Here are some keyboard shortcuts that you can use everyday when using the computer.
This tip is only confined in windows OS.
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
- NUM LOCK + Asterick Sign(*) : Display all the subfolders under the current folder.
- NUM LOCK + PLUS Sign(+) : Display the content under the selected folder.
- NUM LOCK + Minus Sign(-) : Collapse the current selection.
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
- Left ALT + left SHIFT + PrintScreen: High Resolution on/off.
- Left ALT + left SHIFT + NUM LOCK: Switch Mouse keys on/off.
- CTRL + Windows Logo + F : Look for computers on network.
- CTRL + SHIFT + TAB : Move backward through the tabs
- ALT + ESC : Cycle through items in order they had been opened.
- SHIFT + F10 : Display shortcut menu for the selected item.
- CTRL + ESC : Display start menu.
- F10 Key : Activate Menu bar in active program.
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 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: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
- SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
- ALT+double click: Displays properties
- SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only commands
- F1: Starts Windows Help
- F10: Activates menu bar options
- SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item
- CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu
- CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button
- ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
- ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program
- ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu
- ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface
- CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface
- ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
- ALT+F4: Closes the current window
- CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
- ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program
Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
- F2: Rename object
- F3: Find all files
- CTRL+X: Cut
- CTRL+C: Copy
- CTRL+V: Paste
- SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving to the Recycle Bin
- ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
To copy a file
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
General folder/shortcut control
- F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box
- F5: Refreshes the current window.
- F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
- CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
- CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
- CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
- BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
- SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
Windows Explorer tree control
- Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
- Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
- Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
- RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded
- LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded
Properties control
- CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
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