10 most useful windows XP keyboard shortcuts
Posted by webstuffscan on December 22nd, 2006
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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January 7th, 2007 at 8:50 am
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]
January 7th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Hey Ninja, That was some cool shortcuts. I will add it to the main post. Thanks!