Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Windows | Tips for Windows – 2000, NT, XP, Vista:


Here is list of some common Shortcut Keys for Windows: 2000, NT, XP and Vista

Use at your own risk



Alt + Tab à Switch between open applications.

Alt + Shift + Tab à Switch backwards between open applications.

Alt + double-click à Display the properties of the object that double-click on.

 Ctrl + Tab à With an application that has multiple sub tabs/document windows, this switch between tabs.

Ctrl + Shift + Tab à Same as above but backwards.

Alt + Print Screen à Create a screen shot (image in clipboard) only for the active Program/Screen.

Print Screen à Create a screen shot (image in clipboard) for your entire desktop.

Ctrl + Alt + Del à Reboot the computer and/or bring up the Windows task manager.

Ctrl + Esc à Bring up the Windows Start menu. In Windows 3.x this brings up the Task Manager.

Alt + Esc à Switch between open applications on taskbar.

F1 à Activates help for current open application.

F2 à Renames selected Icon.

F3 à Starts find from desktop.

F4 à Opens the drive selection when browsing or pull the list of drive selections.

Alt + F4 à Closes Current open program.

Ctrl + F4 à Closes Window in Program.

F5 à Refresh.

F6 à Move cursor to different Windows Explorer panel.

F10 à Activates menu bar.

Shift + F10 à Simulates right-click on selected item.

Ctrl + Space bar à Drops down the window control menu.

Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad) à Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer.

Alt + Enter à Opens properties window of selected icon or program.

Shift + Del à Permanent Delete - Delete programs/files without throwing them into the recycle bin.

Holding Shift at Startup à Boot safe mode or by pass system files as the computer is booting.

Holding Shift à When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.

Enter à Activates the highlighted program.

Alt + Down arrow à Display all available options on drop down menu.

* (on the keypad) à Expands all folders on the currently selected folder or drive in Windows Explorer.

+ (on the keypad) à Expands only the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer.

- (on the keypad) à Collapses the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer


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