Surprisingly helpful Vista tip: Shortcut keyboard combination for creating a new folder in Vista’s file explorer

Posted on December 17, 2008 by probabilityZero

Hold down ALT and type F + W + F (in that order, without the plus signs).

You can try them individually to see how this works. ALT+F opens the file menu, W opens the New submenu, and the final F creates the new folder.

It seems stupid when you first hear it, but I’ve found this to be pretty useful. I’m an impatient guy, so I like keyboard shortcuts. They let me do what I’m trying to do with a minimum of fuss — no reaching for the mouse or clicking through several menus. When I’m organizing files on my hard drive, creating a folder with a quick, easy to memorize keyboard shortcut is pretty helpful.

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3 Responses to Surprisingly helpful Vista tip: Shortcut keyboard combination for creating a new folder in Vista’s file explorer

  1. ephetteLiet says:
    April 23, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

  2. elvalor says:
    June 24, 2009 at 1:47 am

    Thanks a lot… I’m also normally in a hurry and have been looking for something like this forever.. funny thing is that I work for an internet company and no one knew about it. hehehehe I feel pretty powerful now that I am empowering a lot of Vista users. hehehehe

  3. Jimbo says:
    August 24, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Thanks man!!! A LOT !

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