Windows Shortcuts

ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
ALT+F4: Quit program
ALT+double click: Displays properties
ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
ALT+F4: Closes the current window
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)
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)
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)

SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
SHIFT+Windows +M: Undo minimize all
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: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object)

CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+X: Cut
CTRL+V: Paste
CTRL+Z: Undo
CTRL+B: Bold
CTRL+U: Underline
CTRL+I: Italic
CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
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+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
CTRL+Windows +F: Find computer
CTRL+Windows +TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)

F1: Starts Windows Help
F2: Rename object
F3: Find all files
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
F10: Activates menu bar options

BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder

Windows : Start menu
Windows +R: Run dialog box
Windows +M: Minimize all
Windows +F1: Help
Windows +E: Windows Explorer
Windows +F: Find files or folders
Windows +D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
Windows +TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
Windows +Break: System Properties dialog box
Windows +L: Log off Windows
Windows +P: Starts Print Manager
Windows +C: Opens Control Panel
Windows +V: Starts Clipboard
Windows +K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
Windows +I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
Windows +A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
Windows +SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
Windows +S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off