Start Command Prompt as Administrator via Power User Commands
type ‘exit’
Exit Command Prompt
Alt+Enter or F11
Switch to full-screen mode. Press again to exit full-screen mode
2. Select Text (Expanded with Windows 10)
Ctrl+A
Select all text in line (press again to select all text in CMD including complete screen buffer)
Shift+Arrow Left / Arrow Right
Extend selection by on character to the left / to the right
Shift+Control+Arrow Left / Arrow Right
Extend selection by on word to the left / to the right
Shift+Arrow Up / Shift+Arrow Down
Extend selection by one line down / one line up
Shift+Home
Extend selection to beginning of command. Press again to include the path (e.g. C:\Windows) into selection
Shift+End
Extend selection to the end of the current line
Ctrl+Shift+Home / End
Extend selection to the beginning/ to the end of screen buffer
Shift+Page Up / Shift+Page Down
Extend selection one page up one page down
3. Copy and Paste (Expanded with Windows 10)
Ctrl+C
Copy Text
Ctrl+V or Right Click
Paste Text
4. Navigate Text
Home / End
Jump to beginning, jump to end of the line
Ctrl+Arrow Left / Arrow Right
Jump to next / jump to previous Word
Ctrl+Arrow Up / Arrow Down
Scroll screen up / down one line
Turn scroll wheel up / down
Scroll up / down 3 lines
Shift+Turn scroll wheel up / down
Scroll up / down half a page
Middle Click
Start scroll mode
Move mouse up / down in scroll mode
Scroll up / down
Click or Middle Click or Right Click or any arrow key or Shift or Ctrl or Page Up or Page Down or Home or End or Ins or Del or any function key except F10
Stop scroll mode
5. Enter and Manipulate Text
Ctrl+Backspace
Delete word left to the Cursor
F2, then a…z
From current cursor position , delete up to letter selected
Tab
Autocomplete Folder or File Name
Escape
Clear current line
Ins
Toggle Insert Mode
Ctrl+End
Delete from cursor position to end of line
Ctrl+Home
Delete from cursor position to beginning of line
Ctrl+Z
Signal end of Line; text afterwards will be ignored
6. Recall Commands
Arrow Up / Arrow Down
Scroll through previously used commands
Page Up / Page Down
Recall first / last command
Arrow Right (or F1)
Type previous command character by character. Press and hold works too.
F2, then a…z
Re-type previous command up to letter selected
F3
Repeat previous Command
F7
Show history of previous commands
Alt+F7
Clear Command History
F8
Move backwards in command history for commands matching current command
