For those of you who've been looking for a list of Windows 98/Milennium shortcut keys, here's some of the more useful ones. Note that:

• represents the flag key (aka "the Win key") on the Windows Keyboard, and
  
•   represents the special key underneath the right <Shift> and next to the right-side key.

ACTION KEYBOARD SHORTCUT Close the active window or program <Alt><F4>    Close the active window within a program <Ctrl><F4> Copy from Windows Clipboard <Ctrl> c Cut selected text; store it in Windows Clipboard <Ctrl> x Cycle through Taskbar programs  <Tab> Delete an item so that it's not sent to the Recycle Bin <Shift><Delete> Display a context ("right click") menu      or <Shift><F10> Display current window's system menu <Alt><spacebar> Display Properties for a selected item <Alt><Enter> Explorer   e Find a computer on the network <Ctrl>  f Find a file or folder   f Help for selected item <F1> Help (Windows)   <F1> Maximize the active window <Alt><spacebar> x Minimize the active window  <Alt><spacebar> n Minimize all running programs  d Open selected folder or program <Ctrl><Enter> Open selected folder in a two-paned Explorer window <Ctrl><Shift><Enter> Paste text from the Windows Clipboard <Ctrl>v Prevent a CD from autoplaying hold down <Shift> while inserting the CD Restore the active window <Alt><spacebar> r Restore minimized programs   d Run Dialog   r Start Menu Switch between running programs <Alt><Tab> Switch in the reverse direction between running programs <Alt><Shift><Tab> System Properties (Device Manager resides here)   <Break> Task Manager <Shift><Ctrl><Esc> useful for those PCs where <Ctrl><Alt><Del> doesn't open the Task Manager window directly Utlity Manager (e.g., Magnifier, Narrator, etc.).  u Undo previous action <Ctrl>z

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