Have you had difficulty going from one opened program to another? Finding out that using mouse to navigate is harder for you? Do you feel much inclined to use a keyboard than a mouse? Or are you using a laptop and you’re getting tired of the touchpad and just wanted to find any solution on how to move throughout the computer without much use of a mouse? Navigating your computer has never been much easier when you’re using essential hotkeys.

Hotkeys are a set of keys designed to perform an action that can be used to replicate the function of a mouse or touchpad. There are various sets of keys that have been recorded and listed online that can be used on Windows operating systems but some of those hotkeys are hard to remember and their importance is not much of value. Therefore, here is a list of essential hotkeys to use your computer more effectively. These are easy to memorize and you will find these very useful once you started on using them.

Windows + F

Windows key is the one key that has the Microsoft Windows logo in it. So pressing that key down plus the f key will pull up the search dialog box to let you search for any file in the computer.

Alt + Tab

Pressing both the keys down will let you navigate from one currently opened program to the next and also can let you go to the desktop. To transfer from one program to the other, if for instance you have opened more than two applications, just hold the Alt key down and press the Tab key again and again until you get to the desired program.

Windows + D

It will let you go to the desktop directly while minimizing all the windows currently running on your computer.

Windows + E

It will open the Windows Explorer right in the My Computer or Computer folder.

Alt + F4

Pressing both the keys down will let you close the opened window that you are currently working on.

Windows key or Ctrl + Esc

It will pull up the start menu that is located on the bottom left part of the screen.

Ctrl + C are to copy files.

Ctrl + V are the hotkeys for Paste.

Ctrl + X are the essential hotkeys for Cut.

Ctrl + Z are used to undo an action.

Ctrl + Y are the keys used to redo the action performed.

F5 is the hotkey to use to reload a browser.

Alt + P

This combination is used to preview a file or photo that is located in a folder. You must be in the Windows Explorer dialog box like My Documents or Computer to be able to use this combination. This will also work in browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer if you want to preview some files before downloading.

Windows + T

This set of keys will let you navigate on the programs pinned on your taskbar.

There are still plenty of hotkey combinations that are widely used but these sets could help you start on how to move about your computer faster than just using a mouse or touchpad. Have fun utilizing these!

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