Friday, February 27, 2009

Windows 7 Beta Hot Keys

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.

Windows 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


Note that this list focuses on stuff that's specific to Windows 7. For a complete list of Windows Vista hotkeys (which should be largely unchanged except where noted above), visit the following link on microsoft.com or look in the Windows Help file
.Windows Vista Hot Keys

If there's something you think I should add, post a comment!  

Source: Windows 7 Blog

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