The following sections describe keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 7.

DaRT Administrator/Helpdesk Tools

The following tables show the keyboard shortcuts for the DaRT administrator and helpdesk tools.

DaRT Recovery Image Wizard

Action Result

Common Shortcuts

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

ALT+H

Opens the Help file.

ALT+F4

Closes the wizard (asks for user permission before closing).

ALT+F4+Y

Confirms Yes and closes the wizard.

ALT+F4+N

Confirms No and does not close the wizard.

Select Boot Image Page

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window.

Tool Selection Page

ALT+E

Enables the selected tool for local user.

ALT+D

Disables the selected tool for local user.

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window.

Additional Drivers Page

ALT+A

Displays Add Device driver window.

ALT+A followed by ALT+O

Adds the selected device driver.

Additional Files Page

ALT+S

Displays Show Files window

Create Startup Image Page

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window.

Burn to CD/DVD Page

ALT+R

Refreshes the drive list.

Final Page

ALT+E

Displays the folder that contains the newly created DaRT ISO image.

ALT+F

Closes the wizard and removes any temporary files.

Navigation Shortcuts

TAB

Moves forward among controls.

SHIFT+TAB

Moves backward among controls.

UP_ARROW

Moves the focus up one item in a pane or selects the previous option button.

DOWN_ARROW

Moves the focus down one item in a pane or selects the next option button.

LEFT_ARROW

Moves the focus backward between controls in a single group.

RIGHT_ARROW

Moves the focus forward between controls in a single group.

ENTER

Selects an item.

SPACE_BAR

Selects an item or selects or unselects check box.

ALT+UP_ARROW

Collapses drop-down list.

ALT+DOWN_ARROW

Expands drop-down list.

DaRT Crash Analyzer

Action Result

Common Shortcuts

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

ALT+F4

Tries to close Crash Analyzer (asks for user permission before closing).

ALT+F4+Y

Confirms Yes and closes Crash Analyzer.

ALT+F4+N

Confirms No and does not close Crash Analyzer.

Specify Debugging Tools Location Page

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window.

Specify Symbol Files Location Page

ALT+D

Selects the download symbol files option.

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window for downloading symbols.

ALT+U

Selects the use symbol files located in this directory option.

ALT+O

Displays Browse for files or folders window to select symbol files location.

ALT+e

Selects or unselects the option to delete symbol files after analysis is completed.

Specify Dump File Page

ALT+r

Displays Browse for files or folders window.

Analysis Summary Page

ALT+D

Displays analysis details.

Analysis Details Window

ALT+S

In Advanced tab, displays the save analysis log window.

Recommendations Page

ALT+F

Finishes Crash Analyzer.

Navigation Shortcuts

TAB

Moves forward among controls.

SHIFT+TAB

Moves backward among controls.

UP_ARROW

Selects the previous radio button.

DOWN_ARROW

Selects the next radio button.

LEFT_ARROW

Selects the previous window tab in multiple tabbed windows.

RIGHT_ARROW

Selects the next window tab in multiple tabbed windows.

ENTER

Selects an item.

SPACE_BAR

Selects an item or selects or unselects check box.

DaRT Remote Viewer

Action Result

Viewer Main Window

ALT+F

Opens the File Menu.

ALT+F+C

Displays the Ticket Information window.

ALT+F+X or ALT+F4

Closes the Remote Connection Viewer and exits. Might open a confirmation dialog if a connection is active.

ALT+H

Opens the Help menu.

ALT+H+D or F1

Displays DaRT Help file.

ALT+H+A

Displays DaRT About Box.

ESC

If connection is active and keyboard and mouse focus is using the Remote Connection window: Close the active or in-focus window on the remote computer.

If connection is active and keyboard and mouse focus is using the Remote Connection Viewer menu or menu item: Release keyboard and mouse focus from Remote Connection Viewer menu or collapse the menu.

CTRL+ALT+LEFT_ARROW

Toggle mouse and keyboard focus between Remote Connection window and Remote Connection Viewer.

Ticket Information Window

ALT+T

Moves the focus to Ticket Number field.

ALT+I

Moves the focus to IP Address field.

