Windows Command Guide 2010

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Windows Command Guide 2010 Version 3.4 (May 2010 updates)

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Welcome to the “Windows Command Guide”. In this guide you will find all types of Windows commands. This guide includes every possible command; those are available on a Windows platform. There are many long and unusual commands, those you may not use commonly – but, these commands available in Windows platform whether you know it or not. If you have more information, then please share with me. For more information visit the website.

About this Article: As every Windows user knows what a command is, so there is no need for describing it. This

guide contains 440+ Run commands and 580+ additional Windows commands. This guide contains approx. 1000+ Windows commands in various categories. This is very useful for everyone using –desktop, laptop and server. The objective of this guide is to know more about Windows commands, internals features and to speed up the administrative tasks. See the version number to check the latest updates and new release.

Document History: (updated: v3.4) Time Changes

2010 Version 3.xx: 75+ GUID, shell commands, latest updates and revision.

2009 Version 2.xx: major updates: 300+ Run commands; 95+ Rundll32 commands; 120+ Environment Variables; 150+ Command-line tools; 75+ Control Panel Applets Canonical names on Vista SP2, 2008 SP2, Windows 7 and Office 2010.

2008 Version 1.xx: with more added commands with Vista and Server 2008.

2004-07 Initial use, testing and first publication on 2007.

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Contents Chapter – 1

Windows Run Commands

Network Run Commands

Run Commands in Windows Vista

Run Commands in Windows Server 2008

Run Commands in Windows 7

Chapter – 2

Run Commands for Third-party Programs

Control Panel Applet Commands

Command-line Tools: Windows XP / 2003

Command-line Tools: Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7

Advance Rundll32 Commands

A. Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003

B. Windows Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7

Chapter – 3

Commands-cum-Shortcuts

Unique and Special Commands

Relative System Paths with Shell commands

Environment Variables

Chapter – 4

Recovery Console Commands

Command Descriptions

Appendix: A. ESSENTIAL NOTES

B. CHANGED NAMES: In Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 etc.

C. Axioms in this guide

D. Commonly Used Command-line Tools

E. Bibliography, References and Tools



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Chapter – 1

Windows Run Commands [For Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7. See Appendix-A6]

Table-1 SL. APPLICATION COMMAND Ref

001 Accessibility Controls access.cpl 1

002 Accessibility Wizard accwiz 3

003 Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl 1

004 Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl 2

005 Administrative Tools control admintools

006 Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl 1

007 Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt

008 Calculator calc

009 Certificate Manager certmgr.msc

010 Character Map charmap

011 Clipboard Viewer clipbrd 3

012 Command Prompt cmd

013 Component Services (DCOM/COM+ configuration) dcomcnfg

014 Computer Management compmgmt.msc

015 Control Panel control

016 Date and Time Properties control date/time

017 Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl

018 DDE Shares ddeshare 3

019 Device Manager devmgmt.msc

020 DirectX Diagnostic Tool dxdiag

021 Disk Cleanup Utility (Appendix-A1) cleanmgr

022 Disk Defragment dfrg.msc 1

023 Disk Management diskmgmt.msc

024 Disk Partition Manager diskpart

025 Display Properties control desktop 1

026 Display Properties desk.cpl 1

027 Display Properties (Appearance tab pre-selected) control color

028 Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility (16-bit) drwatson

029 Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility (32-bit) drwtsn32 3

030 Driver Verifier Utility verifier

031 DVD Placeholder Utility (playing DVD in WMP) dvdplay

032 Event Viewer eventvwr

033 Event Viewer eventvwr.msc

034 File Signature Verification Tool sigverif

035 Files and Setting Transfer Wizard migwiz 2

036 Folders Properties control folders

037 Fonts Folder control fonts

038 Fonts Folder fonts

039 Game Controllers joy.cpl

040 Game: Free Cell freecell 3

041 Game: Hearts Card Game mshearts 3

042 Game: Internet Backgammon bckgzm 3

043 Game: Internet Checkers chkrzm 3

044 Game: Internet Hearts hrtzzm 3

045 Game: Internet Reversi rvsezm 3

046 Game: Internet Spades shvlzm 3

047 Game: Minesweeper winmine 3

048 Game: Pinball pinball 3

049 Game: Solitaire sol 3

050 Game: Spider Solitaire spider 3

051 Group Policy Object Editor gpedit.msc

052 Help and Support Center helpctr 3

053 HyperTerminal hypertrm 3

054 Iexpress Wizard (packaging tool) iexpress

055 Indexing Service ciadv.msc



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056 Infrared Monitor if installed) control infrared

057 Internet Connection Wizard icwconn1 3

058 Internet Explorer (IE) iexplore

059 Internet Explorer (InPrivate Mode) (IE8 or later) iexplore –private

060 Internet Explorer (no Add-ons) iexplore –extoff

061 Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl

062 Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz 3

063 Keyboard Properties control keyboard

064 Local Security Settings secpol.msc

065 Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc

066 Log Off logoff

067 Mail client (Default) mailto:

068 Mail configurations (Outlook/Microsoft Outlook) control mlcfg32.cpl

069 Microsoft Chat winchat

070 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) mmc

071 Microsoft Media Player (for audio only) mplay32 3

072 Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk 3

073 Microsoft Paint mspaint

074 Microsoft Paint pbrush

075 Microsoft Program Manager progman 3

076 Microsoft Synchronization Tool mobsync 2

077 Mouse Properties control mouse

078 Mouse Properties main.cpl

079 MS-DOS Editor (editing files in DOS mode) edit

080 Network Access Protection (NPA) Client UI napstat

081 Network Connections control netconnections

082 Network Connections ncpa.cpl

083 Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl 3

084 Notepad notepad

085 Novell NetWare (if installed) control netware

086 Object Packager packager 3

087 On Screen Keyboard osk

088 Outlook Express msimn 2, 1

089 Password Properties password.cpl 3

090 Performance Monitor perfmon

091 Performance Monitor perfmon.msc

092 Phone and Modem Options control telephony

093 Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl

094 Phone Dialer dialer

095 Power Configuration powercfg.cpl

096 Printers and Faxes control printers

097 Printers Folder printers 3

098 Private Character Editor eudcedit

099 Regional and Language Options control international

100 Regional and Language Options intl.cpl 2

101 Registry Editor regedit

102 Registry Editor regedt32

103 Remote Access Phonebook rasphone

104 Remote Assistance rcimlby –launchra 2, 1

105 Remote Desktop mstsc

106 Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc 3

107 Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc 3

108 Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) rsop.msc

109 Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl 3

110 Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks

111 Security Center wscui.cpl 2, 1

112 Services services.msc

113 Shared Folder Wizard (create a shared folder) shrpubw

114 Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc

115 Shutdown Windows (Appendix-A2) shutdown –s –t 00

116 Sound Recorder sndrec32 3, 1

117 Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl

118 SQL Client Configuration cliconfg

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120 System Configuration Utility msconfig

