Windows 8 50 keyboard shortcuts

Windows 8 is the latest alms from Microsoft and has reinvented itself as an operating arrangement for both book and PC users. While touchscreen users can yield advantage of the abounding abyssal rewrites e.g. the Charms Menu, Metro UI with tiles, and swipes, Microsoft has aswell done their allotment to ensure that users who adopt accepting about with the keyboard would not be larboard out.

To baby to this group, Microsoft has chip new keyboard shortcuts to let them cross through the reconstructed OS faster and easier. And as abundant fun as touchscreens can be, sometimes you can do added with keyboard shortcuts than you can with swipes. Besides, if you are allotment of the keyboard generation, shortcuts just appear added by itself anyways.

Read on for 50 keyboard shortcuts that you apparently acquisition yourself application on Windows 8, if out of bash mode.

Shortcut	Description
Windows Key + D	Show Desktop
Windows Key + C	Open Charms Menu
Windows Key + F	Charms Menu – Search
Windows Key + H	Charms Menu – Share
Windows Key + K	Charms Menu – Devices
Windows Key + I	Charms Menu – Settings
Windows Key + Q	Search For Installed Apps
Windows Key + W	Search Settings
Windows Key + Tab	Cycle through open Modern UI Apps
Windows Key + Shift + Tab	Cycle through open Modern UI Apps in reverse order
Windows Key + .	Snaps app to the right (split screen multitasking)
Windows Key + Shift + .	Snaps app to the left (split screen multitasking)
Windows Key + ,	Temporarily view desktop
Alt + F4	Quit Modern UI Apps
Windows Key + E	Launch Windows Explorer Window
Windows Key + L	Lock PC and go to lock screen
Windows Key + T	Cycle through icons on taskbar (press Enter to launch app)
Windows Key + X	Show Advanced Windows Settings Menu
Windows Key + E	Launch Windows Explorer Window
Windows Key + Page Down	Moves Start screen and apps to secondary monitor on the right
Windows Key + M	Minimize all Windows
Windows Key + Shift + M	Restore all minimized Windows
Windows Key + R	Open Run dialog box
Windows Key + Up Arrow	Maximize current window
Windows Key + Down Arrow	Minimize current window
Windows Key + Left Arrow	Maximize current window to left side of the screen
Windows Key + Right Arrow	Maximize current window to right side of the screen
Ctrl + Shift + Escape	Open Task Manager
Windows Key + Print Screen	Takes a Print Screen and saves it to your Pictures folder
Windows Key + Page Up	Moves Start screen and apps to secondary monitor on the left
Windows Key + Pause Break	Display System Properties
Shift + Delete	Permanently delete files without sending it to Recycle Bin
Windows Key + F1	Open Windows Help and Support
Windows Key + V	Cycle through notifications
Windows Key + Shift + V	Cycle through notifications in reverse order
Windows Key + 0 to 9	Launch/show app pinned to taskbar at indicated number
Windows Key + Shift + 0 to9	Launch new instance of app pinned to taskbar at indicated number
Alt + Enter	Display Properties of selected item in File Explorer
Alt + Up Arrow	View upper level folder of current folder in File Explorer
Alt + Right Arrow	View next folder in File Explorer
Alt + Left Arrow	View previous folder in File Explorer
Windows Key + P	Choose secondary display modes
Windows Key + U	Open Ease of Access Center
Alt + Print Screen	Print Screen focused Window only
Windows Key + Spacebar	Switch input language and keyboard layout
Windows Key + Shift +Spacebar	Switch to previous input language and keyboard layout
Windows Key + Enter	Open Narrator
Windows Key + +	Zoom in using Magnifier
Windows Key + -	Zoom out using Magnifier
Windows Key + Escape	Exit Magnifier

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Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts

Knowing at least some of the Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts will make your Windows 8 experience much more enjoyable. Try to memorize these top Windows 8 shortcut keys.

Press the Windows key to open the Start screen or switch to the Desktop (if open).

Press the Windows key + D will open the Windows Desktop.

Press the Windows key + . to pin and unpin Windows apps on the side of the screen.

Press the Windows key + X to open the power user menu, which gives you access to many of the features most power users would want (e.g. Device Manager and Command Prompt).

Press the Windows key + C to open the Charms.

Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings, which is the same Settings found in Charms.

Press and hold the Windows key + Tab to show open apps.

Press the Windows key + Print screen to create a screen shot, which is automatically saved into your My Pictures folder.

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How Do I Add Text Shortcuts to the Windows Run Dialog Box

Windows comes prepackaged with a ton of handy run-dialog shortcuts to help you launch apps and tools right from the run box; is it possible to add in your own custom shortcuts.

The Question

SuperUser reader Nic finds the run-dialog shortcuts to be handy and wants to expand upon them.

When I hit Windows+R, I can type in calc and get a calculator really quickly. Same thing for mspaint. My question is, how do I adjust this so I can type “netbeans” and have it open the program?

The Answer

SuperUser contributor John T offers a quick and simply way to accomplish the shortcut addition.

The easiest option would be to add the following location to 

C:\Program Files\NetBeans X.X.X\bin

replace X.X.X with your version of Netbeans.

Alternatively you could make a shortcut to the netbeans.exe executable in the above path, and place that shortcut in a location that’s already in your path (e.g. C:\Windows\System32).

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