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Hot keys and OS/2

A complete description of hot keys is found in the Key Assignments topic in the Keys help selection from the OS/2 help menu.

Keys

Description

Alt+F1

Open the system recovery panel (At boot time, when the little white box first appears in the upper left corner.)

Alt+F2

Verbose mode that prints device driver names (At boot time, when the little white box first appears in the upper left corner)

Alt+F5

Restore a window

Alt+F7

Move a window (use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move window)

Alt+F8

Size a window (use the arrow keys on the keyboard to adjust bottom and right borders)

Alt+F9

Minimize a window

Alt+F4

Close a window

Alt+Esc

Switch between visible windows

Ctrl+Esc

Display the window list

Shift+F10

Display the Context menu.

Ctrl+Shift+F1

To suppress auto-start for the current boot only, press Ctrl+Shift+F1 when the single-color desktop background (without any icons) first appears, and hold these keys down until your desktop icons appear on the screen.

Note that you must use the left shift key, not the right shift key when performing this hot-key sequence.

Ctrl+Alt+Num Lock (Twice) You can capture the OS/2 Trap screen by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Num Lock (twice). Insert a blank diskette and wait until it's filled up, then reboot the machine. In e.exe or epm.exe, open the binary soup and look for the trap screen. Copy paste it.
Last Modified: 2 Jan 2005
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