In the list below you can find both keyboard shortcuts that are well known from previous versions, and those that appeared only in Windows 10. There is absolutely no need to learn them all at once, and this is impossible. Just choose 3-4 operations that you use most often, write down the corresponding keys on a sticky note and attach it in a visible place. You yourself will not notice how very soon you will learn them by heart and will not be able to do without them. And when this happens, you can move on to mastering the following hotkey combinations.
Managing windows and applications
Win + left arrow- attach the application window to the left edge of the screen.
Win + Right Arrow- attach the application window to the right edge of the screen.
Win + up arrow- expand the application window to full screen. Or, if the window was previously stuck to one of the edges, it will take up a quarter of the screen at the top.
Win + down arrow- minimize the active window. Or, if the window was previously stuck to one of the edges, it will take up a quarter of the screen at the bottom.
Win+D- show and hide the desktop.
Win + Shift + M- restore minimized windows.
Win + Home- minimize all windows except the active one (restores all windows when clicked a second time).
Alt+Tab- switch between running applications.
Alt+F4- close the active window.
Win + Shift + Left (or Right) Arrow- move the window to another monitor.
Win+T- sequentially sort through the icons on the taskbar. Press Enter to launch the application.
Win + 0…9- launch an application from the taskbar, the icon of which is fixed to the position corresponding to the number.
Conductor
Win+E- launch the file manager.
Ctrl + N- open a new window.
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel- change the presentation of elements (icons, table, thumbnails, etc.).
Alt + up arrow- go up one level.
Alt + left arrow- view the previous folder.
Alt + right arrow- view the next folder.
Virtual desktops
Win + Ctrl + D- add a virtual desktop.
Win + Ctrl + Left Arrow- switch between virtual desktops from right to left.
Win + Ctrl + Right Arrow- switch between virtual desktops from left to right.
Win + Ctrl + F4- close the virtual desktop in use.
Win + Tab- display all desktops and applications on them.
Windows
Ctrl + Shift + Esc- launch task manager.
Win+R- open the “Run” dialog box.
Shift+Delete- delete files bypassing the trash can.
Alt+Enter- display properties of the selected element.
Win + space- switch input language and keyboard layout.
Win+A- open the “Support Center”.
Win+S- open the search window.
Win+I- open the “Options” window.
Screenshots and games
Win+PrtScr- take a screenshot and save it in your images folder.
Win + Alt + PrtScr- take a screenshot of the game.
Win+G- open the game panel to record the progress of the game.
Win+Alt+G- record the last 30 seconds in the active window.
Win+Alt+R- start or stop recording.
Win+P- switch between display modes (if there is a second display).
Do you use keyboard shortcuts in your work?
Using Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts (also known as shortcuts) will help you be as productive as a king while using your computer. Hotkeys save you from having to perform unnecessary manipulations with the mouse and system interfaces.
List of hotkeys in Windows 10
Surely you know a lot of combinations, but in this list we have collected as many as possible, thus forming the ultimate list of Windows 10 hotkeys.
Win key combinations
For reference: button Win– this is a button with the Windows logo in the left (there are options with a duplicate key on the right) part of the bottom row of the keyboard.
By default, Windows does not have the ability to reassign or personalize hotkeys. Is it just a combination to change the language? Therefore, third-party software takes on this task. A striking example of this is the free MKey utility.
Please note that custom hotkeys do not work in UWP applications.
MKey can assign non-standard keys to multimedia keyboards, but its functionality also includes the ability to assign your own individual keys from a standard set or combination. For example, MKey can assign functions to certain combinations, such as launching applications, turning off the computer, rebooting, closing a window, controlling playback, and so on. Lots of different possibilities.
If you need to delete a combination, right-click on it and select Delete or Change.
How to disable hotkeys in Windows 10
As with assigning hotkeys, there is no standard way to disable shortcuts. And it’s unlikely to happen. But the vast majority of combinations can be disabled by disabling the button Win on keyboard. This is done using the Registry Editor.
Using the Registry Editor, you can also disable individual combinations.
Save and reboot. Everything is ready, combinations are disabled.
In the list below you can find both keyboard shortcuts that are well known from previous versions, and those that appeared only in Windows 10. There is absolutely no need to learn them all at once, and this is impossible. Just choose 3-4 operations that you use most often, write down the corresponding keys on a sticky note and attach it in a visible place. You yourself will not notice how very soon you will learn them by heart and will not be able to do without them. And when this happens, you can move on to mastering the following hotkey combinations.
