift + Print Toggles high contrast on and off
Screen
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 Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer
keypad)
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
