KEYBOARD AND WINDOWS SHORTCUTS

Windows Hotkeys

* Ctrl + Escape or Win: Display start menu.

* Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu.

* Win + E: Open Windows Explorer.

* Win + R: Open Run dialog.

* Win + M: Minimize all windows.

* Win + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows.

* Win + D: Toggle minimize all windows. or toggle desktop view, using

Show_Desktop.scf, while MinimizeAllWindows doesn't minimize dialog boxes

(including Properties windows).'.

* Windows Hotkeys: Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter

double-clicks, and AppsKey or 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 CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab

dialog.

* Alt + Shift + Tab: Display CoolSwitch; 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.

* Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.

* Alt + Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current active window to

clipboard.

* Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than

XP.

* Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.

* Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.