121 System File Checker (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache 3, 1

122 System File Checker (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert 3, 1

123 System File Checker (Scan immediately) sfc /scannow

124 System File Checker (Scan On every boot) sfc /scanboot 3, 1

125 System File Checker (Scan Once at next boot) sfc /scanonce 3, 1

126 System File Checker (Set cache size to x in MB) sfc /cachesize=x 3, 1

127 System Information msinfo32

128 System Information winmsd 3

129 System Properties sysdm.cpl

130 Task Manager taskmgr

131 Telnet Client telnet

132 Telnet Server Admin tlntadmn 1

133 User Accounts control userpasswords

134 User Accounts 2 control userpasswords2

135 User Accounts Management nusrmgr.cpl 3

136 Utility Manager utilman

137 Windows Address Book wab 2

138 Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig 2

139 Windows Backup Utility ntbackup 2, 1

140 Windows Diagnose winmsd 3

141 Windows Explorer explorer

142 Windows Firewall firewall.cpl 2

143 Windows Installer version checking msiexec

144 Windows Magnifier magnify

145 Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI) wmimgmt.msc

146 Windows Media Player (WMP) wmplayer

147 Windows Media Player 6.4.09 (old version) mplayer2

148 Windows Messenger msmsgs 2, 3

149 Windows NetMeeting conf 3

150 Windows Picture Import Wizard (require a camera) wiaacmgr

151 Windows Product Activation (WPA) status oobe/msoobe /a 3

152 Windows System Security Tool syskey

153 Windows Update Launches (update website) wupdmgr 2, 3

154 Windows Version Information winver

155 Windows WordPad wordpad

156 Windows Write write

157 Windows XP Registration Wizard (online) regwiz /r 3

158 Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart 3

ADDENDUMS [Opening of “System Property” with a specific tab]

TAB COMMAND

159 General control sysdm.cpl,,0

160 Computer Name control sysdm.cpl,,1

161 Hardware control sysdm.cpl,,2

162 Advanced control sysdm.cpl,,3

163 System Restore control sysdm.cpl,,4

164 Automatic Updates control sysdm.cpl,,5

165 Remote control sysdm.cpl,,6

[Opening “Add or Remove Programs” with a specific tab]

166 Change or Remove Programs: control appwiz.cpl,,0

167 Add new Programs (from CD-ROM/Floppy) control appwiz.cpl,,1

168 Add/Remove Windows Components control appwiz.cpl,,2

169 Set Program Access and Defaults control appwiz.cpl,,3

[Opening “Sound and Audio Device” with a specific tab]

170 Volume control mmsys.cpl,,0

171 Sounds control mmsys.cpl,,1

172 Audio control mmsys.cpl,,2

173 Voice control mmsys.cpl,,3

174 Hardware control mmsys.cpl,,4

[Opening “Desktop Property” with a specific tab]

175 Themes control desk.cpl

176 Desktop control desk.cpl,,0

177 Screen Saver control desk.cpl,,1



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178 Appearance control desk.cpl,,2

179 Settings control desk.cpl,,3

Reference Notes: 1 The command / feature are changed / modified in Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7. Please see Table-3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 for more information.

2 This feature re-named and improved. See Table-15 of Appendix-B for the new feature names relating to this command in Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7.

3 This Command is removed or not available in Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7.

Network Run Commands

Table-2 [Note: For Windows 2000, Server 2003 and Server 2008. See table-3, table-4 and table-5 for complete

info. Also work for Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 depending on the networking features]

SL. APPLICATION COMMAND

01 Active Directory Domains and Trusts domain.msc

02 Active Directory installation (Directory Service) dcpromo

03 Active Directory Sites and Services dssite.msc

04 Active Directory Users and Computers dsa.msc

05 ADSI Edit adsiedit.msc

06 Certification Authority (CA) certsrv.msc

07 Cluster Administrator cluadmin

08 Component Services dcomcnfg

09 Computer Management compmgmt.msc

10 Configure Your Server Wizard cys

11 Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) cmak

12 Distributed File System (DFS) dfsgui.msc

13 Domain Name System (DNS) dnsmgmt.msc

14 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) dhcpmgmt.msc

15 Event Viewer eventvwr.msc

16 File Server Management filesvr.msc

17 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) ias.msc

18 Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager iis.msc

19 IP Config: Display all the DHCP Class ID ipconfig /showclassid

20 IP Config: Display all the Ipv6 DHCP Class ID ipconfig /showclassid6

21 IP Config: Display DNS Resolver Cache ipconfig /displaydns

22 IP Config: Display full Configuration information ipconfig /all

23 IP Config: Modifies DHCP Class ID ipconfig /setclassid

24 IP Config: Modifies the Ipv6 DHCP Class ID ipconfig /setclassid6

25 IP Config: Purges the DNS Resolver cache ipconfig /flushdns

26 IP Config: Refreshes DHCP & re-registers DNS ipconfig /registerdns

27 IP Config: Release Ipv4 address for the adapter ipconfig /release

28 IP Config: Release Ipv6 address for the adapter ipconfig /release6

29 IP Config: Renew Ipv4 address for the adapter ipconfig /renew

30 IP Config: Renew Ipv6 address for the adapter ipconfig /renew6

31 Ipv4: install (on XP & 2003) (Appendix-A3) netsh interface ipv4 install

32 Ipv4: uninstall (on XP & 2003) netsh interface ipv4 uninstall

33 Ipv6: install (on Vista, 2008 and Win7) netsh interface ipv6 install

34 Ipv6: uninstall (on Vista, 2008 and Win7) netsh interface ipv6 uninstall

35 Licensing llsmgr

36 Network Load Balancing (NLB) Manager nlbmgr

37 Network Monitor netmon/netmon

38 ODBC Data Source Administrator odbcad32

39 ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl

40 Performance Monitor perfmon.msc

41 POP3 Service p3server.msc

42 Remote Desktops tsmmc.msc

43 Remote Storage rsadmin.msc

44 Routing and Remote Access rrasmgmt.msc

45 Security Configuration Wizard scw

46 Services services.msc

47 Terminal Server Licensing licmgr

48 Terminal Services Configuration tscc.msc



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49 Terminal Services Manager tsadmin

50 Web Interface for Remote Administration serverappliance/securelaunch.vbs

51 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) wdsmgmt.msc

52 Windows Deployment Services Legacy risetup

53 WINS winsmgmt.msc

Run Commands in Windows Vista

Table-3 [Note: Use Table-1+Table-2+Table-9 for complete info on all Vista commands. All these commands will

also work in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. See Appendix-B for changed feature names.]


