Windows Hotkeys

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 Common Windows Hotkeys

This is a guide to basic hotkeys you can use on your PC.

• Ctrl + Escape or Win: Display start menu. 
• Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu. 
• Win + E: Open Windows Explorer. 
• Win + R: Open Run dialog.
  
• Win + M: Minimize all windows.
  
• Win + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows.
  
• Win + D: Toggle minimize all windows.
  
• Win + B (XP only): Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter double-clicks, and AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  
• Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
  
• Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
  
• Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
  
• Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
  
• Win + F1: Open Windows help.
  
• Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
  
• Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  
• Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
  
• Alt + Tab: Display CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
  
• Alt + Shift + Tab: Display CoolSwitch; go in reverse.
  
• Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
  
• Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
  
• Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
  
• Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
  
• Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
  
• Ctrl + Shift + Escape (XP Only): Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
  
• Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
  
• Alt + Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
  
• Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than XP.
  
• Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.

Here are some hotkeys for the Firefox browser:

Add Bookmark	Ctrl + D
Back	Alt + Left Arrow
Bookmarks List	Ctrl + B Ctrl + I
Caret Browsing	F7
Close Tab	Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4
Close Window	Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4
Open previously closed tab	Ctrl + Shift + T
Copy	Ctrl + C
Cut	Ctrl + X
Decrease Text Size	Ctrl + -
Delete	Delete
Delete Autocomplete Entry	Shift + Delete
Downloads List	Ctrl + J
Find Again	F3 Ctrl + G
Find Link As You Type	'
Find Text As You Type	/
Find Previous	Shift + F3
Find in This Page	Ctrl + F
Forward	Shift + Backspace Alt + Right Arrow
Full Screen	F11
History List	Ctrl + H
Home	Alt + Home
Increase Text Size	Ctrl + +
Move to Next Frame	F6
Move to Previous Frame	Shift + F6
Bottom of Page	End
Top of Page	Home
New Tab	Ctrl + T
Next Tab	Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + PageDown
New Window	Ctrl + N
Open File	Ctrl + O
Open Address in New Tab	Ctrl + Enter
Open Address in New Window	Shift + Enter
Page Source	Ctrl + U
Paste	Ctrl + V
Previous Tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab Ctrl + Page Up
Print	Ctrl + P
Redo	Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Shift + Z
Reload	F5 Ctrl + R
Reload Override Cache	Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + Shift + R
Restore Text Size	Ctrl + O
Save Page As	Ctrl + S
Select All	Ctrl + A
Select Location Bar	Alt + D F6 Ctrl + L
Select Tab (1 to 9)	Ctrl + (1 to 9)
Stop	Esc
Undo	Ctrl + Z
Web Search	Ctrl + E Ctrl + K