Keyboard shortcuts Windows Key Action Ctrl+F12 Default main activation key. Open options to add more or change it. Main window Key Action Enter Execute the current suggestion (or the first one, if none are selected) Escape Close main window (or clear the input, if .ini file MainFormEscapeKeyAction is 1 Ctrl+n (1-9) (most things) Execute the nth suggestion from the top. (folders) Lists the folder's contents. Ctrl+Enter (folders) Opens the folder in Windows File Explorer. (URL's) Opens the URL in a new browser window. (everything else) Opens elevated (as Administrator). Ctrl+Shift+Enter (URL's) Opens the URL in a new, private/incognito window. (everything else) Same as Enter. Alt+n (1-9) (files) Opens the nth suggestion's containing folder in Windows File Explorer. (folders) Opens the nth suggestion in Windows File Explorer. (everything else) Nothing (e.g. URL's). Ctrl+Shift+n (1-9) "Complete" the nth suggestion from the top (set the input text to it). Ctrl+Shift+1 Toggle filter of only Start Menu suggestions. Ctrl+Shift+2 Toggle filter of only file suggestions. Ctrl+Shift+3 Toggle filter of only folder suggestions. Ctrl+Shift+4 Toggle filter of only Control Panel suggestions. Ctrl+Shift+5 Toggle filter of only URL's. Ctrl+Shift+6 Toggle filter of only Google searches. Ctrl+Shift+7 Toggle filter of only Wikipedia searches. Ctrl+Backspace Backspace over the previous word in the input. Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Backspace over the previous folder in the input. Ctrl+Space Cycle to the next most frequently used action cmd for the current input Ctrl+Shift+C Copy various texts from the current suggestion. Ctrl+D Delete/de-index/reset frequency of current suggestion. Ctrl+Alt+E Expand/contract paths Ctrl+G Activate the Google action cmd with the current input, to do Google searches Ctrl+N Creates a new file/folder using the current input. Creates intermediate folders if necessary. Ctrl+O Cycle to the next sort/order for the current suggestions Ctrl+Q Cancel/clear/quit the current input or current mode. Ctrl+Alt+Q Toggle input in double quotes. Ctrl+Shift+S Ensure current suggestion is saved/indexed. Ctrl+comma Switch to afterthought cmds for the current suggestion (lists the suggestion's context menu item). For math expressions, toggle use of thousands separator. Ctrl+Shift+comma Switch to afterthought cmds for the current suggestion's parent folder, if there is one.