Windows Explorer Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

1. F1: Help
2. CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu.
3. ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
4. ALT+F4: Quit program
5. SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
6. Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

1. CTRL+C: Copy
2. CTRL+X: Cut
3. CTRL+V: Paste
4. CTRL+Z: Undo
5. CTRL+B: Bold
6. CTRL+U: Underline
7. CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

1. SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
2. SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
3. ALT+double click: Displays properties
4. SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

1. F1: Starts Windows Help
2. F10: Activates menu bar options
3. SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
4. CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
5. CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
6. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
7. ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
8. ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
9. SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
10. ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
11. ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize,minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
12. CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
13. ALT+: Opens the menu
14. ALT+F4: Closes the current window
15. CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
16. 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 Finddialog box and the main Notepad window)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

1. F2: Rename object
2. F3: Find all files
3. CTRL+X: Cut
4. CTRL+C: Copy
5. CTRL+V: Paste
6. SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
7. ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

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