In a follow up to my previous post about restoring the standard right-click menu options on a window below are a list of further Windows 7 shortcut keys.
General
| Windows Key + Up | Maximise window |
| Windows Key + Down | Restore window if maximised, otherwise minimise window |
| Windows Key + Left | Snap window to left |
| Windows Key + Right | Snap window to right |
| Windows Key + Shift + Left | Jump to left monitor |
| Windows Key + Shift + Right | Jump to right monitor |
| Windows Key + Home | Minimise or restore all other windows |
| Windows Key + T | Focus on first taskbar entry, multiple presses cycles each taskbar entry |
| Windows Key + Shift + T | Focus on first taskbar entry, multiple presses cycles each taskbar entry in reverse |
| Windows Key + Space | Aero Peek, peek at desktop |
| Windows Key + G | Bring gadgets to the front |
| Windows Key + P | External display options |
| Windows Key + <number> | Launch the taskbar program at position <number> |
| Windows Key + Plus | Zoom in |
| Windows Key + Minus | Zoom out |
Explorer
| Alt + P | Toggles display of preview pane |
Taskbar
| Shift + Left-click | Open a new instance |
| Middle-click | Open a new instance |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left-click | Open a new instance with administrator privileges |
| Shift + Right-click | Show window menu
NB: Used to be standard right-click on previous versions of Windows |
| Ctrl + Left-click <on grouped icons> | Cycles through each window in that group |
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