Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard provides the same functionality as pressing PrtScn on a local computer. Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another host program. Press the A — F buttons in Programmer mode. Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8. F2 Rename the selected item. F3 Search for a file or folder in File Explorer.
F4 Display the address bar list in File Explorer. F5 Refresh the active window. F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F10 Activate the Menu bar in the active app. Shift with any arrow key Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document. Right arrow Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. Left arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. Esc Stop or leave the current task. PrtScn Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard.
Note You can change this shortcut so it also opens screen snipping, which lets you edit your screenshot. Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close Start. Updated in Windows Arrow keys Move the cursor in the direction specified. Page up Move the cursor by one page up. Page down Move the cursor by one page down. Press this key To do this F4 Display the items in the active list.
Tab Move forward through options. Spacebar Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. Backspace Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. Backspace View the previous folder. Right arrow Display the current selection if it's collapsed , or select the first subfolder. Left arrow Collapse the current selection if it's expanded , or select the folder that the folder was in.
End Display the bottom of the active window. Home Display the top of the active window. F11 Maximize or minimize the active window. Backspace Go back to the settings home page. Type on any page with search box Search settings. Notes This shortcut is turned off by default. The following table contains common keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8. The following table contains new keyboard shortcuts that you can use in Windows. The following table contains general keyboard shortcuts in Windows.
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that you can use in dialog boxes. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with items on the desktop taskbar. Remote Desktop Connection on the desktop keyboard shortcuts. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with the Help viewer.
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for rearranging modern apps. Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft.
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for use in dialog boxes. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows logo key Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu.
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with WordPad. The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Calculator.
Press the. Press the n! The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows Journal. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Windows logo key. Once the shortcut is created, to assign a shortcut key to that Windows shortcut, follow the steps below.
Right-click the shortcut and select Properties. Click on Shortcut tab. If keys on your keyboard are not working the way they must be, it maybe the time to reset keyboard keys to its previous settings. You could try this in Windows 7 to find out if it works.
Before you go ahead, you may have to admit it first that it is not because of hardware issue or physical problem. So, be sure to update the device drive to its previous version, keep your keyboard clean, check physical connection and wires and also try another keyboard if you have desktop and check if it works. Also find out if Sticky Keys are enabled in windows.
Navigate to Control Panel and choose "Language" and prefer your default language. If you have enabled several languages, move any other language to the top, and set it as primary language and move your current language back to the top. This trick will help reset keyboard. Add another language if you have a specific language. Make Primary Language by moving a new language to the top of list.
After doing it, move the previous language to the top of list and set it as primary language once again. This way, you can reset the layout of keyboard to default. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search.
For others encountering this issue, you might have a fancy keyboard with a "gaming mode" switch of some sort that disables the windows key. The fact this is the top voted answer and this page has K views should tell keyboard designers something Certainly it was a feature added with good intentions to prevent accidentally losing focus on a game when hitting the Windows key by accident, but the keyboard should beep or something when you hit a key and it ignores it.
Instead, go halfway down the page to "Let me fix it myself", run regedit , and see if the following key exists there:. Check for other software running. Do you have any AutoHotkey scripts running? Or disable the driver, without disabling your last input device, and test again. I also wonder, because the Win key can mess up a game pretty badly, maybe some games have ways of disabling that while they are running? I think that this Game Bar disables the shortcuts.
In my case, I had to first press only Win to popup the start menu. I had the same problem, and fixed it with Combofix. I wouldn't have guessed that I had malware, as I had no symptoms. I had thought a bad keyboard, so I tried using this keyboard testing software , and it said my keyboard was fine, but the shortcuts didn't work. Just had same problem, fixed it by closing remote connection on TeamViewer with "set key combination" function turned on. I came across an equivalent problem today but "Windows Key" was not affected which made it harder to find a solution.
Only Ctrl-N didn't work and it looked like a text editor glitch, but then it didn't work in browsers and the only "solution" visible on the net was ridiculous reinstall driver - yeah right I have a habit of checking processes in perpetually running ProcExp once in a week or two and MaskVPN has been eradicated a few days before I noticed the Ctrl-N problem not using it frequently. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
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