ALT+P

Moves the focus to Port number field.

ALT+C

Connects to Remote Machine by using the ticket information.

ALT+F4

Closes Ticket information window.

Exit Confirmation Dialog

ALT+Y

Confirms Yes and closes the Remote Connection Viewer.

ALT+N

Confirms No and does not close the Remote Connection Viewer.

Navigation Shortcuts

TAB

Moves forward among ticket information fields and connection controls.

SHIFT+TAB

Moves backward among ticket information fields and connection controls.

UP_ARROW

Moves the focus up one item in a menu.

DOWN _ARROW

Expands a menu or moves the focus down one item in a menu.

LEFT_ARROW

Moves the focus backward between menus or connection controls.

RIGHT_ARROW

Moves the focus forward between menus or connection controls.

Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset Window Tools

The following tables show the keyboard shortcuts for the tools in the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset window.

DaRT Menu

Action Result

TAB

Moves the focus from one tool link to another.

TAB then DOWN_ARROW

Moves the focus to the next tool, and then selects that tool’s description.

ALT + C, ALT+F4

Closes the DaRT menu.

Space bar or Enter

Starts the selected tool.

Registry Editor

Action Result

ALT + Spacebar + C, ALT + F4

Closes the wizard.

File Menu

ALT + F

Invokes the File menu.

ALT + F + I

Imports the registry keys.

ALT + F + E

Exports the registry keys.

ALT + F + L

Loads registry hives.

ALT + F + U

Unloads registry hives.

Edit Menu

ALT + E

Invokes the Edit menu.

ALT + E + N

Invokes New keys creation submenu.

ALT + E + N + K

Creates a registry key.

ALT + E + N + S

Creates a string value.

ALT + E + N + B

Creates a Binary value.

ALT + E + N + D

Creates a DWORD value.

ALT + E + N + M

Creates a Multi string value.

ALT + E + N + E

Creates an Expandable string value.

ALT + E + P

Grants permissions to the registry key.

ALT +E + D , Del

Deletes the selected registry key.

ALT +E + R

Brings the key into rename mode.

ALT +E + C

Selects and copies the key name.

ALT +E + F, Ctrl + F

Invokes the Find dialog box.

ALT +E + X, F3

Functions as the Find next button in the Find dialog box.

Find

Ctrl+ F then ALT + W

Opens the find dialog and selects the whole string match check box.

Ctrl+ F then ALT + K

Selects the Keys match check box to check the keys as per input entered.

Ctrl+ F then ALT + V

Selects the Values match check box to check the values as per input entered.

Ctrl+ F then ALT + D

Selects the Data match check box to check the data as per input entered.

Ctrl+ F then ALT + N

Moves the focus to the Find input field.

Ctrl+ F then ALT + F

Moves to the next result for Find as per the input entered.

View Menu

ALT + V

Invokes the View menu.

ALT + V + B

Enables and disables the status bar.

ALT + V + L

Highlights the separation bar between the content and navigation pane to let you resize the panes.

ALT + V + D

Displays Binary data.

ALT + V + R, F5

Refreshes the Binary data.

Favorites Menu

ALT + A

Invokes the Favorites menu.

ALT + A + A

Adds a registry key into Favorites.

ALT + A + R

Removes an existing registry key from the Favorites menu.

Help Menu

ALT + H

Invokes the Help menu.

ALT + H + H

Opens the Help window.

ALT + H + A

Opens the About dialog for Registry editor.

Application button/key

Opens the shortcut menu for a selected Registry key.

+/- or RIGHT_ARROW/LEFT_ARROW

Expands or collapses the registry hives.

Up and down arrows

Moves from one key to another in sequence.

F6 and Tab

Switches between the content pane and navigation pane.

Locksmith

Action Result

ESC

Closes the Locksmith wizard.

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

TAB

Moves among all the controls in a sequence.

DOWN_ARROW/UP_ARROW

Changes the users in the Account drop-down list.

ALT + F

Closes the Locksmith wizard.

Crash Analyzer

Action Result

ESC

Closes the Crash Analyzer.

ESC then Y

Confirms “Yes” and closes Crash Analyzer wizard.

