10 most useful windows XP keyboard shortcuts

Posted by webstuffscan on December 22nd, 2006


Windows XP - Windows keyboard shortcuts!Sometimes knowing keyboard shortcuts can be quite useful. For example, in order to search for a file probably you use start->search but did you know pressing F3 also achieves the same thing? Also programmers can’t think of a life without shortcuts such as Ctl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste). Here is a list of 10 keyboard shortcuts in Windows XP which I find most useful.

0. ALT+TAB - A shortcut eveyone knows. Switch between programs.

1. F3 key - Search for a file or do a Windows live search when you are on Internet Explorer.

2. F2 key - Rename the selected file.

3. F10 key - Activate menu. You can then press underlined letter to activate submenu.

4. CTRL+C - Copy file or content.

5. CTRL+X - Cut file or content.

6. CTRL+V - Paste file or content.

7. CTRL+A - Select all (select all files when in explorer or all content when in an editor)

8. SHIFT+DELETE - Delete the file permanently. It won’t even appear in recycle bin.

9. ALT+F4 - Close the current program or open window. (Use CTRL+F4 to close an open tab in a program)

10. ALT+ENTER - Display properties of the selected file or item.

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2 Responses to “10 most useful windows XP keyboard shortcuts”

  1. Ninja Says:

    never knew some of those…
    some others i know of include:
    windows key + d —- minimises all your open windows (even dialogs) - some don’t appear in the taskbar, though if you press again before you maximise any window from the taskbar, they all come back.
    winkey + r —- opens the run dialog (i use this a lot)
    winkey + u —- gives access to utilities such as magnifier/screen reader
    F4 while in internet explorer —- puts the cursor in address bar so you can type
    alt + tab —- displays the window switcher. hold alt, press tab and it moves through the window list. release alt and it makes whatever window you selected appear. (this one i like)
    winkey + L —- depending on settings, it either logs you off, fast user switches (keeps you logged on), or locks the computer.

    there’s a lot of mouse tricks as well…when you drag/drop a file you can hold various keys to do stuff - generally when you drag a file from a folder to the desktop, it tries to create a shortcut (arrow icon)
    pressing: while dragging file(s) will force it to do this action:
    Alt —- creates shortcut
    Ctrl —- copies the items
    Shift —- just moves it
    using combinations does nothing.
    [some of this has to be useful to someone :D]

  2. webstuffscan Says:

    Hey Ninja, That was some cool shortcuts. I will add it to the main post. Thanks!

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