Dave from VistaKnowledgeBase.com has a nice little post about useful keyboard shortcuts you can use while browsing your files in Explorer.
F6 or Tab: Cycles the focus through out the window: Favorite Links, Folders, Main Window
Alt+Left Arrow: can be used like the back button on your browser. It will open the previously viewed window and once you have used it you can use Alt+Right Arrow to move forward through the recently opened windows.
Backspace: will take you to the parent disk or folder of whatever you are looking at
F2: Rename the item you have selected
ALT+Enter: Display the properties of the item selected
CTRL+N: Opens a new window at the same point you are at
Alt+D: Select the address bar. Usually followed up with a quick CTRL+C to copy the current location [F4 does the same thing]
F11: Maximize or minimize current folder
These really just scratch the surface, if you know of a great shortcut please leave it in the comments below!
Thanks Dave (VistaKnowledgeBase.com)
Comments (2)
Thanks for the tipp!
One "big" issue: a lot people asked me about a shortcut to "New Folder", just to create a new folder... and I don't have a good answer :(
Do you now a secret shortcut for that? Something like CRTL+?
Posted by GeorgB | February 27, 2007 4:31 PM
Posted on February 27, 2007 16:31
Yea, it's dumb we do not have such a shortcut, but one thing that can KIND OF help is pressing the ALT key (then let go), then F, W, F key sequence ;)
Posted by Petar Smilajkov | February 27, 2007 5:48 PM
Posted on February 27, 2007 17:48