ESC then N

Confirms “No” and does not close the Crash Analyzer.

ALT+N

Goes to next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to previous wizard page.

TAB

Moves among all the controls in a sequence.

ALT + R

Browses for the Microsoft debugging tools.

Symbol Files Location Wizard

ALT + D

Selects the button to download the symbol files to the specified directory.

ALT + R

Browses for the directory from which symbol files should be downloaded.

ALT + E

Selects the check box to delete the symbol files.

ALT + P

Moves the focus to the text box to enter proxy server details.

ALT + U

Specifies to obtain the symbol files from a directory instead of downloading.

ALT + O

Browses to the local folder where symbol files exist.

Specify Dump File Page

ALT + C

Moves the focus to the text box to enter the path of the dump file.

ALT + R

Browses the existing dump file.

Analysis Summary

ALT + D

Views the analysis summary.

Recommendations

ALT + F

Closes the Crash Analyzer wizard after the analysis is completed.

File Restore

Action Result

File Menu

ALT + F

Invokes the File menu.

ALT + F + S

Starts the search.

ALT + F + N

Starts the new search by deleting the text in the search box.

ALT + F + P

Returns the properties of a file in the search results.

ALT + F + U, Ctrl + C

Copies the search resultant file or folder to another folder.

ALT + F + O

Copies the selected list of files to the clipboard.

ALT + F + X

Exits the File Restore wizard.

Tools Menu

ALT + T

Invokes the Tools menu.

ALT + T + S

Opens the disk scan wizard.

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

Select Volume

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Moves among the disks listed in the Select Volume wizard.

ALT + T + V

Views the volumes on the disk.

ALT + S

In the Show Volumes dialog box, saves the lost volume scan.

ALT + L

In the Show Volumes dialog box, loads the lost volume scan.

ALT + C

In the Show Volumes dialog box, closes the Show Volumes dialog box.

View Menu

ALT + V

Invokes the View menu.

ALT + V + F

Selects or unselects the flat mode check box in the folder pane.

Help Menu

ALT + H

Invokes the Help menu.

ALT + H + H

Opens the Help window.

ALT + H + A

Opens the About dialog box for File Restore.

ALT + S

Starts the search.

ALT + P

Stops the search.

ALT + A

Applies the filter.

TAB

Moves the focus throughout the controls.

SHIFT + TAB

Moves the focus throughout the controls in reverse order.

Disk Commander

Action Result

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

Choose Recovery Options

ALT + M

Restores the master boot record.

ALT + L

Recovers one or more lost volumes.

ALT + T

Restores the partition tables for the Disk Commander backup.

ALT + S

Saves the partition tables to the Disk Commander backup.

Backup Partition Table

ALT + T

Selects the button to move the partition table backup into a file.

ALT + R

Selects the file for moving the backup of the partition table.

ALT + D

Selects the button to not backup the partition table.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Moves among the files listed in the current partition layout as well as in the partition layout after a restore.

ESC

Closes the Disk Commander.

ESC then Y

Confirms “Yes” and closes the Disk Commander.

ESC then N

Confirms “No” and does not close Disk Commander.

Disk Wipe

Action Result

ALT + S

Starts Disk Wipe.

ALT + E

Erases the selected disk or volume.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Selects between the option buttons. Also, changes the drive names in the drop-down fields.

ESC

Closes Disk Wipe.

Computer Management

Action Result

Action Menu

ALT + A

Invokes the Action menu.

ALT + A + R

Refreshes the contents in Computer Management.

ALT + A + P

Displays the properties of selected services and drivers.

ALT + A + X

Exits the Computer Management wizard.

View Menu

ALT + V

Invokes the View menu.

ALT + F

Opens the wizard to enter WQL queries in Event Viewer.

Help Menu

ALT + H

Invokes the Help menu.

ALT + H + H

Opens the Help window.

ALT + H + A

Opens the About dialog box for Computer Management.

LEFT_ARROW/RIGHT_ARROW

Expands or collapses the nodes.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Moves from one node to another in sequence. Also moves among the drives listed in Disk Management.

TAB

Switches between the content pane and navigation pane.

Application key

Opens the shortcut menu to the drives listed in Disk Management.

