Thursday, January 22, 2009

Windows 7 Hotkeys

General

Win+Up

Maximize

Win+Down

Restore / Minimize

Win+Left

Snap to left

Win+Right

Snap to right

Win+Shift+Left

Jump to left monitor

Win+Shift+Right

Jump to right monitor

Win+Home

Minimize / Restore all other windows

Win+T

Focus the first taskbar entry
Pressing again will cycle through them, you can can arrow around.
Win+Shift+T cycles backwards.

Win+Space

Peek at the desktop

Win+G

Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order

Win+P

External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc)

Win+X

Mobility Center (same as Vista, but still handy!)

Win+#
(# = a number key)

Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar.
Example: Win+1 launches first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.

Win + +
Win + -
(plus or minus key)

Zoom in or out.

Explorer

Alt+P

Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar modifiers

Shift + Click on icon

Open a new instance

Middle click on icon

Open a new instance

Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon

Open a new instance with Admin privileges

Shift + Right-click on icon

Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc)
Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu

Shift + Right-click on grouped icon

Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.

Ctrl + Click on grouped icon

Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

 

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