Managing windows and applications
Win + left arrow- attach the application window to the left edge of the screen.
Win + Right Arrow- attach the application window to the right edge of the screen.
Win + up arrow- expand the application window to full screen. Or, if the window was previously stuck to one of the edges, it will take up a quarter of the screen at the top.
Win + down arrow- minimize the active window. Or, if the window was previously stuck to one of the edges, it will take up a quarter of the screen at the bottom.
Win+D- show and hide the desktop.
Win + Shift + M- restore minimized windows.
Win + Home- minimize all windows except the active one (restores all windows when clicked a second time).
Alt+Tab- switch between running applications.
Alt+F4- close the active window.
Win + Shift + Left (or Right) Arrow- move the window to another monitor.
Win+T- sequentially sort through the icons on the taskbar. Press Enter to launch the application.
Win + 0…9- launch an application from the taskbar, the icon of which is fixed to the position corresponding to the number.
Conductor
Win+E- launch the file manager.
Ctrl + N- open a new window.
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel- change the presentation of elements (icons, table, thumbnails, etc.).
Alt + up arrow- go up one level.
Alt + left arrow- view the previous folder.
Alt + right arrow- view the next folder.
Virtual desktops
Win + Ctrl + D- add a virtual desktop.
Win + Ctrl + Left Arrow- switch between virtual desktops from right to left.
Win + Ctrl + Right Arrow- switch between virtual desktops from left to right.
Win + Ctrl + F4- close the virtual desktop in use.
Win + Tab- display all desktops and applications on them.
Windows
Ctrl + Shift + Esc- launch task manager.
Win+R- open the “Run” dialog box.
Shift+Delete- delete files bypassing the trash can.
Alt+Enter- display properties of the selected element.
Win + space- switch input language and keyboard layout.
Win+A- open the “Support Center”.
Win+S- open the search window.
Win+I- open the “Options” window.
Screenshots and games
Win+PrtScr- take a screenshot and save it in your images folder.
Win + Alt + PrtScr- take a screenshot of the game.
Win+G- open the game panel to record the progress of the game.
Win+Alt+G- record the last 30 seconds in the active window.
Win+Alt+R- start or stop recording.
Win+P- switch between display modes (if there is a second display).
Do you use keyboard shortcuts in your work?
Windows 10 hotkeys have been updated with new useful shortcuts. Although one thing stopped working. We are talking about Win + F: this was used to previously call up a system search. Now, in the same way, the Feedback Center appears before our eyes, and to search, you should enter Win + S. There, everyone can cry to Microsoft specialists. In Windows 10, hotkeys allow you to quickly perform a particular operation. This is especially convenient with the Task Manager when the PC freezes noticeably. Just press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC, and the desired window will appear instantly. This is much faster than waiting for the system to “prepare the parameters.” Ready-made Windows 10 key combinations often solve other tasks, such as viewing system properties (Win + Break).
It is almost impossible to remember all this information. Therefore, when such a need arises, a person usually scrolls through the Internet in search of a list of hot keys. It should be noted that most of the combinations all include the control key Win. Billy even tries to change the change of languages. Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10 that do not follow this rule are already mentioned above. Another old three is, of course, CTRL + ALT + DEL. Even with DOS, it became customary to reset the system to its initial state by pressing the specified combination.
In applications
The fundamental difference from the environment of disk operating systems is that the key combination CTRL + Y cancels the operation. Previously, CTRL + R served the same purposes. And the current option was used to delete an entire line of text. Agree that these are different things. However, this rule does not apply to all programs. For example, in Paint and Notepad, an operation can be canceled by pressing CTRL + Z.
For those who have an inconvenient mouse, many menu options from the application are convenient to access using the keyboard. This can be done by pressing left ALT (or F10). After which you can scroll through the menu using the cursor arrows. Very convenient when the screen is small or the mouse is bad. Enter the submenu by pressing the down arrow, select = Enter. An alternative is to right-click on the workspace.
By pressing a key specially designed for this (between the right Win and right CTRL), a context menu is displayed, through which the lion's share of operations is performed. You can scroll through it using the same cursor arrows as the main one. The same can be done by right-clicking the mouse or using the combination Shift + F10.
