Simplify you life: keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Windows system key combinations

F1: Help

CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu

ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs

ALT+F4: Quit program

SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently

Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

CTRL+C: Copy

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: Display a shortcut menu containing alternative commands

SHIFT+double click: Run the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)

ALT+double click: Display properties

SHIFT+DELETE: Delete an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

F1: Start Windows Help

F10: Activate menu bar options

SHIFT+F10: Open a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object

CTRL+ESC: Open the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)

CTRL+ESC or ESC: Select the Start button (press TAB to select the task-bar, or press SHIFT+F10 for  context menu)

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Open Windows Task Manager

ALT+DOWN ARROW: Open 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: Display the main window's System menu (from the System menu you can restore, move, re-size, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

ALT+underlined letter in menu: Open the menu

ALT+F4: Close the current window

CTRL+F4: Close 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)

For the purpose of this new article, the featured image(s) were sourced from the internet. For any issue, please contact us, and we will deal with the matter promptly.