Windows 7 Keyboard 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
- alt + N – Show/hide Preview Pane
- Alt + up – Go up one level
- Alt + Left/Right – Back/forward
- win + P – show presentation mode projector options
- Win + G – show desktop gadgets
- Win + L – Lock computer
- Win + X – Mobility Center
- Win + + – Zoom in
- Win + - – Zoom out
- Win + = – Magnifier
- Win + Any number (1, 2, 3, .., 0)] – open the corresponding taskbar pinned program
- Win + Click a pinned taskbar icon] – cycle through the program’s open windows
- Shift + Click a pinned taskbar icon ] – run a new instance of the program
- Ctrl + Shift + Click a pinned taskbar icon] – run a new instance of the program as administrator
- Shift + Right-click on icon – Show window menu (Restore, Minimize, Move etc)
- Shift + Right-click on grouped icon – Show window menu (Restore All, Minimize All, Move All etc)
- Win + T – Cycle through applications on Taskbar (showing its live preview)
- Win + Shift + T – As above, but in reverse order
- Win + R – Opens Run dialog box
- Win + M – Minimize all open windows
- Win + Shift + M – Undo all window minimization
- Win + Shift + D – Toggle showing the desktop
- Win + UP – Maximize window
- Win + Down – Minimize windows / Restore
- Win + Left – Dock window to the left side
- Win + Right – Dock window to the right side
- Win + Shift Up – Maximize vertical size of window
- Win + Shift Down – Restore vertical size
- Win + Shift Left – Move window to left monitor
- Win + Shift Right – Move window to right monitor
- Win + Spacebar – Aero desktop peek
- Win + Home – minimize/maximize all inactive windows
- Alt + F4 – Close the active window
- Alt + Tab – Switch to previous active window
- Alt + Esc – Cycle through all open windows
- Alt + Tab – Flip 3D
- Ctrl + Win + Tab – Persistent Flip 3D
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