A keyboard shortcut is the combination of keys programmed together to invoke a particular computer-program function. Computer shortcuts are always fun, aren’t they? They stimulate a weird but good feeling of exhilaration upon execution, like those moments when you apply a cheat on computer games. A bit of an exaggeration, maybe; nonetheless, keyboard shortcuts are amusing and always multiply your productivity. We hope you are really excited as we present you with the best keyboard shortcuts (for windows 10). Let us begin:

The Elementary Shortcuts

These keyboard shortcuts are statistically the most common ones. If you use a computer, you should know at least all of them.

Ctrl + A → Highlight/select all contents of the current folder

Ctrl + C → Copy selected content to the clipboard

Ctrl + X → Cut selected content to the clipboard

Ctrl + V → Paste selected content

Ctrl + Z → Undo last action

Ctrl + Y → Redo last undone action (does not work if Ctrl + Z has not been used)

Ctrl + D → Delete selected content

Desktop & Navigation Shortcuts

Desktop and navigation shortcuts are aimed to increase your efficiency while opening, closing and navigating through various windows and desktop modes on your computer.

Alt + F4 → Close/shut-down running window

Win + D → Show/hide desktop (cascade windows)

Win + Ctrl + D → Add open a virtual desktop

Alt + Tab → Switch apps

Win + Tab → Open task-view mode

Win + Left Arrow → Snap window to the left (split vertically)

Win + Up Arrow → Resize window

Win + L → Lock desktop

Win + I → Open settings

File-action Shortcuts

Have you ever wondered how easy would it be if we had a shortcut to create a new folder, or to rename a file?

Ctrl + Shift + N → Create a new folder

Ctrl + Shift + Click → Open app as an administrator

Alt + Double-click → Open file properties

F2 → Rename selected content

F5 → Refresh current window

Win + E → Open File Explorer

Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Behold! because there are more. These are some other groovy shortcuts that would positively augment your computing output. Miscellaneous does not mean they are redundant, do they?

Win + PrtScn → Take a screenshot of current desktop

Windows key + Shift + S → Take a partial-screenshot (screen-clipping)

Ctrl + Shift + Esc → Open Task Manager

Ctrl + N → Open new-window for the current app

Win + S → Open windows search menu

Win + R → Open windows run context

Win + V → Open clipboard bin

Win + Number (0-9) → Switch between taskbar apps according to position (0-)

Windows key + Period (.) or semicolon (;) → Open emoji panel

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