Monday, November 16, 2009

Command prompts for Windows (From: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-403-command-prompts-for-windows)

Some of these command below can cause harmful an undesirable functions, leading to the formatting of your hard disk and data loss, while others will not run under Windows XP. As for Windows Vista the Run Tab is not visible in the start up menu. Windows Vista specific command prompts are not included.


 Here is a list of commands you can use under Microsoft Windows prearranged depending of their functionality :


 





  1. Control Panel


  2. Windows utility and applications


  3. Disk management


  4. Connection management


  5. Miscellaneous commands


Control Panel


CONTROL: opens the control panel window


CONTROL ADMINTOOLS: opens the administrative tools


CONTROL KEYBOARD: opens keyboard properties


CONTROL COLOUR: opens display properties.Appearance tab


CONTROL FOLDERS: opens folder options


CONTROL FONTS: opens font policy management


CONTROL INTERNATIONAL or INTL.CPL: opens Regional and Language option


CONTROL MOUSE or MAIN.CPL: opens mouse properties


CONTROL USERPASSWORDS: opens User Accounts editor


CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 or NETPLWIZ: User account access restrictions


CONTROL PRINTERS: opens faxes and printers available


APPWIZ.CPL: opens Add or Remove programs utility tool


OPTIONALFEATURES: opens Add or Remove Windows component utility


DESK.CPL: opens display properties. Themes tab


HDWWIZ.CPL: opens add hardware wizard


IRPROPS.CPL: infrared utility tool


JOY.CP: opens game controllers settings


MMSYS.CPL: opens Sound and Audio device Properties. Volume tab


SYSDM.CPL: opens System properties


TELEPHON.CPL: Opens phone and Modem options


TIMEDATE.CPL: Date and Time properties


WSCUI.CPL: opens Windows Security Center


ACCESS.CPL: opens Accessibility Options


WUAUCPL.CPL: opens Automatic Updates


POWERCFG.CPL: opens Power Options Properties


AZMAN.MSC: opens authorisation management utility tool


CERTMGR.MSC: opens certificate management tool


COMPMGMT.MSC: opens the Computer management tool


COMEXP.MSC or DCOMCNFG: opens the Computer Services management tool


DEVMGMT.MSC: opens Device Manager


EVENTVWR or EVENTVWR.MSC: opens Event Viewer


FSMGMT.MSC: opens Shared Folders


NAPCLCFG.MSC: NAP Client configuration utility tool


SERVICES.MSC: opens Service manager


TASKSCHD.MSC or CONTROL SCHEDTASKS: opens Schedule Tasks manager


GPEDIT.MSC: opens Group Policy utility tool


LUSRMGR.MSC: opens Local Users and Groups


SECPOL.MSC: opens local security settings


CIADV.MSC: opens indexing service


NTMSMGR.MSC: removable storage manager


NTMSOPRQ.MSC: removable storage operator requests


WMIMGMT.MSC: opens (WMI) Window Management Instrumentation


PERFMON or PERFMON.MSC: opens the Performance monitor


MMC: opens empty Console


MDSCHED: opens memory diagnostics tools


DXDIAG: opens DirectX diagnostics tools


ODBCAD32: opens ODBC Data source Administrator


REGEDIT or REGEDT32: opens Registry Editor


DRWTSN32: opens Dr. Watson


VERIFIER: opens Driver Verifier Manager


CLICONFG: opens SQL Server Client Network Utility


UTILMAN: opens Utility Manager


COLORCPL: opens color management


CREDWIZ: back up and recovery tool for user passwords


MOBSYNC: opens Synchronization center


MSCONFIG: opens System Configuration Utility


SYSEDIT: opens System Configuration Editor (careful while using this command)


SYSKEY: Windows Account Database Security management (careful while using this command)


 


Windows utility and applications


EPLORER: Opens windows Explorer


IEXPLORER: Opens Internet explorer


WAB: opens Contacts


CHARMAP: opens Character Map


WRITE: opens WordPad


NOTEPAD: opens Notepad


CALC: opens Calculator


CLIPBRD: opens Clipbook Viewer


WINCHAT: opens Microsoft Chat Interface


SOUNDRECORDER: opens sound recording tool


DVDPLAY: run CD or DVD


WMPLAYER: opens Windows Media Player


MOVIEMK: Opens untitled Windows Movie Maker


OSK: opens on-screen Keyboard


MAGNIFY: opens Magnifier


WINCAL: opens Calendar


DIALER: opens phone Dialer


EUDCEDIT: opens Private Character Editor


NDVOL: opens the mixer volume


RSTRUI : opens Tool System Restore (For Vista only)


%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\RESTORE\rstrui.exe: opens Tool System Restore (for XP only).


MSINFO32: Opens the System Information


MRT : launches the utility removal of malware.


Taskmgr : Opens the Windows Task Manager


CMD: opens a command prompt


MIGWIZ: Opens the tool for transferring files and settings from Windows (Vista only)


Migwiz.exe: Opens the tool for transferring files and settings from Windows (for XP only)


SIDEBAR: Open the Windows (Vista only)


Sigverif : Opens the tool for verification of signatures of files


Winver : Opens the window for your Windows version


FSQUIRT: Bluetooth Transfer Wizard


IExpress opens the wizard for creating self-extracting archives. Tutorial HERE


MBLCTR: opens the mobility center (Windows Vista only)


MSRA : Opens the Windows Remote Assistance


Mstsc : opens the tool connection Remote Desktop


MSDT: opens the diagnostic tools and support Microsoft


WERCON: opens the reporting tool and solutions to problems (for Vista only)


WINDOWSANYTIMEUPGRADE: Enables the upgrade of Windows Vista


WINWORD : opens Word (if installed)


PRINTBRMUI : Opens migration wizard printer (Vista only)


 


Disk management


DISKMGMT.MSC: opens disk management utility


CLEANMGR: opens disk drive clean up utility


DFRG.MSC: opens disk defragmenter


CHKDSK: complete analysis of disk partition


DISKPART: disk partitioning tool


 


Connection management


IPCONFIG: list the configuration of IP addresses on your PC (for more information type IPCONFIG/? in the CMD menu)


INETCPL.CPL: opens internet properties


FIREWALL.CPL: opens windows firewall


NETSETUP.CPL: opens network setup wizard


 


Miscellaneous commands


JAVAWS: View the cover of JAVA software (if installed)


AC3FILTER.CPL: Opens the properties AC3 Filter (if installed)


FIREFOX: Mozilla launches Firefox (if installed)


NETPROJ: allow or not connecting to a network projector (For Vista only)


LOGOFF: closes the current session


SHUTDOWN: shut down Windows


SHUTDOWN-A: to interrupt Windows shutdown


%WINDIR% or %SYSTEMROOT%: opens the Windows installation


%PROGRAMFILES%: Opens the folder where you installed other programs (Program Files)


%USERPROFILE%: opens the profile of the user currently logged


%HOMEDRIVE%: opens the browser on the partition or the operating system is installed


%HOMEPATH%: opens the currently logged user C: \ Documents and Settings \ [username]


%TEMP%: opens the temporary folder


VSP1CLN: deletes the cache for installation of the service pack 1 for Vista


System File Checker (Requires Windows CD if the cache is not available):


SFC / scannow: immediately scans all system files and repairs damaged files


SFC / VERIFYONLY: scans only those files system


SFC / Scanfil = "name and file path": scans the specified file, and repaired if damaged


SFC / VERIFYFILE = "name and file path": Scans only the file specified


SFC / scanonce: scans the system files on the next restart


SFC / REVERT: return the initial configuration (For more information, type SFC /? In the command prompt CMD.


 


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