Keystroke to open a new window in Windows 7 Explorer?

For the second part of your question there is this article on MS's site.

Click show all and you have them all.


Unfortunately there is no shortcut to open a parent folder in a new window.

But there is a way...

You can do 1 of 2 things.

  1. Ctrl+N then Alt+Up

  2. use AutoHotkey to run this exact key command with a smaller and quicker command of your choosing


In Windows 7 it is simple:

  • Use the arrow keys to select the folder you want to open in a new window, then press Ctrl+Enter

or using a mouse...

  • Ctrl+double-click