01 Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz

02 Advanced User Accounts netplwiz

03 Authorization Manager azman.msc

04 Bitlocker Notifier fvenotify

05 Bitlocker Wizard bitlockerwizard

06 Color Management colorcpl

07 Component Services comexp.msc

08 Computer Management Launcher compmgmtlauncher

09 Connect to a Network Projector netproj

10 Credential Backup and Restore Wizard credwiz

11 Digitizer Calibration Tool tabcal

12 DPI Scaling dpiscaling

13 Ease of Access Center (Accessibility) * sethc

14 Encrypting File System (EFS) rekeywiz

15 Fax Cover Sheet Editor fxscover

16 Firewall Control Panel * firewallcontrolpanel

17 Firewall Settings * firewallsettings

18 Group Policy Management Console * gpmc.msc

19 Hibernation: Disable powercfg /h off

20 Hibernation: Enable powercfg /h on

21 IIS Manager (IIS 6.0 only) # inetmgr6

22 IIS Manager (IIS 7.0 or later) inetmgr

23 Indexing Options control srchadmin.dll

24 Language Pack Installer lpksetup

25 Microsoft iSCSI Initiator iscsicpl

26 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool msdt

27 Network File System (NFS) nfsmgmt.msc

28 Offline Files control cscui.dll

29 People Near Me p2phost

30 Presentation Settings (Mobile PC) presentationsettings

31 Print Management printmanagement.msc

32 Printer Migration printbrmui

33 Problem Reports and Solutions # wercon

34 Programs and Features appwiz.cpl

35 Security Configuration Management secpol.msc

36 Snipping Tool snippingtool

37 Sound Recorder soundrecorder

38 Sound Volume sndvol

39 Sticky Notes stikynot

40 Sync Center mobsync

41 Tablet PC Input Panel tabtip

42 Task Scheduler taskschd.msc

43 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) tpm.msc

44 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) tpminit

45 Windows Activation Client slui

46 Windows Backup Utility sdclt

47 Windows Calendar * wincal

48 Windows DVD Maker dvdmaker

49 Windows Easy Transfer (WET) migwiz

50 Windows Fax and Scan wfs

51 Windows Features optionalfeatures

52 Windows Journal journal



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53 Windows Mail * winmail

54 Windows Mobility Center (Mobile PC) mblctr

55 Windows Remote Assistance msra

56 Windows Sidebar # sidebar

57 Windows Update Application Launcher wuapp

ADDENDUMS

58 Appearance Settings control desk.cpl,appearance@appearance

59 Color Scheme control /name ubsystem.personalization /page pagecolorization

60 Desktop background control /name ubsystem.personalization /page pagewallpaper

61 Display Settings (Screen resolution) control desk.cpl,settings@settings

62 Folder Options: File extension associations

control /name ubsystem.defaultprograms /page pagefileassoc

63 Folder Options: Folder searching rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 2

64 Folder Options: General rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 0

65 Folder Options: View rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 7

66 Multi-monitor control desk.cpl,monitor,@monitor

67 Power Options: Advanced Settings page

control powercfg.cpl,,3

68 Power Options: Create a power plan control /name ubsystem.poweroptions /page pagecreatenewplan

69 Power Options: Edit current plan settings

control /name ubsystem.poweroptions /page pageplansettings

70 Power Options: System settings control /name ubsystem.poweroptions /page pageglobalsettings

71 Regional and Language Options: Administrative

control /name ubsystem.regionalandlanguageoptions /page /p:”administrative”

72 Regional and Language Options: Keyboard

control /name ubsystem.regionalandlanguageoptions /page /p:”keyboard”

73 Regional and Language Options: Location

control /name ubsystem.regionalandlanguageoptions /page /p:”location”

74 Screensaver control desk.cpl,screensaver,@screensaver

75 Themes control desk.cpl,themes,@themes

[Opening of “Advanced System Property” with a specific tab]

76 TAB COMMAND

77 Advanced System Settings systempropertiesadvanced

78 Computer Performance Settings systempropertiesperformance

79 Computer Name systempropertiescomputername

80 Data Execution Prevention Settings systempropertiesdataexecutionprevention

81 Hardware Settings systempropertieshardware

82 System Protection Settings systempropertiesprotection

83 System Remote Settings systempropertiesremote

Note: * command doesn’t work in Windows 7. # Command/feature is Modified in Windows 7.

Run Commands in Windows Server 2008

Table-4 [Note: These are new and additional commands to the table-2 and table-3.]


01 Security Configuration Wizard scw

02 Security Configuration Wizard viewer scwviewer

03 Server Manager compmgmtlauncher

04 Share and Storage Management storagemgmt.msc

05 Storage Explorer storexpl.msc

06 Terminal Service Manager tsadmin.msc

07 Terminal Services Configuration tsconfig.msc

08 Windows Firewall with Advanced Security wf.msc

09 Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool mdsched

10 Windows Server Backup wbadmin.msc



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Run Commands in Windows 7

Table-5 [Note: These are new and additional commands to the table-3 and table-4 with Windows 7.]


01 Aero Troubleshooter msdt –id aerodiagnostic

02 ClearType Text Tuner cttune

03 Desktop Gadget Gallery sidebar /showgadgets

04 Device Manager devmgmt.msc

05 Device Manager hdwwiz.cpl

06 Device Pairing Application devicepairingwizard

07 Disk Defragment User Interface dfrgui

08 Display Color Calibration dccw

09 Display Switcher displayswitch

10 Display: Desktop Icon Settings control desk.cpl,,0

11 Display: Personalization control desk.cpl,,2

12 Display: Screen Resolution desk.cpl

13 Display: Screen Resolution control desk.cpl

14 Display: Screen Resolution control desk.cpl,,3

15 Display: Screen Resolution control desk.cpl,,4

16 Display: Screen Saver Settings control desk.cpl,,1

17 Display: Windows Color and Appearance control desk.cpl,,5

18 Event Translator Config Tool evntwin

19 Hardware and Devices troubleshooter msdt –id devicediagnostic

20 Math Input Panel (for Tablet PC) mip

21 NAP Client Configuration napclcfg.msc

22 Problem Steps Recorder psr

23 Resource Monitor perfmon /res

24 Scan Management scanmanagement.msc

25 Services For Network File System nfsmgmt.msc

26 Set Program Access and Computer Defaults computerdefaults

27 System Repair Disc (create) recdisc

28 User Account Control Settings useraccountcontrolsettings

29 Windows Anytime Upgrade Results windowsanytimeupgraderesults

30 Windows Easy Transfer Report migwiz/postmig

31 Windows Media Center ehome/ehshell

32 Windows PowerShell (ISE) powershell_ise

33 Windows PowerShell powershell

34 Windows Virtual PC vmwindow

35 WMI Control wmimgmt.msc

36 XPS Viewer xpsrchvw

Miscellaneous

01 3D Text Screen Saver sstext3d.scr

02 Blank Screen Saver scrnsave.scr

03 Bubbles Screen Saver bubbles.scr

04 Mystify Screen Saver mystify.scr

05 Photos Screen Saver photoscreensaver.scr

06 Ribbons Screen Saver ribbons.scr

Chapter – 2

Run Commands for Third-party Programs

Table-6 [Note: These commands will work, only if the particular software / applications are installed.]


