Microsoft has introduced variety of new keyboard shortcuts to navigate new features easily. Here are the most important Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts:
Winkey 10 keyboard shortcut | Description |
Winkey + Tab | Activates Task View |
Winkey + A | Activates Action Center |
Winkey + C | Activates Cortana with speech> |
Winkey + D | Shows desktop |
Winkey + E | Opens File Explorer |
Winkey + G | Activates the new Xbox game bar to let you record games or take screenshots. |
Winkey + H | Activates share feature in Windows 10 apps |
Winkey + I | Opens Windows 10 settings |
Winkey + K | Activates Connect feature to stream to wireless displays and audio devices |
Winkey + L | Locks a machine |
Winkey + P | Project a screen |
Winkey + R | Run a command |
Winkey + S | Activates Cortana |
Winkey + X | Opens power user features |
Winkey + Left / Right / Up / Down | Snaps apps to the side of a screen (press Up or Down after snapping left / right to enable four apps to snap) |
Winkey + Ctrl + D | Creates a new virtual desktop |
Winkey + Ctrl + F4 | Close virtual desktop |
Winkey + Ctrl + Left or Right | Switch between virtual desktops |
Winkey + Shift + Left or Right | Move apps from one monitor to another |
Winkey + 1 / 2 / 3… | Open programs that are pinned on the taskbar. The first app is number one. |
This isn’t the complete list of keyboard shortcuts in Windows, but they’re the most important ones when it comes to general window management. MS relaxed a number of the Precision Touchpad requirements, and made it optional for Win10.
My primary computers are Macs and their primary operating system is OS X, so one of the things I disliked the most about going back to Windows was its window management.