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Windows 7 Shortcuts

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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

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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/