List of Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

I personally get very annoyed with the mouse sometimes while using the computer. Keyboard comes in the picture as a blessing at that time. Over the past few years, I have collected all different shortcuts that I came across. Thought of sharing these with fellow keyboard lovers. If you think I missed any or you know more, please do share. I'd appreciate it.

Happy keyboarding!


General

Alt + Esc - Shuffles through the open windows

Alt + F4 - Close the working window

Alt + G - Google Toolbar (if you have it installed)

Alt + Print Screen - Copies just the active window/dialog box

Alt + Space + N - Minimize the selected window

Alt + Space + X - Maximize the selected window

Alt + Space - Upper left corner System menu displays (in any window)

Alt + Tab - Shuffle open windows on desktop

Alt + Enter - When done this on an icon, it displays the ShortCut tab of Properties window

Ctrl + A - Select all items on page

Ctrl + Alt + Del - Opens the Windows Security dialog box

Ctrl + C - Copy items to clipboard

Ctrl + End - Go to bottom end of file

Ctrl + Esc - Same as a click on Start button

Ctrl + F4 - Close the top most file in working window

Ctrl + Home - Go to top of file

Ctrl + Mouse wheel spin - Increases or decreases the zoom of the text

Ctrl + O - Opens the Open File dialog box

Ctrl + S - Saves page

Ctrl + Tab - Shuffle files open in the same window

Ctrl + V - Paste items from clipboard

Ctrl + W - Closes the active file in the current window

Ctrl + X - Cut and copy items to clipboard

Ctrl + Y - Redo last action

Ctrl + Z - Undo last action

Ctrl + Print Screen - Copies entire screen, then you can do Ctrl + V in Paint of MS Word to create a screen shot.

F1 - Display Help file

Tab - Toggle forward through page items

Down Arrow - Scroll down

Up Arrow - Scroll up

Print Screen - Copies entire screen

Shift + Delete - Deletes a file/an object permanently without it appearing in the Recycle Bin

Shift + Tab - Reverse Tab

Win - Same as a click on Start button

Win + D - Show desktop (Minimize All/Undo Minimize All)

Win + E - Opens My Computer/Windows Explorer

Win + M - Minimizes all open windows

Win + Pause - Brings up the Systems Properties window

Win + R + Calc - Opens the Calculator

Win + R + cmd - Opens the MS-DOS prompt window

Win + R + Excel - Opens MS Excel application

Win + R + http://www .com - Typed URL Website in IE

Win + R + Mspaint - Opens the MS Paint application

Win + R + Notepad - Opens the notepad

Win + R + view-source:http://www .com - Typed URL source code in notepad

Win + R + WinWord - Opens MS Word application

Win + R + WordPad - Opens the WordPad application

Win + R + www. - Launches the IE window with www. in the address bar

Win + R - Opens the Run dialog box same as Start -> Run

Win + Tab - Shuffle through taskbar windows without opening them


Internet Explorer & Mozilla Firefox, My Computer, Windows Explorer

Alt + D - Jumps to the address bar and selects the text

Alt + Home - Return to your homepage

Alt + Left Arrow - Move backward to a previous page

Alt + Right Arrow - Move forward to a previous page

Backspace - Back button on IE/FireFox, or View the folder one level up (used for My Computer and Windows Explorer)

Ctrl + F5 - Refresh from the server and bypass the local cache

Ctrl + F6 - Brings cursor to the Address Bar

Ctrl + B - Open and organize favorites list

Ctrl + D - Add current page to favorites list

Ctrl + F - performs a find on the current page

Ctrl + H - Opens the History

Ctrl + I - Shows the favorites

Ctrl + L - Brings cursor to the Address Bar or displays Open dialog box

Ctrl + N - Opens a new window

Ctrl + P - Opens the Print dialog box

Ctrl + R - Refresh a web page

Ctrl + T - Opens a new tab

Ctrl + Tab - Move forward between frames

F6 - Highlights the address bar

Shift + F10 - Displays the pop-up menu (Right click pop-up menu). The third button to the right from Space key between the Windows and ctrl button.

Shift + Left mouse click - Opens the link in new window

Shift + Mouse wheel spin - Forward and backward through the pages you have visited

Ctrl + Enter - Puts http://www. and .com around the word in address bar. If your OS and/or IE are another language other than English, then it will add the appropriate extension. E.g. for Japanese version it will add .co.jp at the end instead of .com.

Esc - Stop downloading/loading current page

F4 - Pull down the Address Bar site list

F5 - Refresh page


Mozilla Firefox Only

Ctrl + Shift + Enter - Puts http://www. and .org around the word in address bar

Shift + Enter - Puts http://www. and .net around the word in address bar


MS Word Only

Alt + F5 - Resizes the MS Word window(makes it smaller)

Shift + F3 - Toggles between Lower Case, Capitalize, Upper Case in MS Word and other selected applications


KVM Switch Only

Scroll Lock + Scroll Lock + 2 - Switches to computer connected on port 2 of your switch. This is when you have one set of monitor, keyboard, mouse and multiple CPUs connected to it via a KVM switch. Here the third numeric value entered is the port number of the switch.