Here are some standard hotkey combinations known to almost every PC user:
- CTRL + C – copy a selected piece of text, a picture, a table, etc.
- CTRL + V – paste the copied object.
- Double click the mouse to select a word. Double-click again to select the entire sentence (does not work in all editors).
- CTRL + I, CTRL + B, CTRL + D, CTRL + U – test formatting: italic, bold, double and regular underline.
- CTRL + A – select all.
- CTRL + X – cut a fragment.
- CTRL + S, CTRL + O, CTRL + Q – save, open or close the file.
- ALT + F4 – closing a window in Windows
- ALT + F6 – switch between several windows of one program.
- Double-click on the window title to expand it to full screen/return to original size.
The Win key always opened the Start menu. The difference between the dozen is that the application used before is not blocked. Pressing Esc returns the focus back. This was not the case before, which irritated many. It's gratifying that Billy Gates noticed this. Another new feature is that the default language switching keys (left SHIFT + ALT) now work the second or fourth time. They introduced a replacement - Win + Space. The only problem is that often after this the Start window appears. Apparently, you still need to practice to fully switch to ten. The fact is that the Space key is long on most keyboards, and therefore gets stuck when skewed. So the chosen combination, even to a first approximation, cannot be called successful.
In this case, the language selection menu appears for a few moments. In this case there are only two, but the system allows you to install more.
Emergency help
Every administrator is faced with the fact that he has to run applications on a PC that is, to put it mildly, working slowly or not quite correctly. This action is usually performed from the command line, but Billy Gates has introduced a powerful alternative to this. You can quickly perform tasks on the keyboard (without a mouse) by pressing Win + R. There is an extensive list of modules called in this way. In particular, this is the same command line (cmd), registry editor (regedit), user account corrector (netplwiz), boot configuration snap-in (msconfig) and much more.
But after the update, they most often now use the system menu call via Win + X. Inside there is a whole galaxy of useful links, starting with a quick launch of the command line as an administrator and ending with the Device Manager.
As you can see, there is almost everything you need for an emergency solution to a particular problem. In particular, you can see the good old Control Panel and the same Run tool, for which the Win + R buttons are responsible. It’s difficult to say why it was necessary to enter the last line here (see screenshot), but this allows, on the other hand, not to break head on how to minimize all windows in Windows (Win + D). The next combination useful in emergency situations is the above-mentioned CTRL + SHIFT + ESC. If the Task Manager appears in a reduced form, click the More details link in the lower left corner.
Then the presentation of tasks will be more detailed. Very often it is not possible to get into the settings. You can call them in two ways:
- Win+I.
- Win → Double click on Tab → Use the cursor arrows to select the desired option.
The combination Win + A brings up the notification menu, but we are interested in its lower part, where as many as four important snap-ins are located, which can be reached with the cursor arrows after pressing TAB once:
- Tablet mode.
- Network Center (pretty much the only way to get to this area from the keyboard).
- Notes.
- Options.
Using Win + T, you can navigate between icons on the Quick Launch Toolbar. For example, open the calculator located there (using the Enter key). And Win + B allows you to enter the system tray (lower right part of the screen). An even faster way is Win + Program_number_in_the_quick_launch_panel.
Navigating Windows 10
The Win + D key combination allows you not only to minimize all windows, but also to switch to the desktop. You can now navigate through the shortcuts by pressing the arrow keys. Enter – launches the selected one. Often the mouse fails in ten, and this method will help somehow make ends meet. There is another method - press Win + M (and return Win + Shift + M), but it is still crude. If you double-click TAB when entering the Start menu, the focus will go to the side icons, among other things:
- Accounts.
- Conductor.
- Options.
- Shutdown.
This is one of the most convenient ways to restart your PC without using a mouse. In addition, from the accounts menu you can lock the PC (the same as Win + L) or log out. An experienced admin knows that a PS/2 mouse connects only after a reboot, and any of them can fail. So keyboard shortcuts are very important in such cases.
Another important technique is to switch between windows. It must be admitted that on XP SP2 this method was a bit of a mess, and we threw it into the trash, but then we discovered that everything works on Windows 10, and with a large number of open windows, the ALT + TAB combination is much more convenient than mouse clicks. By pressing it again and again, you need to get to the application you are looking for.
Conductor
Not everyone realizes this, but navigating Explorer using the keyboard is much more convenient. To call it, press Win + E. At the initial moment, the focus is in the central part. As shown in the screenshot.
