Control menu

Updated: 06/22/2024 by Computer Hope

Also called the system menu and window menu, a control menu is a popup menu shown when left-clicking the icon in the top-left corner of most windows in Microsoft Windows.

Tip

You may use keyboard shortcut Alt+spacebar to open the control menu.

What is found in the control menu?

Windows control menu

As shown in the picture, the default control menu has Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, and Close options. In our example, we left-clicked the "Dw" (Dreamweaver) program window icon. If your program window does not have an icon in the top-left corner, the control menu may not be accessible using the left-click, but should still work with the keyboard shortcut.

Note

In some programs (e.g., Windows Command Prompt), the control menu is used to access the program's settings.

Close, Maximize, Menu, Minimize, Move, Operating system terms, Restore, Size, Window