de all Show all Table of Contents: 1. Control Panel Program Shortcuts 2. 3. Commonly used Windows Tools 4. Microsoft System Configurations 5. Other Windows Tools 6. Applications (if installed) 7. IP Config Commands (leave Dos Windows open) 8. System File Checker Utility cpl stands for Control Panel Item msc stands for Microsoft System Configuration All Shortcuts tested under Windows 8.1; please add any missing. 1. Control Panel Program Shortcuts control Control Panel control desktop Display Properties (Personalization) control color Personalization - Color and Appearance control folders Folders Properties control keyboard Keyboard Properties control mouse Mouse Properties control netconnections Network Properties control printers Printers Folders control userpasswords Manager current User Account control userpasswords2 Manager all User Accounts control update Windows Update control admintools Administrative Tools control schedtasks Scheduled Tasks 2
appwiz.cpl Application Wizard (Program and Features) powercfg.cpl Power Configuration timedate.cpl Date and Time Properties desk.cpl Display - Screen Resolution intl.cpl Regional Settings (International) mmsys.cpl Sound Properties (Multimedia System Settings) inetcpl.cpl Internet Properties (Internet Control Panel) wscui.cpl Security Center (Windows Security Center UI) sysdm.cpl System Properties utilman Ease of Access Utility Manager firewall.cpl Windows Firewall 2. Commonly used Windows Tools explorer Windows Explorer c: Explorer C: Drive regedit Registry Editor services.msc Windows Services (local) taskmgr Task Manager msconfig System Configuration Utility mstsc Remote Desktop (Microsoft Terminal Services) logoff Log Off Windows (without confirmation!) shutdown Shuts Down Windows (don't try unless you are ready to shutdown) calc Calculator cmd Command Prompt notepad Notepad calc Calculator 3
up 3. Microsoft System Configurations Microsoft System Configurations
devmgmt.msc Device Management eventvwr.msc Event Viewer compmgmt.msc Computer Management including System Tools, Storage, Services and Appliations diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager dcomcnfg Component Services (Detailed Component Configuration) gpedit.msc Group Policy Editor secpol.msc Local Security Policy Settings lusrmgr.msc Local User and Groups perfmon.msc Performance Monitor fsmgmt.msc Shared Folders (File Sharing Management) up 4. Other Windows Tools shrpubw Create a shared folder Wizard dxdiag Direct X Troubleshooter cleanmgr Clean Manager - Disk Cleanup Utility clipbrd Clipboard Viewer msiexec Windows Installer Details magnify Windows Magnifier osk On Screen Keyboard msinfo32 System Information sndvol Volume Control winver Windows Version ( shows your windows version ) 4
comp Compare Files ftp MS-Dos FTP label Volume Serial Number for C: fsquirt Bluetooth Transfer Wizard verifier Driver Verifier Utility migwiz Migration Wizard - Files and Settings Transfer Tool sigverif File Signature Verification Tool fonts Fonts joy.cpl Game Controllers mrt Malicious Software Removal Tool eudcedit Private Characters Editor up 5. Applications (if installed) acrobat Adobe Acrobat ( if installed ) photoshop Adobe Photoshop ( if installed ) ccleaner Ccleaner ( if installed ) chrome Chrome ( if installed ) excel Microsoft Excel ( if installed ) access Microsoft Access ( if installed ) powerpnt Microsoft Powerpoint winword Microsoft Word ( if installed ) wmplayer Windows Media Player write Wordpad up
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6. IP Config Commands (leave Dos Windows open) ipconfig /all IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /displaydns IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /release IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /renew IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /registerdns IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /showclassid IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) up 7. System File Checker Utility sfc /scannow System File Checker Utility ( Scan Immediately ) sfc /scanonce System File Checker Utility ( Scan Once At Next Boot ) sfc /scanboot System File Checker Utility ( Scan On Every Boot ) sfc /revert System File Checker Utility ( Return to Default Settings) sfc /purgecache System File Checker Utility ( Purge File Cache ) sfc /cachesize=x System File Checker Utility ( Set Cache Size to Size x )