When we talk about navigation, we mean walking from folder to folder:
- Return one level up – BackSpace (key for deleting a character).
- Go inside -
- Cursor arrows – move focus from folder to folder.
The option to copy the address bar is very convenient. It's not a keyboard shortcut, but it stays on topic. Click once on the line and press Ctrl + C.
With one press of TAB you can go to the view settings (Tiles/Rows). Return – CTRL + TAB.
The following TAB presses are not so interesting, we doubt that anyone uses them. Noteworthy is the search in the upper right corner (becoming accessible after the fifth click). The next time the focus finally moves to the left side of the window. And you can freely navigate between global PC areas, such as:
- Desktop.
- This computer.
- Images.
- Documentation.
- Downloads and so on.
This allows you to not use the mouse at all. All the same combinations work in Explorer as in text editors. You can copy, cut, paste files and even undo operations. Holding ATL + Spacebar gives access to the window menu (as opposed to the application), where there are options to close, minimize, restore, and so on.
Help
It is unlikely that there are many people who want to read dozens of help, but if you want to do this, hold down Win + F1. After this, instructions will not appear, as usual, but will go to the Bing search engine page. Pressing F1 on the desktop gives the same result. Well, this is not only good advertising, but also the fastest way to open a browser with a search engine ready to work. It follows from this that there is no other help available. Often you need to know some information about the system. Quick access to the required equipment is done via Win + Break.
Additional combinations
Setting up a PC does not require more than what is listed above. Of course, you can also create desktops and switch them between each other. Each button practically has some meaning. But rarely does every tenth admin know even half of these exotic combinations, isn’t it even less necessary for ordinary users?
Skills such as using the keyboard effectively help you navigate your operating system quickly without becoming fatigued as you work through it. Windows 10 hotkeys contribute well to this. Setting up for efficiency can force you to learn certain combinations of buttons, which will help make the work of a person working at a computer much easier. There are already familiar combinations that are inherited from previous generation operating systems. It is not necessary to learn such combinations in one day; it is enough to first write down the most necessary ones, and then, as the training progresses, gradually learn new ones. All combinations are typed on the keyboard, where the Win button, or Windows, or Start, or Start is a key with the image of the Windows logo. In the article we call it differently for the convenience of those who are accustomed to one option. But essentially, it's the same thing.
Window management
This section describes keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows 10 windows.
- Win + left arrow - this way you can attach the program window to the left side of the screen.
- Win + right arrow - this way you can attach the program window to the right side of the screen.
- Win + up arrow - with this combination you can expand the program window to full screen.
- Win + down arrow - these keys minimize the window of a running application.
- Win + D - These keys either show or hide the desktop.
- Win + Shift + M - this way you can restore minimized windows.
- Win + Home - this combination minimizes all windows except the one in which the user is working.
- Alt + Tab - this combination switches running applications.
- Alt + F4 - this combination closes the running window.
- Win + Shift + Left (or Right) Arrow - Move windows to another monitor.
- Win + T - using this combination you can go through the icons located on the taskbar one after another. In this case, the Enter button starts the application.
- Win + 0…9 - launches from the taskbar those applications that are assigned to a specific serial number.
Working with Explorer
- Start + E - with this combination you can launch the file manager.
- Ctrl + N - this combination opens a new window.
- Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel - means changing the appearance of elements (tables, icons, etc.).
- Alt + up arrow - go up one level.
- Alt + left arrow - look at the previous folder one by one.
- Alt + right arrow - look at the next folder in order.
Desktops
- Start + Ctrl + D - add a new virtual desktop.
- Start + Ctrl + left arrow - using this combination we switch between desktops from right to left.
- Start + Ctrl + right arrow - using this combination we switch between desktops in the opposite direction.
- Start + Ctrl + F4 - this is how we close the desktop that is currently in use.
- Start + Tab - view all desktops and their applications.
System
Hot keys significantly speed up your work on the computer. If you learn them, then the time will come when interaction with the computer will come into the realm of the subconscious. That is, you don’t have to worry about how to call certain buttons or windows. Of course, everything doesn’t happen at once, but the more you practice working with the keys, the faster they will be remembered. There will come a time when you won't need to look at the keyboard at all. In the age of information technology, this is a very useful skill. Only specialized programs help you set up your own hotkeys, but is it really worth wasting time if there are already ready-made solutions?
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