The Biggest Library of Windows 7 Shortcuts
For those of you who are not yet familiar with all the tools available in Windows 7 and those who have their desktop filled with useful shortcuts, we've created the biggest library of Windows 7 shortcuts. You've got almost everything you need and we are very willing to expand it. For starters, we've created 99 Windows 7 shortcuts which you can download and use. They are all created in such a way that they work on every Windows 7 computer. Also, if you want a shortcut which is not in our collection, leave a comment and we will try to add it to the package.
Collection updated with 10 additional shortcuts. Total number of shortcuts 109.
Our collection of 109 shortcuts has the following contents:
- Shut Down Menu - Hibernate, Lock / Switch User, Log Off, Restart, Shut Down, Sleep.
- Troubleshooting - Aero Troubleshoot, Audio Playing Troubleshoot, Audio Recording Troubleshoot, Hardware & Devices Troubleshoot, HomeGroup Troubleshoot, Incoming Connections Troubleshoot, Internet Connections Troubleshoot, Internet Explorer Performance Troubleshoot, Internet Explorer Safety Troubleshoot, Network Adapter Troubleshoot, Performance Troubleshoot, Power Troubleshoot, Printing Troubleshoot, Shared Files & Folders Troubleshoot, System Maintenance Troubleshoot, Windows Media Player DVD Troubleshoot, Windows Media Player Library Troubleshoot, Windows Media Player Settings Troubleshoot, Windows Troubleshooting Tools.
- Windows Programs - Calculator, Command Prompt, Internet Explorer, Math Input Panel, Media Center, Notepad, Paint, Remote Desktop Connection, Run, Sidebar, Snipping Tool, Sound Recorder, Sticky Notes, Sync Center, Windows DVD Maker, Windows Explorer, Windows Fax and Scan, Windows Media Player, Windows Update, Wordpad, XPS Viewer. Newly added shortcuts: Recycle Bin, Add or remove programs.
- Ease of Access - Ease of Access, Magnify, Narrator, On-Screen Keyboard, Speech Recognition.
- System Administration Tools - Action Center, Aero Transparency On (works on 32-bit only), Aero Transparency Off (works on 32-bit only), Backup and Restore, Character Map, Computer, Control Panel, Default Programs, Desktop Personalization, Device Manager, Disk Defragmenter, Disk Cleanup, Display Settings, Folder Options, Fonts, Indexing Options, Keyboard, Mouse, Notification Area Icons, Parental Controls, Performance Information and Tools, Power Options, Private Character Editor, Region and Language, Resource Monitor, System Information, System Restore, Task Manager (All Users), Task Scheduler, Taskbar and Start Menu, User Accounts, Windows Easy Transfer, Windows Update. Newly added shortcuts: Playback and Recording settings, Change desktop background, Adjust screen resolution, Set the time and date, System Properties.
- Tablet PC - ShapeCollector, TabTip, Windows Journal.
- Windows PowerShell - Windows PowerShell (x86), Windows PowerShell ISE (x86), Windows PowerShell ISE, Windows PowerShell.
- Networking - Homegroup, Internet Options, Network and Sharing Center, Network, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall - Enable, Windows Firewall - Disable, Windows Firewall. Newly added shortcuts: Manage wireless networks, View network connections, Advanced sharing settings.
As I said in the beginning, if you want a shortcut to a Windows 7 tool which isn't included in the collection, leave a comment requesting it. We will update the whole collection once we receive a couple of new requests.
NOTE: We've received some requests for shortcuts which cannot be created without using third party tools which are not bundled with Windows 7. Since the purpose of this collection is to use existing Windows 7 tools and commands, we will not include those third-party tools in our collection.
Related articles:
The Complete Guide to the Windows 7 Start Menu
New Features & Improvements in the Windows 7 Taskbar
How to Customize the Notification Area
How to Pin Any Folder to the Windows 7 Taskbar
How to Pin Special Windows Items to the Taskbar
How to Create your Own Custom Jump List
How to Set Your Default Programs in Windows 7
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 109 Windows 7 Shortcuts.zip | 67.91 KB |
Comments
Love your post! Btw we do
Love your post!
Btw we do think on the same wave-length, do we not ;)
how to download the list.
how to download the list. There is no link for downloading
At the very end of the
At the very end of the article there is the download link. At the bottom.
