Shortcuts Keyboard in Windows XP

• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window’s System menu


• ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item


• ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened


• ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program


• ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window


• ALT+TAB Switch between open items

• ALT+Underlined letter Display the corresponding menu


• BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer


• CTRL+A Select all


• CTRL+B Bold


• CTRL+C Copy


• CTRL+I Italics


• CTRL+O Open an item


• CTRL+U Underline


• CTRL+V Paste


• CTRL+X Cut


• CTRL+Z Undo


• CTRL+F4 Close the active document


• CTRL while dragging Copy selected item


• CTRL+SHIFT while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM


• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word


• CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word


• CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph


• CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph


• SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin


• ESC Cancel the current task


• F1 Displays Help


• F2 Rename selected item


• F3 Search for a file or folder


• F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer


• F5 Refresh the active window


• F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop


• F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program


• SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item


• CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu


• SHIFT+CTRL+ESC Launches Task Manager


• SHIFT when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing


• WIN Display or hide the Start menu


• WIN+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box


• WIN+D Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop


• WIN+E Open Windows Explorer


• WIN+F Search for a file or folder


• WIN+F+CTRL Search for computers


• WIN+L Locks the desktop


• WIN+M Minimize or restore all windows


• WIN+R Open the Run dialog box


• WIN+TAB Switch between open items

Windows Explorer Shortcuts:

• ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the current window’s system menu


• SHIFT+F10 - Display the item’s context menu


• CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu


• ALT+TAB - Switch to the window you last used


• ALT+F4 - Close the current window or quit


• CTRL+A - Select all items


• CTRL+X - Cut selected item(s)


• CTRL+C - Copy selected item(s)


• CTRL+V - Paste item(s)


• CTRL+Z - Undo last action


• CTRL+(+) - Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane


• TAB - Move forward through options


• ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Move forward to a previous view


• ALT+LEFT ARROW - Move backward to a previous view


• SHIFT+DELETE - Delete an item immediately


• BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up


• ALT+ENTER - View an item’s properties


• F10 - Activate the menu bar in programs


• F6 - Switch between left and right panes


• F5 - Refresh window contents


• F3 - Display Find application


• F2 - Rename selected item

Internet Explorer Shortcuts:

• CTRL+A - Select all items on the current page


• CTRL+D - Add the current page to your Favorites


• CTRL+E - Open the Search bar


• CTRL+F - Find on this page


• CTRL+H - Open the History bar


• CTRL+I - Open the Favorites bar


• CTRL+N - Open a new window


• CTRL+O - Go to a new location


• CTRL+P - Print the current page or active frame


• CTRL+S - Save the current page


• CTRL+W - Close current browser window


• CTRL+ENTER - Adds the http://www. (url) .com


• SHIFT+CLICK - Open link in new window


• BACKSPACE - Go to the previous page


• ALT+HOME - Go to your Home page


• HOME - Move to the beginning of a document


• TAB - Move forward through items on a page


• END - Move to the end of a document


• ESC - Stop downloading a page


• F11 - Toggle full-screen view


• F5 - Refresh the current page


• F4 - Display list of typed addresses


• F6 - Change Address bar and page focus


• ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Go to the next page


• SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - Move back between frames


• SHIFT+F10 - Display a shortcut menu for a link


• SHIFT+TAB - Move back through the items on a page


• CTRL+TAB - Move forward between frames


• CTRL+C - Copy selected items to the clipboard


• CTRL+V - Insert contents of the clipboard


• ENTER - Activate a selected link


• HOME - Move to the beginning of a document


• END - Move to the end of a document


• F1 - Display Internet Explorer Help

Run Commands to access the control panel:

• Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl


• Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl


• Display Properties control desk.cpl


• FindFast control findfast.cpl


• Fonts Folder control fonts


• Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl


• Keyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboard


• Mouse Properties control main.cpl


• Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl


• Network Properties control netcpl.cpl


• Password Properties control password.cpl


• Printers Folder control printers


• Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl sounds


• System Properties control sysdm.cpl

Run Commands:

• compmgmt.msc - Computer management


• devmgmt.msc - Device manager


• diskmgmt.msc - Disk management


• dfrg.msc - Disk defrag


• eventvwr.msc - Event viewer


• fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders


• gpedit.msc - Group policies


• lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups


• perfmon.msc - Performance monitor


• rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies


• secpol.msc - Local security settings


• services.msc - Various Services


• msconfig - System Configuration Utility


• regedit - Registry Editor


• msinfo32 _ System Information


• sysedit _ System Edit


• win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini)


• winver _ Shows current version of windows


• mailto: _ Opens default email client


• command _ Opens command prompt