09 October 2008

Useful shortcut that you may have forgotten!

Type this in Start> Run.

Calc - Calculator 
Cfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration Wizard 
Charmap - Character Map 
Chkdisk - Repair damaged files 
Cleanmgr - Cleans up hard drives 
Clipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewer 
Cmd - Opens a new Command Window (cmd.exe) 
Control - Displays Control Panel 
Dcomcnfg - DCOM user security 
Debug - Assembly language programming tool 
Defrag - Defragmentation tool 
Drwatson - Records programs crash & snapshots 
Dxdiag - DirectX Diagnostic Utility 
Explorer - Windows Explorer 
Fontview - Graphical font viewer 
Ftp - ftp.exe program 
Hostname - Returns Computer’s name 
Ipconfig - Displays IP configuration for all network adapters 
Jview - Microsoft Command-line Loader for Java classes 
MMC - Microsoft Management Console 
Msconfig - Configuration to edit startup files 
Msinfo32 - Microsoft System Information Utility 
Nbtstat - Displays stats and current connections using NetBios over TCP/IP 
Netstat - Displays all active network connections 
Nslookup- Returns your local DNS server 
Ping - Sends data to a specified host/IP 
Regedit - egistry Editor 
Regsvr32 - egister/de-register DLL/OCX/ActiveX 
Regwiz - Reistration wizard 
Sfc /scannow - Sytem File Checker 
Sndrec32 - Sound Recorder
Sndvol32 - Volume control for soundcard 
Sysedit - Edit system startup files (config.sys, autoexec.bat, win.ini, etc.) 
Taskmgr - Task manager 
Telnet - Telnet program 
Tracert - Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host 
Winipcfg - Displays IP configuration

certmgr.msc - Certificate Manager 
ciadv.msc - Indexing Service 
compmgmt.msc - Computer management 
devmgmt.msc - Device Manager 
dfrg.msc - Defragment 
diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management 
fsmgmt.msc - Folder Sharing Management 
eventvwr.msc - Event Viewer 
gpedit.msc - Group Policy -XP Pro only 
iis.msc - Internet Information Services 
lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups 
mscorcfg.msc - Net configurations 
ntmsmgr.msc - Removable Storage 
perfmon.msc - Performance Manager 
secpol.msc - Local Security Policy 
services.msc - System Services 
wmimgmt.msc - Windows Management