001 7-Zip 7zfm

002 ACDSee 2009 Showroom acdseesr

003 ACDSee Device Detector v5.0 devdetect

004 ACDSee FotoSlate v4.0 fotoslate4

005 ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 v5.0 acdseephotoeditor2008

006 ACDSee Photo Editor v4.0 acdseephotoeditor4



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007 ACDSee Photo Manager 2008 v10.0 acdsee10

008 ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 v11.0 acdsee11

009 ACDSee Pro v2.0 acdseepro2



012 Acrobat Distiller acrodist

013 Acrobat Reader acrord32

014 Adobe Acrobat acrobat

015 Adobe Bridge bridge

016 Adobe FlashPaper flashprinter

017 Adobe ImageReady CS (formerly ImageReady) imageready

018 Adobe LiveCycle Designer formdesigner

019 Adobe PageMaker 6.5 pm56

020 Adobe PageMaker 7.0 (now InDesign CS) pm70

021 Adobe Photoshop CS (formerly Photoshop) photoshop

022 Alcohol 120% or Alcohol 50% alcohol

023 Apple iTunes Player itunes

024 Apple QuickTime Control Panel quicktime.cpl

025 Apple QuickTime Player quicktimeplayer

026 Babylon Dictionary babylon

027 BitComet bitcomet

028 BS Player Pro bsplayer

029 Change Analysis Diagnostic (Windows XP) statechangediag

030 CodeSmith Explorer codesmith

031 CodeSmith Professional codesmithstudio

032 Copernic Desktop Search desktopsearch

033 Cyberlink Power2Go power2go

034 CyberLink PowerDVD powerdvd

035 DirectX Control Panel ubsys.cpl

036 Eudora Mail Client eudora

037 FastStone Capture fscapture

038 FastStone Image Viewer fsviewer

039 GetRight Download Manager getright

040 Intel Graphics Controller Properties igfxcfg

041 InterVideo WinDVD windvd

042 IsoBuster isobuster

043 Java Control Panel (not in Win7) javacpl.cpl

044 Macromedia Dreamweaver dreamweaver

045 Macromedia Fireworks fireworks

046 Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) mrt

047 Media Player Classic mplayerc

048 Media Player Classic Home Cinema mpc-hc

049 Microsoft Access msaccess

050 Microsoft ActiveSync wcesmgr

051 Microsoft Excel excel

052 Microsoft FrontPage frontpg

053 Microsoft InfoPath infopath

054 Microsoft iSCSI Initiator iscsicpl.cpl

055 Microsoft Office Document Imaging mspview

056 Microsoft Office Groove groove

057 Microsoft Office Picture Manager ois

058 Microsoft OneNote onenote

059 Microsoft Outlook outlook

060 Microsoft PowerPoint powerpnt

061 Microsoft Publisher mspub

062 Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 groove

063 Microsoft Streets and Trips streets

064 Microsoft Word winword

065 Microsoft Works Calendar wkscal

066 Microsoft Works Database wksdb

067 Microsoft Works Portfolio wkssb

068 Microsoft Works Spreadsheet wksss

069 Microsoft Works Task Launcher msworks

070 Microsoft Works Word Processor wkswp



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071 Mozilla Firefox firefox

072 Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode) firefox –safe-mode

073 Nero BackItUp backitup

074 Nero Burning ROM nero

075 Nero BurnRights neroburnrights

076 Nero Express nero /w

077 Nero Home nerohome

078 Nero ImageDrive imagedrive

079 Nero MediaHome neromediahome

080 Nero PhotoSnap Viewer photosnapviewer

081 Nero Recode recode

082 Nero Scout neroscoutoptions

083 Nero ShowTime showtime

084 Nero SoundTrax soundtrax

085 Nero Vision nerovision

086 Nero Wave Editor waveedit

087 Norton 360 mainstub

088 Norton Antivirus (Full System Scan) navw32 /a

089 Norton Antivirus 2007 uistub

090 Norton Antivirus 2010: Symantec Security History mcui32

091 Norton Ghost vproconsole

092 Nview Desktop Manager nvtuicpl.cpl

093 OpenOffice.org soffice

094 OpenOffice.org Base (Database) sbase

095 OpenOffice.org Calc (Spreadsheet) scalc

096 OpenOffice.org Draw (Drawing) sdraw

097 OpenOffice.org Impress (Presentation) simpress

098 OpenOffice.org Math (Math formula) smath

099 OpenOffice.org Writer (Word Processor) swriter

100 Opens AC3 Filter ac3filter.cpl

101 Oracle SQL Plus sqlplusw

102 RealPlayer SP (formerly RealPlayer) realplay

103 RealPlayer SP Converter realconverter

104 Speccy speccys

105 Tweak UI tweakui

106 Vmware Player vmplayer

107 Vmware Virtual Machine Console vmware –l

108 Vmware Workstation vmware

109 Winamp winamp

110 Windows Phone Book Administrator pbadmin

111 Windows PowerToy Calculator powercalc

112 WinRAR winrar

113 WinZip winzip

114 WinZip Self-Extractor wzipse32

115 XPS Viewer EP (Appendix-A4) xpsrchvw

116 X-Setup Pro xqdcxspstart

Control Panel Applets commands [Control Panel item using its canonical name: in Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7.]

