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Windows Hotkeys
Here are the Windows 10 shortcut keys that I'm aware aware of.
Window | Toggle Start menu |
Window+[1 to 0] | Run 1st app in taskbar (or nth app where 0 is the tenth app) |
Window+A | Open action center |
Window+B | Highlight notification area |
Window+C | Cortana listening mode |
Window+D | Toggle show Desktop |
Window+E | Launch Explorer |
Window+H | Open Share pane |
Window+I | Open Settings app |
Window+K | Open Connect pane (connect to wireless displays and audio devices) |
Window+L | Lock screen |
Window+M | Switch to desktop and minimize all open windows |
Window+O | Lock device orientation |
Window+P | Open Project (connect to external displays/projectors) |
Window+R | Display Run dialog box |
Window+S | Launch Cortana search |
Window+T | Cycle through apps on the taskbar |
Window+U | Launch Ease of Access Center |
Window+V | Cycle through notifications |
Window+X | Open advanced menu in the lower-left corner of the screen |
Window+Z | Open app-specific command bar |
Window+Enter | Launch Narrator |
Window+Spacebar | Switch input language and keyboard layout |
Window+Tab | Open Task view |
Window+[,] | Peek at desktop |
Window+[+] | Zoom in |
Window+[-] | Zoom out |
Window+Esc | Close Magnifier |
Window+Left | Dock active window to the left half of the monitor |
Window+Right | Dock active window to the right half of the monitor |
Window+Up | Maximize active window vertically and horizontally |
Window+Down | Minimize/restore active window |
Window+Shift+Up | Maximize active window vertically |
Window+Shift+Down | Minimize/restore active window vertically |
Window+Shift+Left | Move active window to the monitor on the left. (Multiple monitors.) |
Window+Shift+Right | Move active window to the monitor on the right. (Multiple monitors.) |
Window+Home | Minimize/restore all nonactive windows |
Window+PrintScreen | Take a picture of the screen and place it in the Computer->Pictures->Screenshots folder |
Window+Ctrl+Left/Right | Switch to the next / previous virtual desktop |
Window+Ctrl+D | Create new virtual desktop |
Window+Ctrl+F4 | Close current virtual desktop |
Window+? | Launch Windows Feedback app |
A lot to remember!