List of All shortcut keys inWindows

  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 Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+X: Cut

CTRL+Z: Undo
CTRL+V: Paste

CTRL+U: Underline
CTRL+B: Bold

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
CTRL+I: Italic


SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the

 menu)


SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin


ALT+double click: Displays properties




General keyboard-only commands

F1: Starts Windows Help

F10: Activates menu bar options

SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)


CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or   press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager

ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box


ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window) 

SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature

ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize,maximize, or close the window)

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)



CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

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 (for example, when 

the Notepad Find dialog box is 

displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad 

window)


Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:




F2: Rename object


F3: Find all files

CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+X: Cut


CTRL+V: Paste


SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item 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


General folder/shortcut control
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.


F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the

 box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
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


Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
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



LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection

Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.

RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise 

goes to the first child

Properties control



Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility shortcuts

Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off

Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys 

on and off



SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off

Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

Windows Logo: Start menu

Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box

Windows Logo+M: Minimize all


Windows Logo+F1: Help


CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to 

the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT 
Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer

Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders

Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop

CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer


ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)

Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons

Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box

Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows

Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager

Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel



Dialog box keyboard commands
Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box


Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box

Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)

Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys

Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off



ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box

SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the 

current control is a check box, this 
toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the 

option.



ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item


ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button