I’ve been meaning to put together a cheat sheet to Windows 8 shortcut keys for some time. As the OS has now been publicly available for just over a week now, I thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the more useful ones, I’ve used while working with Windows 8.
Win + X Power user shortcut menu (Control Panel, Device Manager, Command Prompt etc)
Win + E Windows Explorer on desktop
Win + R Opens the Run dialogue box
Win + I Settings sidebar (Control Panel, Personalization, Power, Network etc)
Win + F Instant Search for files
Win + W Instant Search for settings
Win + P Shows multi monitor options
Win + L Locks Windows
Win + C Displays the Charms sidebar menu
Win + Q Show all installed apps
Win + H Opens the Share sidebar
Win + K Opens the Devices sidebar
Win + D Toggles minimize all/restore desktop
Win + U Launch Ease of Access Center
Alt + Tab Switches between open applications
Alt + F4 Close active window / shutdown dialogue box
Win + Print Screen Takes a screen shot and saves it to C:UsersusernamePicturesScreenshots
Ctrl + Shift + Esc Opens Task Manager
A cheat sheet can be downloaded from here.