If you are already having fun with Windows 7 beta, here is a cool cheat sheet with very useful hotkeys.
General Hotkeys:
| Win+Up | Maximize |
| Win+Down | Restore / Minimize |
| Win+Left | Dock a window to left hand side of the screen |
| Win+Right | Dock a window to right hand side of the screen |
| Win+Shift+Left | Jump to left monitor |
| Win+Shift+Right | Jump to right monitor |
| Win+Home | Minimize / Restore all other windows |
| Win+T | Focus the first taskbar entry (Pressing again will cycle through them, you can can arrow around.) |
| Win+Shift+T | cycles backwards. |
| Win+Space | Peek at the desktop |
| Win+G | Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order |
| Win+P | Project to external display options (projector, extend desktop, etc) |
| Win+X | Mobility Center (same as Vista, but still handy!) |
| Win+# | (# = a number key) Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar. Example: Win+1 launches first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc. |
| Win + + | Zoom in using magnifier |
| Win -- | Zoom out using magnifier |
Windows Explorer
| Alt+P | Show/hide Preview Pane |
Taskbar modifiers
| Shift + Click on icon | Open a new instance |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon | Open a new instance as Admin privileges |
| Shift + Right-click on icon | Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc) |
| Right-click on icon | History of previously visited |
| Shift + Right-click on grouped icon | Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc. |
| Ctrl + Click on grouped icon | Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group |
For a complete list of Windows Vista hotkeys (which should be largely unchanged except where noted above), visit this page on Microsoft.com or look in the Windows Help file.
If there’s something you think I should add, post a comment!
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