Table-7 [Note: See Appendix-A5]


Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

01 Add Hardware control /name Microsoft.AddHardware

02 Administrative Tools control /name Microsoft.AdministrativeTools

03 Advanced Network Sharing Settings

control /name Microsoft.NetworkandSharingCenter /page Advanced

04 AutoPlay control /name Microsoft.AutoPlay

05 Backup and Restore Center control /name Microsoft.BackupAndRestoreCenter

06 Bitlocker Drive Encryption control /name Microsoft.BitlockerDriveEncryption

07 Color Management control /name Microsoft.ColorManagement

08 Date and Time control /name Microsoft.DateAndTime

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10 Device Manager control /name Microsoft.DeviceManager

11 Display control /name Microsoft.Display

12 Ease of Access Center control /name Microsoft.EaseOfAccessCenter

13 Folder Options control /name Microsoft.FolderOptions

14 Fonts control /name Microsoft.Fonts

15 Game Controllers control /name Microsoft.GameControllers

16 Indexing Options control /name Microsoft.IndexingOptions

17 Infrared control /name Microsoft.InfraredOptions

18 Internet Options control /name Microsoft.InternetOptions

19 iSCSI Initiator control /name Microsoft.iSCSIInitiator

20 Keyboard Settings control /name Microsoft.Keyboard

21 Mouse control /name Microsoft.Mouse

22 Network Sharing Center control /name Microsoft.NetworkandSharingCenter

23 Offline Files control /name Microsoft.OfflineFiles

24 Parental Controls control /name Microsoft.ParentalControls

25 Pen and Input Devices control /name Microsoft.PenAndInputDevices

26 People Near Me control /name Microsoft.PeopleNearMe

27 Performance Information and Tools

control /name Microsoft.PerformanceInformationAndTools

28 Personalization control /name Microsoft.Personalization

29 Phone and Modems control /name Microsoft.PhoneAndModemsOptions

30 Power Options control /name Microsoft.PowerOptions

31 Printers control /name Microsoft.Printers

32 Problems Reports and Solutions

control /name Microsoft.ProblemsReportsAndSolutions

33 Programs and Feature control /name Microsoft.ProgramsAndFeature

34 Regional and Language Options

control /name Microsoft.RegionalAndLanguageOptions

35 Scanners and Cameras control /name Microsoft.ScannersAndCameras

36 Sound control /name Microsoft.AudioDevicesAndSoundThemes

37 Speech Recognition Options control /name Microsoft.SpeechRecognitionOptions

38 Sync Center control /name Microsoft.SyncCenter

39 System control /name Microsoft.System

40 Tablets PC Settings control /name Microsoft.TabletsPCSettings

41 Tablets PC Settings Buttons control /name Microsoft.TabletsPCSettings /page Buttons

42 Taskbars and Start Menu control /name Microsoft.TaskbarsAndStartMenu

43 Text to Speech control /name Microsoft.TextToSpeech

44 User Accounts control /name Microsoft.UserAccounts

45 Welcome Center control /name Microsoft.WelcomeCenter

46 Windows Anytime Upgrade control /name Microsoft.WindowsAnytimeUpgrade

47 Windows CardSpace control /name Microsoft.CardSpace

48 Windows Defender control /name Microsoft.WindowsDefender

49 Windows Firewall control /name Microsoft.WindowsFirewall

50 Windows Marketplace control /name Microsoft.GetProgramsOnline

51 Windows Mobility Center control /name Microsoft.MobilityCenter

52 Windows Security Center control /name Microsoft.SecurityCenter

53 Windows Sidebar Properties control /name Microsoft.WindowsSidebarProperties

54 Windows SideShow control /name Microsoft.WindowsSideshow

55 Windows Update control /name Microsoft.WindowsUpdate

For Windows 7 and Later OS only

56 Action Center control /name Microsoft.ActionCenter

57 Backup and Restore control /name Microsoft.BackupAndRestore

58 Biometric Devices control /name Microsoft.BiometricDevices

59 Credential Manager control /name Microsoft.CredentialManager

60 Default Location control /name Microsoft.DefaultLocation

61 Desktop Gadgets control /name Microsoft.DesktopGadgets

62 Devices and Printer control /name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinter

63 Get Programs control /name Microsoft.GetPrograms

64 Getting Started control /name Microsoft.GettingStarted

65 Homegroup control /name Microsoft.HomeGroup

66 Infrared control /name Microsoft.Infrared

67 Location and Other Sensors control /name Microsoft.LocationAndOtherSensors

68 Notification Area Icons control /name Microsoft.NotificationAreaIcons

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70 Phone and Modem control /name Microsoft.PhoneAndModem

71 Recovery (Appendix-A7) control /name Microsoft.Recovery

72 Region and Language control /name Microsoft.RegionAndLanguage

73 RemoteApp and Desktop Connections

control /name Microsoft.RemoteAppAndDesktopConnections

74 Sound control /name Microsoft.Sound

75 Speech Recognition control /name Microsoft.SpeechRecognition

76 Taskbar and Start Menu control /name Microsoft.TaskbarAndStartMenu

77 Troubleshooting control /name Microsoft.Troubleshooting

Command-line Tools: Windows XP / Server 2003 Table-8

[Note: For Windows XP and Server 2003 (also works in Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7 or later). 115+ command-line tools with its descriptions. For usage use /? Switch after a command.]

SL. TOOL DESCRIPTION

001 append Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory.

002 arp Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP).

003 at The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command.

004 atmadm Windows ATM Call Manager Utility.

005 attrib Attribute Utility. Displays or changes file attributes.

006 auditusr Audit User Program. Sets per user auditing policy.

007 bootcfg Boot Config Tool. Modifies the Boot.ini file for boot configuration and recovery. This command line tool can be used to configure, query, change or delete the boot entry settings in the BOOT.INI file.

008 blastcln Microsoft Blaster/Nachi removal tool.

009 cacls Control ACLs Program. Displays or modifies access control lists of files.

010 chkdsk Check Disk Utility. Checks a disk for logical file system error and displays a status report.

011 chkntfs NTFS Volume Maintenance Utility. Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

012 cipher File Encryption Utility. Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions.

013 cmd Windows Command Processor. Performs text-based (command-line) functions.

014 comp File Compare Utility. Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

015 compact File Compress Utility. Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.

016 convert File System Conversion Utility. Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.

017 cscript Windows Script Host command line mode.

018 defrag Disk Defragmenter Module.

019 diantz Microsoft Cabinet Maker.

020 diskpart Disk partitioning Application. Manages partitions on hard disk volumes. The variable device is the device name for a new partition (such as \device\harddisk0\partition1). The variable size is the size, in megabytes.

021 diskperf Disk Performance Configuration Utility.

022 doskey Keyboard History Utility. Edits command lines, recalls Windows XP commands and creates macros.

023 driverquery Driver Query. Enables an administrator to enumerate and display the list of installed device drivers as well as their properties.

024 edlin Edlin. A line-oriented text editor.

025 esentutl Server Database Storage Utilities. Maintenance utilities for Microsoft Windows databases.

026 eventcreate Event Create. This command line tool enables an administrator to create a custom event ID and message in a specified event log.