Application key + R

Refreshes the wizard in Disk Management.

Application key + P

Returns the properties of the drive that is selected in Disk Management.

Help

Action Result

Action Menu

LEFT_ARROW/RIGHT_ARROW

Expands or collapses nodes in the content navigation pane.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Moves through the help content.

TAB and SHIFT_TAB

Switches between panes.

ALT + P

Displays the previous content.

ALT + N

Displays the next content.

ALT + B

Displays the last visited content.

Home and end Buttons

Displays home and end links in the navigation pane and displays the related contents in the content pane.

Explorer

Action Result

File Menu

ALT + F + N

Creates a new folder in Windows Explorer.

ALT + F + D

Deletes a file or a folder.

ALT + F + M

Renames a file or a folder.

ALT + F + R

Displays the properties of a file or a folder.

ALT + F + C

Closes Windows Explorer.

Edit Menu

ALT + E

Opens the Edit menu.

ALT + E + C

Copies to a folder.

ALT + E + M

Moves to a folder.

ALT + E + A

Selects all folders or files.

ALT + V

Opens the View tab.

ALT + V+ U

Move up one level of the folder.

ALT + T

Opens the Tools menu.

ALT + T + S

Opens the search window.

ALT + T + N

Maps a network drive.

ALT + H

Opens a Help tab.

ALT + H + H

Opens a window for Help topics.

ALT + H+ A

Displays information about Explorer.

ALT + T + D

Disconnects a network drive.

Tab or F6

Moves from one tab to another.

Up arrow

Moves the focus up one item in a menu.

Down arrow

Expands a menu or moves the focus down one item in a menu.

Left arrow

Moves the focus backward between menus or connection controls.

Right arrow

Moves the focus forward between menus or connection controls.

Solution Wizard

Action Result

ALT + N

Goes to next wizard page.

ALT + B

Goes to previous wizard page.

ALT + s

Selects the option "system will not start correctly" in Solution Options page of the wizard.

ALT + D

Selects the option "Data on the system needs to be salvaged" in Solution Options page of the wizard.

ALT + P

Selects the option "Cannot log in because of a lost password" in Solution Options page of the wizard.

ALT + M

Selects the option "I suspect that I might have malicious or potentially unwanted software on my system" in the Solution Options page of the wizard.

ALT + O

Selects the option "Some other problem" in Solution Options page of the wizard.

ALT + V

Selects the option "View diagnostics information" in Repair a system that will not start page of the wizard.

ALT + P

Selects the option "Perform a repair” in Repair a system that will not start page of the wizard.

ALT + V

Selects the option "View details about the system” in Diagnose the problem page of the wizard.

ALT + A

Selects the option "Analyze a crash dump file generated by the system” in Diagnose the problem page of the wizard.

ALT + E

Selects the option "View the event log" in Diagnose the problem page of the wizard.

ALT + R

Selects the option "Restore the system to a windows restore point" in Repair options page of the wizard.

ALT + S

Selects the option "Scan for corrupt system files and replace them” in Repair options page of the wizard.

ALT + U

Selects the option "Uninstall a hot fix or service pack" in Repair options page of the wizard.

ALT + M

Selects the option "Modify settings for a device or service" in Repair options page of the wizard.

ALT + O

Selects the option "Other repair options" in Repair options page of the wizard.

ALT + E

Selects the option "Use ERD explorer to browse through the file system" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + R

Selects the option “Use ERD registry editor to edit the registry” in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + D

Selects the option "Securely erase a volume or disk" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + S

Selects the option "Search for a file" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + U

Selects the option "Use notepad to edit a file" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + V

Selects the option "View or edit disks and volumes" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + P

Selects the option "Use a command prompt" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + C

Selects the option "Configure network setting to access remote systems" in Other options page of the wizard.

ALT + D

Selects the option "One or more accidentally deleted" in Salvage data page of the wizard.

ALT + C

Selects the option "The disk is corrupted" in Salvage data page of the wizard.

ALT + F

Selects the Finish button.

ALT+F4+Y

Confirms “Yes” and closes Solution Wizard.

