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Keyboard shortcuts - Windows 10

Windows shortcuts

Virtual Desktop

KeysAction
Win + TabOpen Task view.
Win + Ctrl + DAdd a virtual desktop.
Win + Ctrl + Switch between virtual desktops you’ve created on the right.
Win + Ctrl + Switch between virtual desktops you’ve created on the left.
Win + Ctrl + F4Close the virtual desktop you’re using.

Windows Key

KeysAction
WinOpen or close Start.
Win + AOpen Action center.
Win + BSet focus to the first icon in the Taskbar corner.
Win + COpen Cortana in listening mode.
Win + Shift + COpen the charms menu.
Win + Ctrl + CTurn on color filters (enable this shortcut first in Color Filter settings).
Win + DDisplay and hide the desktop.
Win + EOpen File Explorer.
Win + FOpen Feedback Hub and take a screenshot.
Win + GOpen Xbox Game Bar when a game is open.
Win + Alt + BTurn HDR on or off.
Win + HStart dictation.
Win + IOpen Settings.
Win + JSet focus to a Windows tip when one is available.
Win + KOpen the Connect quick action.
Win + LLock your PC or switch accounts.
Win + MMinimize all windows.
Win + Shift + MRestore minimized windows on the desktop.
Win + OLock device orientation.
Win + PChoose a presentation display mode.
Win + Ctrl + QOpen Quick Assist.
Win + ROpen the Run dialog box.
Win + Alt + RRecord video of game window in focus (using Xbox Game Bar).
Win + SOpen search.
Win + Shift + STake a screenshot of part of your screen.
Win + TCycle through apps on the taskbar.
Win + UOpen Accessibility Settings.
Win + VOpen the clipboard history. 
Win + Shift + VSet focus to a notification.
Win + XOpen the Quick Link menu.
Win + YSwitch input between Windows Mixed Reality and your desktop.
Win + ZShow the commands available in an app in full-screen mode.
Win + . or ;Open emoji panel.
Win + ,Temporarily peek at the desktop.
Win + PauseOpens Start > Settings > System > About .
Win + Ctrl + FSearch for PCs (if you’re on a network).
Win + numberOpen the desktop and start the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the app is already running, switch to that app.
Win + Shift + numberOpen the desktop and start a new instance of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Win + Ctrl + numberOpen the desktop and switch to the last active window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Win + Alt + numberOpen the desktop and open the Jump List for the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Win + Ctrl + Shift + numberOpen the desktop and open a new instance of the app located at the given position on the taskbar as an administrator.
Win + TabOpen Task view.
Win + Up arrowMaximize the window.
Win + Down arrowRemove current app from screen or minimize the desktop window.
Win + Left arrowMaximize the app or desktop window to the left side of the screen.
Win + Right arrowMaximize the app or desktop window to the right side of the screen.
Win + HomeMinimize all except the active desktop window (restores all windows on second stroke).
Win + Shift + Up arrowStretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Win + Shift + Down arrowRestore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width.
Win + Shift + Left arrow or Right arrowMove an app or window in the desktop from one monitor to another.
Win + Shift + SpacebarCycle backwards through language and keyboard layout.
Win + SpacebarSwitch input language and keyboard layout.
Win + Ctrl + SpacebarChange to a previously selected input.
Win + Ctrl + EnterTurn on Narrator.
Win + +Open Magnifier and zoom in.
Win + -Zoom out in Magnifier.
Win + EscClose Magnifier.
Win + /Begin IME reconversion.
Win + Ctrl + Shift + BWake PC from blank or black screen.
Win + PrtScnSave full screen screenshot to file.
Win + Alt + PrtScnSave screenshot of game window in focus to file (using Xbox Game Bar).
Win + Alt + Enter (on taskbar item focus) Open taskbar settings.

File Explorer

KeysAction
Alt + DSelect the address bar.
Ctrl + ESelect the search box.
Ctrl + FSelect the search box.
Ctrl + NOpen a new window.
Ctrl + WClose the active window.
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheelChange the size and appearance of file and folder icons.
Ctrl + Shift + EDisplay all folders above the selected folder.
Ctrl + Shift + NCreate a new folder.
Num Lock + *Display all subfolders under the selected folder.
Num Lock + +Display the contents of the selected folder.
Num Lock + -Collapse the selected folder.
Alt + PDisplay the preview panel.
Alt + EnterOpen the Properties dialog box for the selected item.
Alt + Right arrowView the next folder.
Alt + Up arrowView the folder that the folder was in.
Alt + Left arrowView the previous folder.
BackspaceView the previous folder.
Right arrowDisplay the current selection (if it’s collapsed), or select the first subfolder.
Left arrowCollapse the current selection (if it’s expanded), or select the folder that the folder was in.
EndDisplay the bottom of the active window.
HomeDisplay the top of the active window.
F11Maximize or minimize the active window.

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