windows keyboard shortcuts Cheat Sheet

windows keyboard shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Here is my windows keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Program	Run Command
Add Hardware Wizard	Hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs	Appwiz.cpl
Computer Management	compmgmtlauncher
Control Panel	control
Device Manager	Devmgmt.msc
Display Properties	Desk.cpl
Event Viewer	Eventvwr.msc
Internet Properties	Inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration(Diplay connectionconfiguration)	Ipconfig/all
IP Configuration(Display DNS Cache Contents)	Ipconfig/display dns
IP Configuration(Delete DNS Cache contents)	Ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration(Release all Connections)	Ipconfig/release
IP Configuration(Renew all connections)	Ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration(Refreshes DHCP & Re-regisers DNS)	Ipconfig /registerdns
Malicious software removal tool	mrt
Network connections	Ncpa.cpl
Performance Monitoring	Perfmon
Power configurations	Powercfg.cpl
Remote Desktop	mstsc
Security Center	Wscui.cpl
Services	Services.msc
System Properties	Sysdm.cpl
Task Manager	taskmgr
Windows Explorer	Explorer
Windows Firewall	Firewall.cpl
Windows Media Player	wmplayer
Windows Version (Version of windows installed)	winver

Creating your own windows keyboard shortcut

If you find that you use a program very frequently, you can actually make your own windows keyboard shortcuts to start that application.

Steps to Proceed:

1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialog
2. Enter %windir% to open the Windows directory
3. Press Alt+F W S to open the File menu, choose the New menu item, then the Shortcut menu item. Go through the wizard to create a shortcut to the desired program The name you give the shortcut is what you type in the Run dialog to start the program.

Final Thoughts

I hope that I have helped you with these simple windows keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet. 

By using some of these windows keyboard shortcuts, it will be able to help you save your time and increase your productivity.

If you want to know more here is a great article about the control panel (.cpl) files and how it relates to windows keyboard shortcuts, which you may find interesting:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149648

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