Hi readers,
Most of computer, notebook, and netbook is running on Windows 7 nowadays. But some of them prefers Windows XP because it’s more lighter and easy to use interface.
For Windows 7 beginner, may be you could find abit hard at first using it, but don’t worry because here are Windows shortcuts which can help you and save your time with your work and same goes to other Windows 7 users.
Checkout the list of Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts below:
General Windows 7 Shortcuts
- Win + Up – Maximize the current Window
- Win + Down – Restore down or minimize current Windows
- Win + Leftdow – Dock the current Window to the left half of the screen
- Win + Rightdow – Dock the current Window to the right half of the screen
- Win + Number – Activate and run the program pinned on Windows 7 Taskbar, running program won’t be affected
- Win + Home – Minimize all but the current Window
- Win + Space – Makes all Windows transparent so you can see through to the desktop
- Win + Pause or Break – Open System Properties
- Win + Tab – Flip Aero 3D [press Tab to cycle between Windows]
- Win + B – Move focus to notification tray (the right-most portion of the taskbar)
- Win + D – Show/Hide desktop
- Win + E – Windows Explorer is launched
- Win + F – Search
- Win + G – Bring all gadgets on top and foreground
- Win + L – Lock Computer
- Win + M – Minimize all Windows
- Win + P – Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors)
- Win + R – Run Command is launched.
- Win + S – OneNote Screen Clipping Tool
- Win + T – Show preview thumbnail of running applications in Windows Taskbar one by one without mouse over
- Win + X – Mobility Center
- Win + # – Quicklaunch
- Win + = – Magnifier
- Win + + or – – Enables the magnifier and zooms in/out
- Win + Shift + Up – Maximize vertical size
- Win + Shift + Down – Restore vertical size
- Win + Shift + Leftdow – Jump to left monitor
- Win + Shift + Right – Jump to right monitor
- Win + Shift + M – Undo all Window minimization
- Win + Shift + T – Cycles backwards
- Win + Ctrl + F – Opens the Active Directory Find Computers dialog
- Ctrl + Right – Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
- Ctrl + Left – Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
- Ctrl + Up – Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
- Ctrl + Down – Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
- Ctrl + Click – A pinned taskbar icon to cycle through the program’s open Windows (e.g. IE)
- Ctrl + Win + Tab – Persistent flip 3D
- Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key – Select a block of text
- Ctrl + arrow + Spacebar – Select multiple individual items in a Window or on the desktop
- Ctrl + Shift + Esc – Open Task Manager directly
- Ctrl + Shift + N – Create new folder
Windows Explorer
- Alt + Leftdow – Go back
- Alt + Right – Go forward
- Alt + Up – Go up a directory
- Alt + Enter – Open the Properties Window of the current selection
- Alt + Spacebar – Open the shortcut menu for the active Window
- Alt + F4 – Close the active Window
- Alt + Tab – Switch to previous active Window
- Alt + Esc – Cycle through all open Windows
- Alt + D – Move focus to address bar
- Alt + P – Show/hide the preview panel
- Ctrl + N – Open a new Window
- Ctrl + Mousewheel – Change the view type (extra large, small, list view, detail, etc.)
- NUMLOCK + Asterisk (*) on numeric keypad – Display all subfolders under the selected folder
- NUMLOCK + Plus Sign (+) on numeric keypad – Display the contents of the selected folder
- NUMLOCK + Minus Sign (+) on numeric keypad – Collapse the selected folder
Logging In/ Out
- Win + Right + Enter – Shutdown
- Win + Right + Right + R – Restart
- Win + Right + Right + S – Sleep
- Win + Right + Right + W – Switch users
Or checkout all Windows 7 Hotkeys.
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