Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
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SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
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SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
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ALT+double click: Displays properties
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SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only commands
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F1: Starts Windows Help
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F10: Activates menu bar options
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SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
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CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
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CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
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ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
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ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
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SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
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ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
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ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
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CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
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ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
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ALT+F4: Closes the current window
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CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
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ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
For a selected object:
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F2: Rename object
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F3: Find all files
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CTRL+X: Cut
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CTRL+C: Copy
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CTRL+V: Paste
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SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
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ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
To copy a file
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
General folder/shortcut control
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F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
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F5: Refreshes the current window.
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F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
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CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
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CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
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CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
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BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
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SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
Windows Explorer tree control
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Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
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Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
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Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
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RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
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LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
