| ctrl+Back | Go Up | Exits current dir and goes to parent; stops at top level and shows available drives |
| Enter | Executes highlighted/selected elements | |
| alt+Enter | Opens current directory in Windows Explorer | |
| shift+Enter | Opens highlighted directory in new tab | |
| ctrl+Enter, Tab | Opens Launcher to select a program to pass highlighted element as parameter | |
| ctrl+C | Copy highlighted/selected elements full path to clipboard | |
| alt+C | Adds highlighted/selected elements full path to clipboard (separated by newline) | |
| ctrl+shift+C | Copies highlighted/selected elements name | |
| alt+shift+C | Adds highlighted/selected elements name to clipboard (separated by newline) | |
| ctrl+alt+C | Copies highlighted/selected elements content to clipboard | Copying image files copies as images |
| ctrl+V | Perform copying | Based on paths that are in clipboard; Proto also recognizes Explorer's 'Copy' when getting the elements list from clipboard |
| alt+V | Perform copying without size check | Same as above but doesn't check for available space nor how much is to be copied - this results in no progress in job's progress bar |
| ctrl+X | Perform moving | Based on paths that are in clipboard; Proto also recognizes Explorer's 'Copy' when getting the elements list from clipboard |
| ctrl+R | Rename element | |
| ctrl+shift+R | Open regex rename prompt for highlighted/selected elements | More here: File Manager - Regex rename |
| ctrl+N | Creates directory | |
| ctrl+shift+N | Creates empty file | |
| alt+N | Create directories based on what's in clipboard | More here: File Manager - Massive Creation |
| ctrl+alt+N | Create files based on what's in clipboard | More here: File Manager - Massive Creation |
| Delete | Delete to Recycle Bin | |
| shift+Delete | Delete skipping Recycle Bin | |
| alt+Delete | Secure Delete | More here: File Manager - Secure Delete |
| F5 | Refresh directory content | |
| ctrl+P | Go to directory based on what's in clipboard | |
| ctrl+Space | Gets highlighted/selected elements size | For single images there is also image size shown |
| ctrl+alt+Space | Modify highlighted/selected elements info | Creation/Last access/Last modified date, flags; More here: File Manager - Get element info |
| ctrl+shift+T | Duplicate tab | |
| ctrl+U | Open command line in current directory | |
| alt+A | Select files or directories | |
| ctrl+O | Select elements based on what is in clipboard | |
| ctrl+I | Toggle element coloring | |
| ctrl+E | Extract | |
| alt+E | Compress | |
| ctrl+F | Find | |
| ctrl+shift+F | Find using regex | |
| alt+F | Find in files | |
| ctrl+H | View file using Proto text editor or image viewer | |
| ctrl+G | Open Disk Chart | |
| ctrl+shift+L | Create Link Here | |
| alt+L | Create Link In Launcher | |
| shift+L | Create Symolic Link | |
| Apps, ctrl+. | Open Windows Explorer's context menu for highlighted/selected elements | |
| ctrl+, | Open Proto context menu | this is experimental |
| ctrl+shift+S | Change sorting direction | |
| ctrl+S | Change sorting type | |