What Keyboard shortcuts should not use?

Question

I almost developed a C# Winforms application. Now I'm looking to provide some keyboard shortcuts to the user for some operations. I want to know that what keyboard shortcuts I should not use that are reserved for windows.

Also tell me what is the preferred key between CTRL+ALT for the shortcuts?

For example - if I want to add a new employee: what key shortcut should I use? CTRL+E or ALT+E

Answer 1

For windows specifically you can look here for all the windows shortcuts. Just to be sure you can also look at this wikipedia article The preference for "Alt" over "Ctrl" or the other way around is only what you think is more usable and more user friendly. I would suggest that you think of other keys as well such as "Shift" and F keys.

Answer 2

Any key combination except for those that are used by windows by default like Alt + F4. Because this shortcut is used to close the window. And also shortcuts like Alt + Tab shouldnt be used as they are Windows default shortcuts. Other than such window shortcuts, you can choose any fancy combinations that you prefer as a shortcut to your application. All the best. Hope this helps.