Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows offers a lot of useful and convenient keyboard shortcuts. If your keyboard has a Windows key, there are even more.
| Windows key + R | Run |
| Windows key + M | Minimize All |
| Windows key + Shift+M | Undo Minimize All |
| Windows key + F1 | Windows Help |
| Windows key + E | Explorer |
| Windows key + F | Find Folder or Files |
| Windows key + Tab | Cycle through Taskbar Buttons |
| Windows key + Pause/Break | System Properties |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected item |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected item |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo the last operation |
| Shift+F10 | Pops up the shortcut menu, just like right-clicking |
| Ctrl+Esc | Pops up the Start Menu |
| Ctrl+A | Select all items |
| Ctrl+F | Find |
| Alt+Tab | Switch between applications |
| Alt+Tab+Shift | Switch backward between applications |
| Alt+Esc | Switch open windows |
| Alt+Enter | Open properties for selected item |
| Shift+Delete | Delete selected item without placing it in the Recycle Bin |
| F1 | View Help for a selected dialog box |
| F2 | Rename the selected item |
| F3 | Opens the Find Command in your current folder |
| F4 | Drop the "folder selection menu" in Explorer |
| F5 | Refreshes the contents of the current folder |
| Alt+F4 | Quit a program |
| Backspace | Go up one directory (Explorer), go to previous page (Internet Explorer) |