Here's a neat tip. To show
Here's a neat tip. To show ALL Control Panel links, use the following command:
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Try it, you'll like it!
I find the link to these
I find the link to these shortcuts, but cannot find a way to get them into a convenient printing format. It appears that I would have to open each tip separately and print them individually. Am I missing something here?
I don't get it. Why you would
I don't get it. Why you would like to print a shortcut? I am really confused. What exactly are you trying to do?
No, No!! I am not wanting to
No, No!! I am not wanting to print an individual shortcut. That is all I see the ability to do now. I want to print the list of 99 shortcuts (as a list) to save on paper and refer to on occasion to refresh my memory on any that I have forgotten about.
You can't. What you'd have to
You can't. What you'd have to do is to look at each shortcut's properties, and copy and paste it's command line into an editor. But that's only useful if you're trying to understand the shortcut, rather that just using it.
DUH!!! Upon revisiting this
DUH!!! Upon revisiting this site, it comes to me that these are - what are they - Windows shortcuts? I have been thinking keyboard shortcuts all this time. (ctrl-C, ctrl-P, etc.) No wonder I was confused.
I may be slow, but at least I'm pointed in the right direction.
To those who tried to explain this to me - thanks much for your efforts and patience.
thanks, nice shortcuts
thanks, nice shortcuts
Very thanks
Very thanks
The Sleep shortcut puts my
The Sleep shortcut puts my windows 7 ultimate into hibernate. Do I have to disable that for it to work?
Thanks.
As you can see from the link
As you can see from the link below: sleep is actually hybrid sleep in Windows 7 and it is very similar to hibernate. I'm not sure exactly what is your complaint. Can you please explain?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Sleep-and-hibernation-freque...
I am trying to get a shortcut
I am trying to get a shortcut on my second computer with windows 7 to put it to sleep without using the start menu. I know, how lazy. My first computer has a sleep button on the keyboard (a little moon shaped button). That puts it to sleep and pressing a key on the keyboard the computer wakes up in a few seconds to the desktop. I tried the sleep shortcut I downloaded from this site and it puts it into hibernation and I have to press the power button. It then takes 30 seconds to full wake up and I have to click user name to login.
My second computers power button is not accessible without opening a security panel so I was hoping to wake it up with the keyboard. I also wake it up remotely so having to press the user to get back to the desktop is not an option.
Every other OS up to this point has had the ability to create a shortcut on the desk top to go into standby/sleep. Why can't Windows 7??
Just trying to figure out if it's possible. Why can the sleep button do it by not a desktop shortcut?
Thanks again,
Totally understand your
Totally understand your point. I've searched and tested like crazy for the last 2 hours and i've found no solution. It seems that the shortcut we provided (according to documentation from Microsoft) puts your computer into Hybrid Sleep mode directly which is very similar to Hibernate and you need to press the power button to resume it.
For whatever reason, you cannot put the computer into sleep mode from the command line if hibernation is enabled. So, if you want our shortcut to work as you want to, you need to disable hibernation first, which is not a recommended solution.
The only alternative i could find is to use a third-party tool. Download PsShutdown from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897541.aspx
Then create a shortcut to psshutdown.exe and use the parameter "-d". When you run that shortcut it should go into normal sleep mode.
Hope this helps.
I will give it a try, thanks.
I will give it a try, thanks.
Nice one it will help a lot
Nice one it will help a lot
Thank you! I really think
Thank you!
I really think you should add shortcuts that:
Clear the Clipboard
Speak the Text on the Clipboard
Empty the Recycle Bin
Start up the Screensaver
and
Turn off the Monitor
SHORTCUT REQUEST Thank you
SHORTCUT REQUEST
Thank you very much for these very useful shortcuts.
You have a Network and Sharing Center shortcut.
When you open that there is a link on the left "Change adapter setings"
Would it be possible to create a shortcut directly to that link?
I realise this is only saving one click. But I want to be able to put this on users' computers so that I do not have to explain where to click.
Thanks again.
We will try to post a major
We will try to post a major update to our library sometime next week. Thanks for the suggestions and don't forget to pay us another visit.
