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Desktop Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by [deleted]

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Windows

Show Desktop
#D
Show Charms
#C
Search Charms
#F
Show run dialog
#R
Show quick link menu
#X
Switch keyboard layout
#Spacebar
Snap applic­ation
#Arrows
Lock user
#L

Run Commands

Calculator
calc
Notepad
notepad
Wordpad
write
Command Line
cmd
Control Panel
control
Task Manager
taskmgr
Windows Update
wuapp
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Device Manager
devmgm­t.msc
Applic­ations
appwiz.cpl
Region and Language
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Services
servic­es.msc
Sound
mmsys.cpl
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Firewall
firewa­ll.cpl
Powershell
powershell
Powershell ISE
powers­hel­l_ise
 

Files and folders

Back in history
Alt + Left
Forward in history
Alt + Right
Navigate up in directory
Alt + Up
Select All
Ctrl + A
Make new folder
Ctrl + Shift + N
Show file properties
Alt + Enter

Text Editing

Paste as plain text
Ctrl + Shift + V
Find in text
Ctrl + F
Bold text
Ctrl + B
Italics text
Ctrl + I

Text Navigation

Move cursor
Ctrl + Arrows
Go to beginning of line
Home
Go to end of line
End
Go to beginning of text
Ctrl + Home
Go to end of text
Ctrl + End
Go up a frame
Pg Up
Go down a frame
Pg Down
Select all
Ctrl + A
Select characters or lines
Shift + Arrows
Select word by word
Shift + Ctrl + R
Select up to line start
Shift + Home
Select up to line end
Shift + End
Select up a frame
Shift + Pg Up
Select down a frame
Shift + Pg Down
Delete previous word
Ctrl + Backspace
Delete next word
Ctrl + Delete
 

Media

Youtube back
J
Youtube play
K
Youtube forward
L
VLC back
Alt + Left
VLC forward
Alt + Right
Fullscreen
F
Mute / unmute
M
Youtube previous in playlist
Shift + P
Youtube next in playlist
Shift + N
VLC previous in playlist
P
VLC next in playlist
N

Browsers

New window
Ctrl + N
New tab
Ctrl + T
Close tab
Ctrl + W
Restore tab
Ctrl + Shift + T
Go to previous tab
Ctrl + Page Up
Go to next tab
Ctrl + Page Down
Go to address bar
Alt + D
Go to top
Home
Go to bottom
End
Scroll down
Space
Default Zoom
Ctrl + 0
Bookmark a Page
Ctrl + D
Show bookmarks
Ctrl + Shift + O

Search

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