027 eventtriggers Event Triggers. This command-line tool enables an administrator to display and configure “Event Triggers” on local or remote system.

028 exe2bin Converts .EXE (executable) files to binary format.

029 expand LZ Expansion Utility. Microsoft File Expansion Utility. Expands one or more compressed files. This command is used to retrieve compressed files from distribution disks.

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differences between them.

031 find Searches for a text string in a file or files. If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.

032 findstr Searches for strings in files.

033 finger TCPIP Finger Command. Displays information about a user on a specified system running the Finger service. Output varies based on the remote system.

034 fltmc Filter Manager Control Program.

035 forcedos Force DOS Execute Utility.

036 fsutil File system management utility.

037 ftp File Transfer Program. Uploads/downloads files on a network. This command helps you determine whether Application layer functions can work on the network.

038 getmac Get MAC Address. This command line tool enables an administrator to display the MAC address for one or more network adapters on a system.

039 gpresult Query RSOP Data. Group Policy Result tool.

040 gpupdate Microsoft Group Policy Refresh Utility. Refreshes Policy settings.

041 help Command Line Help Utility for Windows XP commands.

042 ipconfig IP Configuration Utility. Shows the IP configuration of network adapters installed in a computer. From the results of this command, you can determine whether you have incorrectly addressed the adapter or the default gateway or whether the adapter was unable to obtain an address from the DHCP server. Use the /all switch to show all IP configuration information.

043 ipsec6 Ipv6 Security Configuration Utility.

044 ipv6 Ipv6 Configuration Utility.

045 ipxroute NWLink IPX Routing and Source Routing Control Program.

046 label Disk Label Utility. Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.

047 lodctr Updates Performance Monitor counter names and explain text for an extensible counter.

048 logman Logman manages the “Performance Logs and Alerts” service for creating and managing Event Trace, Session logs and Performance logs.

049 logoff Session Logoff Utility.

050 lpd TCP/IP Lpq Command. Displays the state of a remote lpd queue.

051 lpr TCP/IP Lpr Command. Sends a print job to a network printer. Executes a print job on a network printer.

052 makecab Microsoft Cabinet Maker.

053 mmcperf MMC Performance Tool.

054 mountvol Mount Volume Utility. Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point.

055 mqbkup Windows NT, Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Backup/Restore Utility.

056 mrinfo Multicast Information.

057 msg Message Utility. Send a message to a user.

058 nbtstat TCP/IP NetBios Information. Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP). Similar to netstat, except that it resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses.

059 net Net Command.

060 netsh Network Shell Command.

061 netstat TCP/IP Netstat Command. Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections. Displays Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connections and protocol statistics.

062 nlsfunc Loads country-specific information.

063 nslookup Show and configure DNS information and settings. Checks DNS entries.

064 openfiles Enables an administrator to list or disconnect files and folders that have been opened on a system.

065 pathping TCP/IP PathPing Command.

066 ping TCP/IP Ping Command. Uses an echo command to establish whether packets can be routed at the Network layer on a network.

067 ping6 Ipv6 Ping Command.

068 powercfg Power Settings Command-Line Tool. This command line tool enables an administrator to control the power settings on a system.

069 print Prints a text file.

070 proxycfg Microsoft WinHTTP Default Proxy Configuration Tool.

071 qappsrv Query Terminal Server Utility. Displays the available application terminal servers on the network.

072 qprocess Query Process Utility. Displays information about processes.

073 qwinsta Display information about Terminal Sessions.

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075 rcp Copies files to and from computer running the RCP service.

076 recover Recover Files Utility. Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.

077 reg Registry Console Tool. Console Registry Tool for Windows.

078 regsvr32 Microsoft Register Server. This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in the registry.

079 regwiz Windows XP Registration Wizard. Use /r switch to register Windows.

080 relog Relog creates new performance logs from data in existing performance logs by changing the sampling rate and/or converting the file format. Supports all performance log formats, including Windows NT 4.0 compressed logs.

081 replace Replace File Utility. Replaces files.

082 reset Terminal Services Reset Utility.

083 rexec TCP/IP Remote Exec Command. Runs commands on remote hosts running the REXEC service. Rexec authenticates the user name on the remote host before executing the specified command.

084 route Manipulates network routing tables.

085 rsm Removable Storage Manager Command Line Interface.

086 runas Run As Utility.

087 rwinsta Reset Session Utility. Reset the session ubsystem hardware and software to known initial values.

088 sc A tool to aid in developing services for Windows NT. SC is a command line program used for communicating with the NT Service Controller and services.

089 schtasks Schedule Tasks. Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system. Replaces at.exe.

090 secedit Windows Security Configuration Editor Command Tool.

091 setver Sets the version number that MS-DOS report to a program.

092 sfc Windows XP Windows File Checker. Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

093 shadow Monitor another Terminal Services session.

094 shutdown Windows Remote Shutdown Tool.

095 sort Sort Utility.

096 subst Associates a path with a drive letter.

097 systeminfo System Information. This command line tool enables an administrator to query for basic system configuration information.

098 taskkill Kill Process. This command line tool can be used to end one or more processes. Processes can be killed by the process id or image name.

099 tasklist This command line tool displays a list of application(s) and associated task(s)/process(es) currently running on either a local or remote system.

100 telnet Microsoft Telnet Client. Establishes a character-based session with a Telnet server across a network. This command helps you determine whether Session layer functions can work on a network.

101 tftp Trivial File Transfer Protocol App. Transfers files to and from a remote computer running the TFTP service.

102 tlntadmn Telnet Administration.

103 tracerpt Event Trace Report Tool. Tracerpt processes binary Event Trace Session log files or real-time streams from instrumented Event Trace providers and creates a report or a text (CSV) file describing the events generated.

104 tracert TCP/IP Traceroute Command. Shows all the routing hops that a packet takes to reach a destination on a network.

105 tracert6 Ipv6 Traceroute Command.

106 tscon Session Connection Utility. Attaches a user session to a terminal session.

107 tsdiscon Session Disconnection Utility. Disconnects a terminal session.

108 tskill Terminal Services End Process Utility. Ends a process.

109 tsshutdn System Shutdown Utility. Shut down a server in a controlled manner.

110 typeperf Command line performance monitor. Typeperf writes performance data to the command window or to a log file. To stop Typeperf, press CTRL+C.

111 tzchange Timezone change tool. A command Line utility to make timezone changes.

112 unlodctr Unload PerfMon Counters. Removes counter names and explain text for the specified extensible counter.

113 vssadmin Command Line Interface for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.

114 w32tm Windows Time Service Diagnostic Tool.

