All keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Shortcuts

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  Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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  Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
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  Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
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  Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
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  Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
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  Win + F1: Open Windows help.
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  Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
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  Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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  Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
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  Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
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  Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
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  Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
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  Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
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  Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
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  Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
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  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\)
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  Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
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  Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
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  Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
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  Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
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  Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
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  Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
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  Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
  
  

  General

  
  

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    Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
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    Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
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    Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
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    Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
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    Ctrl + S: Save.
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    Ctrl + O: Open...
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    Ctrl + P: Print.
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    Ctrl + Z: Undo.
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    Ctrl + A: Select all.
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    Ctrl + F: Find...
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    Ctrl+W : to close the current window
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    Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
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    F1: Open help.
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    F11: Toggle full screen mode.
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    Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
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    Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
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    Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.
    
    
    
    
    
    
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