Windows: Keyboard Shortcuts
Here's list of Microsoft Windows keyboard shortcuts.
Browser Tabs
Ctrl+w | Close tab. |
Ctrl+Tab | Next tab. |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Previous tab. |
Ctrl+PageDown | Next tab. |
Ctrl+PageUp | Previous tab. |
Ctrl+t | New tab. |
Ctrl+Shift+t | Open last closed tab. |
Ctrl+← | back |
Ctrl+→ | forward |
Close Window
Alt+F4 | Close window. |
Alt+Space c | Close window. |
Escape | Close dialog. |
Ctrl+F4 | Close tab or window. Only in some apps. |
Switch Window
Alt+Tab | Switch to last window. |
Alt+Shift+Tab | Previous window. |
Alt+Escape | Next window (no dialog). Skip minimized windows. |
Alt+Shift+Escape | Previous window (no dialog). Skip minimized windows. |
Ctrl+Alt+Tab | Show all windows. |
❖ Window+Tab | Show all windows. |
Hide/Show window
Alt+Space n | Minimize window. |
❖ Window+d | Show desktop by minimize all windows. |
❖ Window+m | Minimize all windows. ❖ Window+Shift+m restores, if pressed right away. |
❖ Window+Home | Hide other windows. Press again to show. |
Change Windows Size
Open Folder, Launch App
Ctrl+Shift+Escape | launch task manager. 〔see Windows: Task Manager〕 |
Ctrl+Escape | Start menu. same as pressing ❖ Window |
❖ Window | Start menu. Press the Win key then start typing the app's name, will usually let you launch the app quickly. |
❖ Window+r | Run program by name. |
❖ Window+e | open file explorer |
❖ Window+1 | Launch or switch taskbar app 1. ❖ Window+2 app 2, etc. |
❖ Window+Shift+1 | Start a new instance of taskbar app 1. |
❖ Window+Alt+1 | List options for taskbar app 1. |
❖ Window+t | Cycle thru apps on task bar. |
Zoom screen
❖ Window+= | screen zoom-in |
❖ Window+- | screen zoom-out |
❖ Window+Escape | Exit screen zoom |
Drop Down Terminal
❖ Windows+` | toggles drop down terminal. (need to have Windows Terminal started once.) |
Misc
Alt | Activate menu. After pressing Alt, use arrow keys to navigate, or press keys of the underlined letters. |
Alt+Space | popup menu to move/resize/min/max/close window. |
F5 | Refresh, in browsers and Explorer and most other apps that makes sense. |
❖ Window+v | Paste from clipboard history. Must turn on clipboard history in [settings, system, clickboard]. |
❖ Window+. | Open emoji panel. |
❖ Window+L | Lock screen. |
❖ Window+a | Open action center (notifications). |
❖ Window+h | Start dictation. |
❖ Window+s | Open search. |
❖ Window+g | Open game bar. |
❖ Window+k | Open the Connect quick action. |
❖ Window+Space | Switch language or keyboard layout. |
❖ Window+Pause | Open System Properties. |
❖ Window+i | Open settings. |
❖ Window+u | Open display settings. |
❖ Window+x | Opens Quick Link menu. |
❖ Window+x f | Apps and features |
❖ Window+x o | Power options |
❖ Window+x v | Event viewer |
❖ Window+x y | System |
❖ Window+x m | Device manager |
❖ Window+x w | Network connections |
❖ Window+x k | Disk management |
❖ Window+x g | Computer management |
❖ Window+x i | Windows PowerShell |
❖ Window+x a | Windows PowerShell (Admin) |
❖ Window+x t | Task manager |
❖ Window+x n | Settings |
❖ Window+x e | File explorer |
❖ Window+x s | Search |
❖ Window+x r | Run |
❖ Window+x u i | Sign out |
❖ Window+x u s | Sleep |
❖ Window+x u u | Shutdown |
❖ Window+x u r | Restart |
❖ Window+x d | Desktop |
❖ Window+b | Select the first icon in the Notification Area. |
❖ Window+p | Choose a presentation display mode (set screen to clone on 2nd monitor, etc.). |
❖ Window+f | Open feedback. |
❖ Window+Alt+Enter | Start Windows Media Center interface. |
❖ Window+F1 | Open Windows Help. |
❖ Window+Ctrl+f | Open Search for Computers. Requires Active Directory Domain Services. |
in Windows 10 start menu, is there a key to launch the admin version of app?
In the Win10 menu, press Ctrl+❖ Window+Shift+Return to launch as administrator. Ctrl+❖ Window+Shift+1 to launch the first application of the menu bar as administrator (2 for the second etc.)
2021-02-19 thanks to Amine Chadly for help on key to launch admin.