 Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts with Windows.

General Windows keys

See Help on the selected dialog box item     Press F1

Quit a program  press        alt + F4

View the shortcut menu for the selected item press  SHIFT + F10

Display the Start menu press control + Esc

Switch to the window you last used. Or switch to next window by
pressing ALT while repeatedly pressing TAB.   press alt + TAB

Cut    press control + X

Copy   press control + C

Paste  press control + V

Delete press DEL

Undo   press control + Z Bypass auto-play when inserting a
compact disc  press shift while inserting the CD-ROM

For the desktop, My Computer, and Windows Explorer When an item
is selected, you can use the following shortcut keys.

Rename an item  press F2

Find a folder or file press F3

Delete immediately without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
press Shift + delete

View item properties press Alt + Enter or Alt + double click

Copy a file press control key while dragging the file

Create a shortcut  press control + shift while dragging the file

For My Computer and Windows Explorer

To

Select all  press control + A

Refresh a window  press F5

View the folder one level up press BACKSPACE

Close the selected folder and all its parent folders press SHIFT
while  clicking the Close button

Switch between left and right panes  press F6

For Windows Explorer only

To

Go to  press control + G

Switch between left and right panes press F6 

 Expand all subfolders under the selected folder press NUMLOCK +
asterisk on numeric keypad

Expand the selected folder press NUMLOCK + plus sign on numeric
keypad.

Collapse the selected folder press NUMLOCK + minus sign on
numeric keypad.

Expand current selection if it's collapsed, otherwise select
first subfolder  press Right arrow

Collapse current selection if it's expanded, otherwise select
parent folder press Left arrow

For properties dialog boxes

To Move forward through options  press TAB

Move backward through options press SHIFT + TAB

Move forward through tabs  press CONTROL + TAB

Move backward through tabs press CONTROL + SHIFT + TAB

For Open and Save As dialog boxes To Open the Save In or Look In
list press       F4

Refresh  press F5

Open the folder one level up, if a folder is selected press
BACKSPACE

Accessibility Options shortcut keys

To use Accessibility Options shortcut keys, the shortcut keys
must be enabled. For more information, look up "Accessibility,
shortcut keys" in the Help Index. To

Toggle StickyKeys on and off  press SHIFT 5 times

Toggle FilterKeys on and off press RIGHT SHIFT for 8 times

Toggle ToggleKeys on and off press NUMLOCK for 5 seconds

Toggle MouseKeys on and off  press LEFT ALT + LEFT SHIFT +
NUMLOCK

Toggle High Contrast on and off press LEFT ALT + LEFT SHIFT +
PRINT SCREEN

