Windows Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Media Player keyboard shortc Applies to these editions of Windows Vista:
Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate Enterprise
All features and buttons in Windows Media Player are accessible to you by using the keyboard only. The Player provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts for the more commonly used commands and buttons that you can use to control the Player from your keyboard or with macros. The following table shows the various keyboard shortcuts for the Player.
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Zoom to 50%
ALT+1
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Zoom at 100%
ALT+2
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View a video using the entire screen
Zoom to 200%
ALT+3
ALT+ENTER
Retrace your steps back through your most recent views in the Player
ALT+LEFT ARROW
Retrace your steps forward through your most recent views in the Player
ALT+RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+1
CTRL+2
Switch to the first view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Artist in Music)
CTRL+7
Switch to the second view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Album in Music)
CTRL+8
Switch to the third view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Songs in Music)
CTRL+9
CTRL+B
CTRL+E
CTRL+F
CTRL+H
CTRL+J
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CTRL+M
CTRL+N
Open a file
CTRL+O
CTRL+P
CTRL+Q
Stop playing
CTRL+S
CTRL+T
CTRL+U
CTRL+W
Rewind video
CTRL+SHIFT+B
CTRL+SHIFT+C
CTRL+SHIFT+F
CTRL+SHIFT+G
CTRL+SHIFT+N
CTRL+SHIFT+S
ESC
F1
F2
F3
Switches the view of items in the Details pane using the options available with the View Options button
F4
F5
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Increase the size of album art
SHIFT+F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
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