Windows Tricks and Tips
Windows Explorer Tips and Tricks
- Shift + Click — on any hyperlink to open it in a new window.
- Ctrl + + — Resize any list control to it’s contents.
- * — Expand any tree node and all it’s sub nodes in windows.
- + — Expand any tree node
- – — Collapse any tree node
- Shift + Click — on any folder inside explorer to open it in a new window with explorer bar at it’s side showing the path leading to that folder.
- Shift + Enter – Does the same as above
- Ctrl + Enter will open any folder in a new window
- Ctrl + Double Click will open any folder in a new window
- Ctrl + Double click on any explorer title bar including internal explorer to see that window in full screen mode.
- Alt + Drag to select in columns.
- Ctrl + Shift + F8 to do the above using keyboard.
- WinKey + L to lock the desktop
- Alt + Enter on any file to view it’s property pages.
- Alt + Double Click on any folder to open it’s property pages.
- Alt + Spacebar to open System menu of any window
- Alt + – to open system menu of main child windows, for eg: Word document windows
- Shift + Close button ( On caption bar ) to close all parent windows of a child explorer window at once.
- Winkey + D — Show desktop
- Winkey + M — Minimize all
- Winkey + Shift + M — Undo Minimize All
- WinKey + R — Opens run dialog
- Winkey + E — Opens explorer
- Winkey + U — Opens Utility manager
- Winkey — Opens start menu