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General shortcuts
Win
+F - Find a file with the search utility
Win
+E - Opens Explorer
Win
+R - Run a program
Win
+Pause/Break key - System Properties
Win
+G - Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order
(aka bring gadgets to top)
Win
+L - Log off
Win
+U - Shut down
Ctrl+Shift+N - New folder
Win
+X - Mobility Center (same as Vista, but
still handy!)
Alt+Tab
Alt+Tab - Shows normal Alt+Tab
interface Windows users have come to know
and love.
Win
+T - Focus the first taskbar entry. Pressing
again will cycle through them, you can also
arrow around. Win+Shift+T cycles backwards
(Basically equivalent of pressing Win+Tab in
XP, kind of turns taskbar into alt+tab
interface)
Win
+Tab - Flip3D (the cool representation of
alt+tabbing through windows as if looking
through files in a folder in a file cabinet)
Windows Taskbar
SHIFT+click on taskbar icon – Launches
new instance of a program.
SHIFT+CTRL+click on taskbar icon –
Launches an elevated new instance.
Middle mouse click on taskbar icon –
Launches a new instance of a program.
Middle mouse click on taskbar
thumbnail – Close the window.
CTRL+click on a taskbar group –
Restores that last active window in the
group. Continued clicking will continue
restoring the subsequent windows in the
group.
Drag up from a taskbar icon, or
right-click it – Opens Jump List
Win
+# (# = a number key) - Launches a new
instance of the application in the Nth slot
on the taskbar. Example: Win+1 launches
first pinned app, Win+2 launches second,
etc.
Win
+Shift+# - Start a new instance of the
program pinned to the taskbar in the
position indicated by the number.
Win
+Alt+# - Open Jump List for program in the
position indicated by number.
Win
+Ctrl+# - Switch to window indicated by
number.
Snap (Window Arrangement)
WinKey
+arrow – Cycles through window arrangements
for a window.
- Win+Up - Maximize
- Win+Down - Restore / Minimize
- Win+Left - Snap to left
- Win+Right - Snap to right
- SHIFT+WinKey+arrow – Moves the
window to other displays.
Win
+Home - Minimize / Restore all other windows
Peek
WinKey
+Space (hold keys) – Reveals the desktop
Projection (aka activates Aero Peek
without mousing over to the Show Desktop
button)
WinKey
+P - External display options (mirror,
extend desktop, etc)
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What happened to the Run dialog box
in win7?
Right click on the Start button/orb and
select Properties. Click the "Customize"
button to customize the Start menu, scroll
down the list till you find "Run command"
and then check it, and then click OK on each
of the dialog boxes.
Also you can press Windows key + R to bring
up the Run dialog box.
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