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Windows 7 Shortcuts

Windows 7 supports several useful new keyboard shortcuts:

Alt+P
Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane

Windows Logo+G
Display gadgets in front of other windows

Windows Logo++ (plus key)
Zoom in, where appropriate


Windows Logo+- (minus key)

Zoom out, where appropriate


Windows Logo+Up

Maximize the current window

Windows Logo+Down
Minimize the current window

Windows Logo+Left
Snap to the left hand side of the screen

Windows Logo+Right
Snap to the right hand side of the screen

Windows Logo+Home
Minimize/ restore everything except the current window

Also, read our Windows Shortcuts for the shortcuts available on other versions of Windows

Windows shortcuts

Sick of going thru Start > Programs > Apps, I thought it would be a good idea to share some info on shortcuts we commonly use while working on MS Windows:

Windows key +E Opens Windows Explorer

Windows key + R invokes Run command

At Run command use type in the following for:

Outlook MS Outlook

Control Control Panel

Sysdm.cpl System Properites

Ncpa.cpl Network connections

Appwiz.cpl Add/Remove program panel

Winword Opens a new window in MS Word

Excel Opens a new window in MS Excel

Visio Opens a new window in MS Visio

Powerpnt MS Powerpoint

Winproj MS Project

Calc Calculator

Notepad Opens notepad

Iexplore Opens a new window of Internet Explorer

Firefox Opens a new window of Firefox

Iexplore / Firefox www.google.com Opens google.com in the new window

CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE – Opens Task Manager

* .cpl files are control panel files for the objects found in control panel. If you search for .cpl files, the list throws up various files, just double-click each one of them to know whats the shortcut 🙂

[Update] For Windows 7 shortcuts, check out the posting:

https://virtualthoughts.org/2009/windows-7-shortcuts/