Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows offers a lot of useful and convenient keyboard shortcuts. If your keyboard has a Windows key, there are even more.
Windows key + R Run
Windows key + M Minimize All
Windows key + Shift+M Undo Minimize All
Windows key + F1 Windows Help
Windows key + E Explorer
Windows key + F Find Folder or Files
Windows key + Tab Cycle through Taskbar Buttons
Windows key + Pause/Break System Properties
Ctrl+X Cut selected item
Ctrl+C Copy selected item
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+Z Undo the last operation
Shift+F10 Pops up the shortcut menu, just like right-clicking
Ctrl+Esc Pops up the Start Menu
Ctrl+A Select all items
Ctrl+F Find
Alt+Tab Switch between applications
Alt+Tab+Shift Switch backward between applications
Alt+Esc Switch open windows
Alt+Enter Open properties for selected item
Shift+Delete Delete selected item without placing it in the Recycle Bin
F1 View Help for a selected dialog box
F2 Rename the selected item
F3 Opens the Find Command in your current folder
F4 Drop the "folder selection menu" in Explorer
F5 Refreshes the contents of the current folder
Alt+F4 Quit a program
Backspace Go up one directory (Explorer), go to previous page (Internet Explorer)
Windows offers a lot of useful and convenient keyboard shortcuts. If your keyboard has a Windows key, there are even more.
Windows key + R Run
Windows key + M Minimize All
Windows key + Shift+M Undo Minimize All
Windows key + F1 Windows Help
Windows key + E Explorer
Windows key + F Find Folder or Files
Windows key + Tab Cycle through Taskbar Buttons
Windows key + Pause/Break System Properties
Ctrl+X Cut selected item
Ctrl+C Copy selected item
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+Z Undo the last operation
Shift+F10 Pops up the shortcut menu, just like right-clicking
Ctrl+Esc Pops up the Start Menu
Ctrl+A Select all items
Ctrl+F Find
Alt+Tab Switch between applications
Alt+Tab+Shift Switch backward between applications
Alt+Esc Switch open windows
Alt+Enter Open properties for selected item
Shift+Delete Delete selected item without placing it in the Recycle Bin
F1 View Help for a selected dialog box
F2 Rename the selected item
F3 Opens the Find Command in your current folder
F4 Drop the "folder selection menu" in Explorer
F5 Refreshes the contents of the current folder
Alt+F4 Quit a program
Backspace Go up one directory (Explorer), go to previous page (Internet Explorer)
