The Windows key has
this picture on it:
It's located between
your CTL & ALT keys.
Here are some common
windows keyboard shortcuts (you'll need a "windows" keyboard to try
these)
Hold down the "windows"
key and press:
M - Minimizes
all windows
SHIFT - M -
Undo minimize all windows
E - Opens
Windows Explorer
D - Switches
between minimizing all open programs and showing them all.
F - Opens the
Find Window
R - Opens the
Run Window
BREAK / PAUSE-
Opens System Properties
TAB - Cycles
through items on the task bar
Or just press the
Windows key to open the Start menu.
General Shortcuts
ALT- F4 - Quit a program / Shut down
ALT-TAB - Hold
down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.
CTL-ESCAPE -
Display the Start menu
SHIFT - TAB -
tab backwards through a form
CTRL - X - Cut
CTRL - C -
Copy
CTRL - V -
Paste
F1 - Help menu
CTRL - Z -
Undo
SHIFT & Restart
- To restart just windows and not your whole computer, hold down the
shift key when you click the OK button on the shutdown screen. Saves
lots of time.
CRTL-TAB -
Navigate tabs on a tabbed screen
File & Desktop
Shortcuts
Hold SHIFT while inserting a CD - Prevents the CD from
"autorunning"
If an item is
selected:
CTRL while
dragging a file - Copies the file
CTRL - SHIFT
while dragging a file - Creates a shortcut to the file
SHIFT - DELETE
- Deletes an item without sending it to the recycle bin.
ALT-ENTER -
Display a file's properties.
F2 - To rename
the file
In
Windows Explorer:
LEFT ARROW -
Collapse the current selection if it is expanded
NUM LOCK-MINUS
SIGN (-) - Collapse the selected folder
RIGHT ARROW -
Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or- Select the first
subfolder
NUM LOCK- *
Expand all folders below the current selection
NUM LOCK- PLUS
SIGN (+) - Expand the selected folder
F6 - Switch
between left and right panes
In My Computer:
BACKSPACE -
View the folder one level up
ALT- RIGHT ARROW
- Move forward to a previous view
ALT- LEFT ARROW
-Move backward to a previous view
