MORE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:

Display Start menu:
Ctrl-Esc

Select menu command:
Alt-[underlined letter]

Switch to Taskbar's "next" open window:
Alt-Esc

Switch among open windows (hold Alt and press Tab repeatedly):
Alt-Tab

Close active window:
Alt-spacebar, C
or:
Alt-F4

To close a window AND all of its parent windows:
Alt-Shift-F4
or:
hold down Shift and click the Close button of the last folder window you opened.

Minimize active window:
Alt-spacebar, N

Maximize active window:
Alt-spacebar, X

Restore active window:
Alt-spacebar, R

Close active window:
Alt-spacebar, C

Switch focus to menu commands (in any Explorer window):
Ctrl-F10

Rotate through dialog box tabs:
Ctrl-Tab

Rotate through dialog box tabs in reverse:
Ctrl-Shift-Tab

Display Close Program dialog box:
Ctrl-Alt-Del

Right-mouse-click Start button:
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Shift-F10

Shift focus to desktop icons:
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Tab

Minimize open windows:
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Shift-F10, M

Ctrl-Esc, Esc: To place the focus on the Start button then;
Alt-spacebar: To display the Taskbar's context menu.

Place focus on the desktop and display its context menu:
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Shift-Tab, Ctrl-space, Shift-F10

Open System Properties dialog:
Hold down Alt as you double-click My Computer.

Open an item's Properties dialog box:
Hold down Alt as you double-click any selected icon.

Toggle the current window between the maximized and partial screen view:
Double-click the colored title bar it to expand a partial-screen window to maximum size,
double-click it again to re shrink the window.

Pressing the Print Screen key sends the current screen to the Clipboard (not the printer).
 
 

WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT in a word processing document.

Place the cursor at the very beginning of the document and press Ctrl-Shift-End.

Triple-click in the left margin.

Ctrl-A to accomplish the same thing.

Hold down the Ctrl key as you click anywhere in the left margin.

Ctrl-5 (on the numeric keypad).

Hold down Ctrl and click anywhere in a sentence to highlight the entire sentence.

Hold down Alt and drag your mouse to select a rectangular block of text. (This technique would come in handy if, for example, there were a few spaces before each line that you wanted to delete.)
 
 

LEFT-HANDED SHORTCUTS

These commands are supported by many (but not all) applications and also by Windows 95. You'll have to try them out in your own applications.
REMEMBER!! You can't use Shift-Delete outside of an application, for example, to cut a selected icon from an Explorer folder. As far as Windows 95 is concerned, Shift-Delete means you want to delete the items without sending them to the Recycle Bin. So be sure not to use this combo unless you're inside an application, such as Word or Notepad.
 
 

WINDOWS KEY SHORTCUTS

• Press E to open Windows Explorer.
• Press R to open the Run dialog box.
• Press F to open the Find dialog box.
• Press F1 to open Help.
• Press M to minimize all open windows.
• Shift-Windows-M to undo Minimize All.
• Press Tab to cycle through the Taskbar buttons.
• Press Break to open the System Properties dialog box.

MAKE YOUR OWN WINDOWS KEY

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95KernelToy/

And click the Windows 95 Keyboard Remap link. Double-click Keyremap.exe to extract its contents. Right-mouse-click the resulting Keyremap.inf file and select install.
Open the Control Panel, double-click Keyboard, and select the new Remap tab.
Under Right-hand Side, select the key you want to transform, such as Right Alt. In the right-hand box, select Windows. Click OK.
 
 

LOST WINDOW RECOVERY

Alt-spacebar, type M for Move
use your cursor keys to move the window, and then press Enter.

Hold the mouse pointer over the edge of the Taskbar, and when it changes to a double-pointed arrow
drag the edge of the Taskbar up or down to resize it, (then drag it back).
Every open window jumps back into full view.
This only works if the Taskbar is NOT set to Auto Hide.
 
 

CONTROLLING Move/Copy/Shortcut

To ensure a move hold down the Shift key as you drag and drop an icon.

To ensure a copy hold down the Ctrl key during a drag and drop (a plus sign appears).

You can also drag-and-drop with the right-mouse button.
Right-mouse-click and drag an icon or selection of icons to their destination, let go, and a menu pops up.
Select your option:

Copy Here, Move Here, Create Shortcut(s) Here, or Cancel.
 
 

QUICK DESKTOP ACCESS

Or better yet, add a shortcut to the top-level Start menu, and call it 'Desktop'.
To create this shortcut, select:

Start, Settings, Taskbar.

Select the Start Menu Programs tab and click Add.
On the command line, type:

c:\windows\explorer.exe /root,

Click Next, select the Start Menu folder, click Next again, type a name for the shortcut, and click Finish.

OR:

Select Start, Run. Type a period
.
 
 

COLUMN GROUP SIZING

Hold the mouse pointer over the vertical line at the right edge of the column's title, and when it changes to a double-pointed arrow, double-click.
 

Want to resize EVERY column to fit the widest entry?

Select any item in the right pane, then hold down the Ctrl key as you press the plus (+) sign on your numeric keypad.
 
 

OPEN FOLDERS FROM RUN COMMAND

C:\FolderName\SubfolderName

to open a folder on your own system.
Or:

\\ComputerName\FolderName

to open a folder on a networked computer.
Click OK, and a window appears, displaying the folder's contents.
 
 

SHORTCUTS IN A DOS WINDOW

explorer ..

At a DOS prompt, it will open a single-paned Explorer window and carry you back one directory from the current directory.
Typing:

explorer \

Will open a single-paned window focused on the root directory of the current drive.

This same form of shorthand will work from the Start menu's Run command.
For example select:

Start, Run, type a period (.) and press Enter to open the Desktop folder.

Type:

explorer /e,..

To open a two-paned Explorer window focused on the parent of the current directory.

Type:

explorer c:\....\....

(explorer followed by a space and a path) to open a single-paned window focused on the specified directory.

You can combine the two. Type:

explorer /e,c:\....\....

(explorer followed by a space, parameter e, a comma, and a path) to open a two-paned window focused on the specified directory.
 
 

DOSKEY SHORTCUTS

• To view Doskey's history, press F7.
• To insert a previously typed command, after pressing F7, press F9 (you'll be prompted for a line number).
• Type a line number, then press Enter twice.
• To clear Doskey's buffer, press Alt-F7 when Doskey is active.
• Type DOSKEY /? at the command prompt for more Doskey shortcuts.

HOW TO ADD A SYSTEM FOLDER TO YOUR START MENU

For a Control Panel Folder:

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
 

To add a Printers folder:

Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

For a Dial-Up Networking folder:

DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
 

If you have Microsoft's Tweak UI PowerToy, there's another, no-typing-necessary method you may wish to try. You can download Tweak UI from Microsoft's Web site, at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95pwrtoysset/
 
 

CHANGING EXPLORER FOCUS

Right-mouse-click on the Explorer shortcut, click on Properties, select the Shortcut tab, and on the Target line, type exactly:

c:\windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,/root,,/select,c:\
Note the space after exe. This is the only space in the line. Also, the double comma after "root" is not a mistake.
Also note you can carefully select the above text, copy and paste it instead typing. Just be sure not to copy anything but the text.

Or you can change the text on the Target line to

c:\windows\explorer.exe /n,/e, X:\
where "X" is the drive you want to view using this shortcut.
 
 

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