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Keyboard shortcuts for Vista

August 1st, 2008 Dave W 1 comment

Here’s a handy little list of useful Vista keyboard shortcuts:

  • Win + d – show Desktop
  • Win + f- search for files
  • Win + g  – cycles through Gadget selections
  • Win + l – lock your computer
  • Win + m – minimize windows
  • Win + t  - cycles through Taskbar programs
  • Win + u  – activate the ‘Ease of Use’ Center
  • Win + x  – cycle through the ‘Mobility’ Center
  • Win + Spacebar  – bring Gadgets to the front

Also – if you use the Quick Launch toolbar, pressing the Win key + a number (from the top row of the keyboard) will launch the corresponding application in the Quick Launch toolbar.

e.g. if your first 4 Quick Launch icons are Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint – If you press Win+2, that will start up Word, Win+4 will start Powerpoint and so on. This only applies to the first 10 QuickLaunch icons Win+0 being the last).