You will find this in the new
You will find this in the new collection. :D
Hello is there a short cut to
Hello is there a short cut to load volume settings (B). on my computer some how the volume settings are hidden (A). i have to go to control panel/hardware/sound/volume. I usually play this MMOG "CityofHeroes" here is a picture of my desktop
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn248/coh_thirstbuster/images/mydesk.jpg
thanks
These two articles might help
These two articles might help with your problem:
http://www.7tutorials.com/how-customize-notification-area
http://www.7tutorials.com/how-clean-notification-area-icon-cache
"NOTE: We've received some
"NOTE: We've received some requests for shortcuts which cannot be created without using third party tools which are not bundled with Windows 7. Since the purpose of this collection is to use existing Windows 7 tools and commands, we will not include those third-party tools in our collection."
Do all of these require third-party tools:?
Clear the Clipboard
Speak the Text on the Clipboard
Empty the Recycle Bin
Start up the Screensaver
and
Turn off the Monitor
Unfortunately yes. We've
Unfortunately yes. We've tried to search for commands which do these tasks but you cannot do them without third party tools. If you know of any way to do this directly from windows via a command, please share and we will update the library.
I frequently need ° (degree
I frequently need ° (degree symbol), ¼, ½, and ¾ characters from the character map. I have a shortcut to character map pinned to the taskbar, but it is quite involved to open the character map from taskbar, highlight the desired character, select the character, copy that character to clipboard, close the character map, then paste (ctrl-v) the character to the document. Is there a way to create a shortcut directly to these 4 characters (or a small number of specific characters) without jumping through hoops that is more involved than spelling out the word degree, for instance? I realize that these shortcut characters would not always match the document font, but that would not be a problem with the 4 characters in question.
A fun question to play
A fun question to play with..:-)
Since a sticky note won't copy, you can use Notepad to create a small list made from Charmap and can C/P from there into the doc.
Not exactly a 'shortcut' but it is much 'shorter' than wrestling Charmap. Took me about 1 minute make one:
°
¼
½
¾
You can format those for font size and all and if you use them frequently, just pop it onto the taskbar.
Probably not what you want, but could be handy.
I'm not sure if you know that
I'm not sure if you know that the character map contains keyboard shortcuts to some of the characters it contains. Here are the shortcuts to the characters that you use. The numbers must be typed on the numeric keypad (on laptops you ususally need to hold down a function key and type the numbers that are on the letter keys.
º Alt+0186
¼ Atl+0188
½ Alt+0189
¾ Alt+0190
These shortcuts are shown at the bottom right corner of the program window.
chas also mentioned sticky notes. You can copy from sticky notes by selecting the character, then press Ctrl+C on your keyboard.
Thank you, chas, for that
Thank you, chas, for that suggestion. While pursuing your suggestion here, I discovered that I can simply assign a custom keystroke to some number of characters in Word 2010 beta. I can assign, for instance, ctrl-f1 as degree symbol and ctrl-f2 as 1/4, etc. The only problem is that these shortcuts only work in Word. I will experiment some more and see if your "copy and paste" method may not work better than going directly to character map for non-word applications.
Thanks much for your input.
John
You're very welcome, John,
You're very welcome, John, and thank *you* for the custom tip in Word. I didn't know that..! Nice thing about the Wordpad thing is that you can size and posit it right next to Charmap for some very quick C/P.
I'm going to experiment with some custom key strokes now and maybe that will work someway, somehow, outside of Word.
Chas.
want to reboot the computer
want to reboot the computer in w7 that im controling with rdc
there use to be a way with task manager but thats changed, ideas?
Can't you use the reboot
Can't you use the reboot shortcut from the start menu or from our library of shortcuts?
We did not know to look
We did not know to look there, looked every were else.
but yes RDC doest block restarts try it if you find a better way I will be glad to try.
mean while I will look in the library
Great site! Do you know how
Great site!
Do you know how to create these shortcuts:
Taskbar (1) add new toolbar, (2) remove toolbar, (3) lock taskbar, (4) unlock taskbar (all currently found by right clicking the taskbar)
Change desktop icons ((Found in Personalization)
Display delete confirmation dialog (recycle bin > properties)
Search Start> Search programs and files (the search shortcut that I have takes me to the other search
Screen Saver (found in Personalization)
Thank you
I love stuff like this... I
I love stuff like this... I added the Windows 7 God Mode folder to this collection on my PC. Just posted an article on my blog about this collection, pointing back to 7Tutorials.
Great job on this and looking forward to any further developments. Please keep me advised and I'll post the changes on my blog.
Recent article here: http://whatsonmypc.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/windows-7-shortcuts/
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