115 winmsd System Information. Replaced by msinfo32.exe.

116 winver Windows Version Checking Tool.

117 wscript Windows Script Host GUI mode.

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Command-line Tools: Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7

Table-9 [Note: New command-line tools those are available in Vista and Windows 7, also in Windows Server

2008. For complete info, use table-8 along with this table.]

SL. TOOL DESCRIPTION

01 auditpol Configure, create, back up and restore audit policies on any computer in the organization from the command line with verbose logging. Replaces auditusr.exe.

02 bcdedit Edit the Boot Configuration Data Store.

03 bitsadmin BITS administration utility.

04 change Change terminal server settings for logons, COM port mappings and install mode.

05 chglogon Enable or disable session logons.

06 chgport List or change COM port mappings for DOS application compatibility.

07 chgusr Change install mode.

08 choice Allow users to select one item from a list of choices and return the index of the selected choice.

09 clip Redirect the output of command-line tools to the Windows Clipboard.

10 cmdkey Create, display, and delete stored user names and passwords.

11 diskraid Launch the diskraid application.

12 diskpart Expanded to support hard disks with the GUID Partition Table, and a new “shrink” command has been added which facilitates shrinking a pre-existing NTFS partition.

13 dispdiag Display diagnostics information.

14 forfiles Select a file (or files) and execute a command on that file.

15 icacls Display or modify access control lists (ACLs) of files; an updated version of cacls.

16 iscsicli The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.

17 mklink Create, modify and delete junctions, hard links, and symbolic links.

18 muiunattend The MUI Unattended Action.

19 netcfg The WinPE Network Installer.

20 ocsetup The Windows Optional Component Setup.

21 pkgmgr The Windows Package Manager.

22 pnpunattend Used for unattended online driver installation.

23 pnputil The Microsoft Plug and Play (PnP) Utility.

24 quser Display information about users logged on to the system.

25 query Query command. Syntax {Process|Session|TermServer|User}.

26 robocopy The Robust File Copy for Windows tool.

27 rpcping Ping a server using Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

28 setx Create or modify environment variables in the user or system environment.

29 sxstrace The WinSxs tracing utility.

30 takeown Recover access to a file that was denied by reassigning file ownership.

31 timeout Accept a timeout parameter to wait for the specified time period or until any key is pressed.

32 tracerpt The TraceRpt tool.

33 waitfor Sends, or waits for, a signal on a system. When /S is not specified, the signal will be broadcasted to all the systems in a domain. If /S is specified, then the signal will be sent only to the specified system.

34 wbadmin Start the backup tool.

35 wceutil The Windows Event Collector utility.

36 wevtutil The Windows Event command-line utility.

37 where Display the location of files that match the search pattern.

38 whoami Retrieve user name and group information, along with the respective security identifiers (SIDs), privileges, logon identifier (logon ID) for the current user (access token) on the local system, i.e. the current logged on user. If no switch is specified, the tool displays the user name in NTLM format (domain\username).

39 winrm The Windows Remote Management tool.

40 winrs Windows Remote Shell (WinRS) allows establishing secure Windows Remote Management sessions to multiple remote computers from a single console.

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Advance Rundll32 Commands [Note: These are the internal Windows commands based on the rundll32.exe file, to run the specific command to work. You can use these commands to create shortcuts. Here

rundll32=rundll32.exe, Win7=Windows 7. See Appendix-A5]

Table-10

SL. FEATURE with RUNDLL32 COMMAND

Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 01 Accessibility Options

Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL access.cpl

02 Add/Remove Programs: (Change or Remove Programs) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0

03 Add/Remove Programs: (Add New Programs) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1

04 Add/Remove Programs: (Add/Remove Windows Components) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2

05 Add/Remove Programs: (Set Programs Access and Defaults) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3

06 Content Advisor – IE RunDll32 msrating.dll,RatingSetupUI

07 Control Panel RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

08 Delete All (Browsing History – IE7 / IE8) RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

09 Delete Cookies RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

10 Delete Form Data RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

11 Delete Files and Settings Stored by Add-Ons RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

12 Delete History RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

13 Delete Passwords RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

14 Delete Temporary Internet Files RunDll32 InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

15 Desktop Property- Themes Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl

16 Desktop Property- Desktop Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0

17 Desktop Property- Screen Saver Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1

18 Desktop Property- Appearance Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2

19 Desktop Property- Settings Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,3

20 Device Manager Rundll32 devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute

21 Folder Options RunDll32 shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL

22 Forgotten Password Wizard Rundll32 keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW

23 Game Controller Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL joy.cpl

24 Hibernate Rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

25 Lock Screen Rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation

26 Map Network Drives Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL Connect

27 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Buttons tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,0

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29 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Pointers Options tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,2

30 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Wheel tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,3

31 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Hardware tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,4

32 Mouse Button – Changing Left-to-Right and vice versa Rundll32 User32.dll,SwapMouseButton

33 Network Connections RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl

34 Network Setup Wizard Rundll32 hnetwiz.dll,HomeNetWizardRunDll

35 Organize Favorites Rundll32 shdocvw.dll,DoOrganizeFavDlg

36 Phone and Modem options RunDll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL telephon.cpl

37 Power Options RunDll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl

38 Printer and Faxes folder Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder

39 Regional and Language Options: Regional Options Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,0

40 Regional and Language Options: Languages Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,1

41 Regional and Language Options: Advanced Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,2

42 Safely Remove Hardware Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll

43 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Volume tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,0

44 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Sounds tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,1

45 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Audio tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,2

46 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Voice tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,3

47 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Hardware tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,4

48 Stored Username and Passwords Rundll32 keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr

49 System Properties: General tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl

50 System Properties: Computer Name tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,1

51 System Properties: Hardware tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,2

52 System Properties: Advanced tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,3

53 System Properties: System Restore tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,4

54 System Properties: Automatic Updates tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,5

55 System Properties: Remote Tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,6

56 System Properties: Performance (Visual Effects) Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,-1

57 Taskbar Properties Rundll32 shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1

58 Time and Date Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl

59 User Accounts Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL nusrmgr.cpl

60 Windows Firewall Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL firewall.cpl

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Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL FontsFolder

62 Wireless Network Setup Wizard Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl,@0,WNSW

63 Windows Security Center Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wscui.cpl

64 Windows Update Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wuaucpl.cpl

Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7 65 Add/Remove Programs: (Programs and Features)

RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0

66 Add/Remove Programs: (Turn Windows Features On or Off) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2

67 Add/Remove Programs: (Set Programs Access and Computer Defaults) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3

