Keyboard Shortcuts

• Shift + F10 right-clicks.
• Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
• Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs. 
  
  
• Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
• Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
• Win + F1: Open Windows help.
• Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
• Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
• Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
• Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
• Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
• Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
• Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
• Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
• Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
• Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
• Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
• Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
• Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
• Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
• Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
  
  
  
  
  • Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
  • Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
  • Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
  • Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
  • Ctrl + S: Save.
  • Ctrl + O: Open...
  • Ctrl + P: Print.
  • Ctrl + Z: Undo.
  • Ctrl + A: Select all.
  • Ctrl + F: Find...
  • Ctrl+W : to close the current window
  • Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
  • F1: Open help.
  • F11: Toggle full screen mode.
  • Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
  • Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
  • Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box. 
    
    
    • Arrow Keys: Navigate.
    • Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.
    • Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.
    • (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).
    • BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.
    • Alt + Left: Go back one folder.
    • Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.
    • Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).
    • Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.
    • F2: Rename selected item(s).
    • Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.
    • Delete: Delete selected item(s).
    • Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.
    • Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.
    • Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).
    • In tree pane, if any:
    • Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.
    • Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.
    • Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
    • Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.
    • Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.
      
      
      • Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.
      • Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.
      • Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.
      • NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.
      • Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.
      • 6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed
      • Win + L: Log off Windows.
      • Win + P: Open Print Manager.
      • Win + C: Open control panel.
      • Win + V: Open clipboard.
      • Win + K: Open keyboard properties.
      • Win + I: Open mouse properties.
      • Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.
      • Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.
      • Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.