Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are most important for power computer users. If you want to increase your productivity then you must know all windows keyboard shortcut which is required to carry out your day to day computing activity. Windows Vista and XP have almost same keyboard shortcuts but microsoft latest operating system windows 7 has got many new keyboard shortcuts.

Here is a list of all new as well as old windows 7 keyboard shortcut which will be definitely helpful for all Windows 7 users experimenting with first windows 7 beta.

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