Keyboard Shortcuts In Windows Know some of the General shortcuts which we are using regularly.

Shortcut ctrl+A ctrl+C ctrl+X ctrl+V shift+Delete recycle bin ctrl+Z ctrl+Y Description Select All in the current page Copy the selected text Cut the selected text Patse the copied text Delete the content permanently without moving to Undo the action Redo Moves the cursor one word to right Moves the cursor one word to left Moves the cursor to beginning of the next paragraph Moves the cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph Select the text in the particular direction

ctrl+Right Arrow ctrl+Left Arrow ctrl+Down Arrow ctrl+Up Arrow shift+Arrow keys ctrl+Tab Alt+Tab ctrl+Esc shift+Esc

Navigate between windows in the same application Move to next active window Display Start Menu Opens Task Manager

Alt+Underlined letter in a menu Opens the corresponding menu Alt+Spacebar F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Open the shortcut menu for the active window

Help of the active window Rename Open a search bar in active window Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer Refresh the active window

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Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop Activate the menu bar in the active program Displays System property dialog box

Win key+Break

Win Key+D Displays Desktop Win Key+M Minimize all the active windows Win Key+Shift+M Maximize all the minimized windows Win Key+E Opens My Computer window Win Key+F Search files or folders

Win Key+R Opens Run command Win Key+U Opens the Utility Manager Win Key+L ctrl+O ctrl+N ctrl+P ctrl+S ctrl+T ctrl+W ctrl+Home ctrl+End Lock the Keyboard Open the saved console Opens new document in the application Prints the current Page or opens Print dialog box Saves the file Open new window Close new window Moves the cursor to first character Moves the cursor to the last character Opens task manager Restore or minimize the current Window Moves the window to the left half of the screen Moves the window to the right half of the screen Maximize the current window Minimize all windows except current window Makes all window transparent, so that you can see

Shift+Ctrl+Esc

Win Key+Down Arrow Win Key+Left Arrow Win Key+Right Arrow Win Key+Up Arrow Win Key+Home Win Key+SpaceBar the Desktop.

Win Key+B Move focus to Notification Area Win Key+G Brings all gadgets on the top Win+Right+Enter Shut Down Win+Right+Right+R Win+Right+Right+W Win+Right+Right+S Alt+D Alt+Left Alt+Right Alt+Up ctrl+Shift+N Restart Switch User Sleep

Focus on the address bar Go Back Go Forward Go Up a Directory Creates new folder

NumLock+*(in numpad) Display all subfolders under the selected folder NumLock+ Plus(+ in numpad) Alt+F4 Display the contents of the selected folder

Close the active window

Alt+P Show/Hide the preview panel Win Key+ = Magnifier Win Key+ (+) or (-) Enables magnifier and Zoom in/out