Windows Key+D - minimize all apps to go straight to the desktop.

Windows Key+, - temporarily hide apps to briefly show the desktop.

Windows 10 has also integrated all of classic Windows keyboard shortcuts you’ve come to know and love alongside these hip new ones.

Windows Key+minus - zoom out using the Magnifier utility.

Windows Key+plus - zoom in using the Magnifier utility.

Windows Key+P - switch between display modes (with a secondary display connected).

Windows Key+Alt+R - stop recording in the Game DVR.

Windows Key+Alt+G - start recording activity in the current window.

Windows Key+G - open the Game DVR recorder (if supported by your graphics card).

Windows Key+PrtScr - take a screenshot saved to your Pictures folder.

With some of the cool new visual aspects of Windows 10 comes keyboard shortcuts to go along with them.

Ctrl + F – Opens a Find dialog for searching the Command Prompt’s output.

Ctrl + M – Enter “mark mode,” which helps for selecting text.

Ctrl+A - select all text after the prompt.

Ctrl+V - paste text from the Windows clipboard into command prompt.

Ctrl+C - copy selected text to the Windows clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+Left (or Right) - highlight blocks of text instead of just characters at a time.

Shift+Right - highlight text to the left of the cursor.

Shift+Left - highlight text to the left of the cursor.

The following old standbys now work in the Command Prompt:

Windows Key + Ctrl + Left / Right – Switch to the virtual desktop on the left or right.įor you Command Prompt geeks out there, Windows 10 has added much needed keyboard shortcut functionality to the interface to make your life easier.

Windows Key + Ctrl + F4 – Close the current virtual desktop.

Windows Key + Ctrl + D – Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it.

The addition of Virtual Desktops is one of the cool new Windows 10 features we wrote about in an earlier article.

Alt + Tab – Press and hold these keys for the Windows task manager you’re used to.

Click the + in the bottom right corner to create a new virtual desktop for even more fun. Displayed here will be your current open windows on your current virtual desktop.

Windows Key + Tab – This opens, and keeps open, the new Windows 10 Task View.

Windows task view keyboard shortcut