ALT+F4+N

Confirms “No” and does not close the Solution Wizard.

TAB

Moves from one control to another.

TCP/IP

Action Result

ALT + D

Moves the focus to “Enter Adapter” in the adapter text box.

ALT + O

Selects the option button to obtain the IP address automatically.

ALT + U

Selects the option button to enter a custom IP address.

ALT + I

Moves the focus to the IP address text box to enter an IP address.

ALT + S

Moves the focus to the text box to enter Subnet Mask.

ALT + E

Moves the focus to the text box to enter a default gateway address.

ALT + O

Selects the option button to obtain a DNS Server address automatically.

ALT + T

Selects the option button to enter a custom DNS server address.

ALT + P

Moves the focus to the text box to enter preferred DNS server address.

ALT + L

Moves the focus to the text box to enter alternate DNS server address.

ALT + V

Displays Advanced information about addresses.

ALT + A

Applies the changes that were made in the wizard.

Hotfix Uninstall

Action Result

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

ALT + F

Selects the Finish button in the final wizard to close it.

TAB

Moves the focus from one control to another.

SHIFT + TAB

Moves the focus from one control to another in reverse order.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Moves the focus from one hot fix to another in the wizard.

Spacebar

Selects the hot fix check box to uninstall.

SFC Scan

Action Result

ALT+N

Goes to the next wizard page.

ALT+ B

Goes to the previous wizard page.

Repair Options

ALT + S

Scans and repairs automatically.

ALT + F

Selects the Finish button to exit the wizard after Alt + F scan.

ALT + P

Scans and then prompts before it performs a repair.

Alt + F

Selects the Finish button to exit the wizard after Alt + P scan.

File Search

Action Result

File Menu

Alt + F

Invokes the File menu.

Alt + F + N

Starts a new search.

Alt + F + O/ Alt + F + E

Opens the search results from the selected folder or file in Windows Explorer.

Alt + F + C/ Alt + F + M

Copies or moves the selected folder or file to another folder.

Alt + M

Creates a new folder to copy or move the selected folder or file into it.

Alt + F + P

Opens the Properties window of the resulting search folder or file.

Alt + F + X

Closes the File Search Wizard.

Help Menu

Alt + H

Invokes the Help menu.

Alt + H + H

Opens the Help Wizard.

Alt + H + A

Opens the About File search window.

TAB

Moves the keyboard focus to all the controls.

DOWN_ARROW/UP_ARROW in Look-in field drop-down box

Selects the drives from the drop-down box or opens the browse window to select the drives directly.

TAB and DOWN_ARROW/UP_ARROW

Selects values in the changed section of the last days and months field.

TAB and DOWN_ARROW/UP_ARROW

Selects dates in the changed section of the day format field.

TAB and DOWN_ARROW/UP_ARROW

Changes the values in the size field for the folder or file being searched.

Alt + S

Starts the search immediately.

Alt + P

Stops the search immediately.

Standalone System Sweeper

Action Result

ALT + F

Starts a full scan.

ALT + K

Checks for updates if latest definition updates are not present in the computer.

TAB

Moves the keyboard focus from one control to another.

ALT + C

Cancels the scan in progress.

Join Microsoft Spynet Page

ALT + B

Joins the network by using basic membership.

ALT + A

Joins the network by using advanced membership.

ALT + I

Does not join the network.

ALT + S

Saves the changes done in the network join page.

ALT + C

Discards the changes that were made in the network join page.

ALT + H

Clears the history present in the history page.

Tools Menu

Options Sub Menu

ALT + A

Includes the files or locations to scan in the Options page.

ALT + R

Excludes the files or locations to scan in the Options page.

ALT + S

Saves the changes that were made on the Options page.

ALT + C

Discards the changes that were made on the Options page.

Help

ALT + C

Closes the Help window.

Updates

ALT + B

Browses for the updates present in the computer.

ALT + D

Downloads the updates from the web.

Remote Connection

Action Result

ALT + Y

Accepts the start of Remote Connection.

ALT + N

Does not accept the start of Remote Connection.

UP_ARROW/DOWN_ARROW

Switches between IPV4 and IPV6 addresses in the drop-down field.