• Win: Open or close Start
  • Win-A: Open Quick Settings
  • Win-B: Set focus for the Show hidden icons dropdown menu
  • Win-D: Display and hide the desktop
  • Win-E: Open File Explorer
  • Win-G: Open Xbox Game Bar when a game is open
  • Win-H: Open Voice Typing
  • Win-I: Open settings
  • Win-J: Set focus to a Windows tip when one is available
  • Win-K: Open Cast(Connect) from Quick Settings
  • Win-L: Lock your PC or switch accounts
  • Win-M: Minimize all windows
  • Win-Shift-M: Restore minimized windows on the desktop
  • Win-O: Lock device orientation
  • Win-P: Choose a presentation display mode
  • Win-Q: Query apps, files and so on in your PC
  • Win-R: Open the Run dialog box
  • Win-S: Open search
  • Win-T: Cycle through apps on the taskbar
  • Win-U: Open Accessibility Settings
  • Win-V: Open the clipboard history
  • Win-X: Open the Quick Link menu
  • Win-Up: Maximize the window
  • Win-Down: Restore down the window
  • Win-Left: Maximize the window to the left side of the screen
  • Win-Right: Maximize the window to the right side of the screen
  • Win-Shift-Down: Restore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width
  • Win-Tab: Open Task View
  • Win-Pause: Display the System Properties dialog box
  • Win-PrtScn: Save full screen screenshot to file
  • Win-Alt-PrtScn: Save screenshot of game window in focus to file (using Xbox Game Bar)
  • Win-Period(.): Open emoji panel
  • Win-Semicolon(;): Open emoji panel
  • Win-Plus(+): Open Magnifier and zoom in
  • Win-Minus(-): Zoom out in Magnifier
  • Win-Esc: Close Magnifier
  • Win-Ctrl-F: Search for PCs (if you’re on a network)
  • Win-Ctrl-Q: Opwn Quick Assist
  • Win-Ctrl-D: Create a virtual desktop
  • Win-Ctrl-F4: Close the active virtual desktop
  • Win-Ctrl-Left Arrow: Switch to the virtual desktop on the left
  • Win-Ctrl-Right Arrow: Switch to the virtual desktop on the right
  • Win-Ctrl-Enter: Turn on/off Narrator
  • Win-Number: Switch to the corresponding app pinned to taskbar
  • Win-Shift-Number: Open a new instance of the app pinned to taskbar
  • Win-Alt-Number: open the Jump List for the app pinned to the taskbar
  • Win-Ctrl-Shift-Number: Open a new instance of the app pinned to taskbar as an administrator
  • Win-Alt-R: Record video of game window in focus (using Xbox Game Bar)
  • Win-Shift-S: Take a screenshot of part of your screen

  • Win-Ctrl-Shift-B: Wake PC from blank or black screen

  • Alt-Tab: Switch between open apps
  • Alt-Esc: Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened
  • Alt-Enter: Display properties for the selected item
  • Alt-Double Click: Display properties for the selected item
  • Alt-Spacebar: Open the shortcut menu for the active window
  • Alt-Left Arrow: Go back
  • Alt-Right Arrow: Go back
  • Alt-Page Up: Move up one screen
  • Alt-Page Down: Move down one screen
  • Alt-F4: Close the active item, or exit the active app
  • Alt-F8: Show your password on the sign-in screen
  • Alt-P: Display and hide the preview in File Explorer
  • Alt-Shift-P: Display and hide the details preview in File Explorer

  • Alt-Underlined Letter: Perform the command for that letter

  • Ctrl-Esc: Open Start
  • Ctrl-Spacebar: Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off
  • Ctrl-F4: Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time)
  • Ctrl-Home: Move the cursor to the beginning of the buffer
  • Ctrl-End: Move the cursor to the end of the buffer
  • Ctrl-Left Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
  • Ctrl-Right Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
  • Ctrl-Up Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
  • Ctrl-Down Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
  • Ctrl-A: Select all items in a document or window
  • Ctrl-D: Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
  • Ctrl-E: Open Search (in most apps)
  • Ctrl-F: Open search (in most apps)
  • Ctrl-R: Refresh the active window
  • Ctrl-X: Cut the selected item
  • Ctrl-C: Copy the selected item
  • Ctrl-Insert: Copy the selected item
  • Ctrl-P: Paste the selected item
  • Shift-Insert: Paste the selected item
  • Ctrl-Y: Redo an action
  • Ctrl-Z: Undo an action

  • Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Wheel: Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons

  • Shift-Del: Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first

  • Shift-F10: Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

  • Shift-Right Click a Taskbar Button: Show the window menu for the app/group
  • Shift-Click a Taskbar Button: Open an app or quickly open another instance of an app
  • Ctrl-Shift-Click a Taskbar Button: Open an app as an administrator

  • Ctrl-Click a Taskbar Button: Cycle through the windows of the group

  • Ctrl-Alt-Tab: Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps
  • Ctrl-Alt-Del: Open task manager
  • Ctrl-Shift-Esc: Open task manager
  • Ctrl-Shift-E: Display all folders above the selected folder

  • Ctrl-Shift-N: Create a new folder

  • Esc: Stop or leave the current task
  • Del: Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
  • F2: Rename the selected item
  • F3: Search for a file or folder in File Explorer
  • F4: Display the items in the active list (The address bar list in File 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 app
  • F11: Maximize or minimize the active window

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