68 Desktop Property: Desktop Icons Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0

69 Desktop Property: Screen Saver Settings Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1

70 Desktop Property: Appearance Settings (Win7: Personalization) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2

71 Desktop Property: Monitor Settings (Win7: Screen Resolution) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,3

72 Folder Options: Folder searching rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 2

73 Folder Options: General rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 0

74 Folder Options: View rundll32 shell32.dll,options_rundll 7

75 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Buttons tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,0

76 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Pointers tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,1

77 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Pointers Options tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,2

78 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Wheel tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,3

79 Mouse Properties Dialog Box: Hardware tab Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL main.cpl @0,4

80 Printer and Faxes folder (Win7: Printers) Rundll32 Shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder

81 Regional and Language Options: Format Options Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,0

82 Regional and Language Options: Location Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,1

83 Regional and Language Options: Keyboard and Language Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,2

84 Regional and Language Options: Administrative Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Intl.cpl,,2

85 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Playback tab (Win7) Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,0

86 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Recording tab (Win7) Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,1

87 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Sounds tab (Win7) Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,2

88 Sound and Audio Device Properties: Communications tab (Win7) Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,3

89 Stored Username and Passwords (Win7: Credential Manager) RunDll32 keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr

90 System Properties: Computer Name Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl

91 System Properties: Hardware Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,2

92 System Properties: Advance Tab RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,3

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Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,4

94 System Properties: Remote Tab Rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,5

95 Windows Security Center (Win7: Action Center) RunDll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL wscui.cpl

Chapter – 3

Command-cum-Shortcuts [Note: These commands can be used to opening / doing a specific task and to create a shortcut for

frequent use. See Appendix-A5] Locking System: %WinDir%\system32\rundll32 user32.dll, LockWorkStation Hibernate System: %WinDir%\System32\rundll32 PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState Note: Hibernate option must be enabled in the “Power Options” from Control Panel. Otherwise the system will go to standby mode. Shutdown System: Abort Shutdown: %SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown –a Log Off: %SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown –s –t 00 Restart: %SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown –r –f –t 00 Shutdown: %SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown –s –f –t 00 Note: Replace 00 preferably with any two digit number. Add or Remove Programs with specific tab: Change or Remove Programs: %SystemRoot%\system32\control appwiz.cpl,,0 Add New Programs (CD-ROM/Floppy): %SystemRoot%\system32\control appwiz.cpl,,1 Add/Remove Windows Components: %SystemRoot%\system32\control appwiz.cpl,,2 Set Program Access and Defaults: %SystemRoot%\system32\control appwiz.cpl,,3 Device Manager: %SystemRoot%\System32\mmc %SystemRoot%\system32\devmgmt.msc Computer Management: %WinDir%\system32\mmc /s %WinDir%\system32\compmgmt.msc IP Configuration: %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd /k %SystemRoot%\system32\ipconfig /all Microsoft Update: %SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\muweb.dll,LaunchMUSite

Unique and Special Commands Current User Location . Documents and Settings .. (Same as “Users” folder in Vista and Win7) My Computer … System Partition \ Selective Windows Startup options: loading win.ini win.ini Selective Windows Startup options: loading system.ini system.ini

GUID Commands (through Run) [Note: Here the GUID command uses the Windows Shell to execute a task. All these commands may not work always. To create shortcut using these commands in this table see Apendix-A5 and See Table-15 for the new and changed name in Vista and Windows 7.]

Table-11

SL. Control Panel Applet / Feature GUID / COMMAND CODE

WINDOWS XP

01 My Computer ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

02 My Documents ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

03 My Network Places ::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

04 Network Connections ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}

05 Printers and Faxes ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

06 Recycle Bin ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

07 Scheduled Tasks ::{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

08 Web Browser (Default) ::{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}

WINDOWS VISTA AND WINDOWS 7 (Special)

01 Action Center shell:::{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}

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03 Administrative Tools shell:::{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}

04 AutoPlay shell:::{9C60DE1E-E5FC-40F4-A487-460851A8D915}

05 Backup and Restore shell:::{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}

06 Biometrics Devices shell:::{0142E4D0-FB7A-11DC-BA4A-000FFE7AB428}

07 BitLocker Drive Encryption shell:::{D9EF8727-CAC2-4E60-809E-86F80A666C91}

08 Color Management shell:::{B2C761C6-29BC-4F19-9251-E6195265BAF1}

09 Computer shell:::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

10 Control Panel: Category view shell:::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}

11 Control Panel: Complete list shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

12 Control Panel: Icon view shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

13 Credential Manager shell:::{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}

14 Date and Time shell:::{E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480}

15 Default Location shell:::{00C6D95F-329C-409A-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}

16 Default Programs shell:::{17CD9488-1228-4B2F-88CE-4298E93E0966}

17 Desktop Gadgets shell:::{37EFD44D-EF8D-41B1-940D-96973A50E9E0}

18 Device Manager shell:::{74246BFC-4C96-11D0-ABEF-0020AF6B0B7A}

19 Printers shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

20 Devices and Printers shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}

21 Display shell:::{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}

22 Documents shell:::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

23 Ease of Access Center shell:::{D555645E-D4F8-4C29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}

24 Folder Options shell:::{6DFD7C5C-2451-11D3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF}

25 Fonts shell:::{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}

26 Game Controllers shell:::{259EF4B1-E6C9-4176-B574-481532C9BCE8}

27 Get Programs shell:::{15EAE92E-F17A-4431-9F28-805E482DAFD4}

28 Getting Started shell:::{CB1B7F8C-C50A-4176-B604-9E24DEE8D4D1}

29 HomeGroup shell:::{67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57}

30 Indexing Options shell:::{87D66A43-7B11-4A28-9811-C86EE395ACF7}

31 Infrared shell:::{A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}

32 Internet Options shell:::{A3DD4F92-658A-410F-84FD-6FBBBEF2FFFE}

33 iSCSI Initiator shell:::{A304259D-52B8-4526-8B1A-A1D6CECC8243}

34 Keyboard shell:::{725BE8F7-668E-4C7B-8F90-46BDB0936430}

35 Location and Other Sensors shell:::{E9950154-C418-419E-A90A-20C5287AE24B}

36 Manage Wireless Networks shell:::{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}

37 Mouse shell:::{6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}

38 Network and Sharing Center shell:::{8E908FC9-BECC-40F6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}

39 Network Connections shell:::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}

40 Network Places shell:::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

41 Notification Area Icons shell:::{05D7B0F4-2121-4EFF-BF6B-ED3F69B894D9}

42 Offline Files shell:::{D24F75AA-4F2B-4D07-A3C4-469B3D9030C4}

43 Parental Controls shell:::{96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}

44 Pen and Touch shell:::{F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}

45 People Near Me shell:::{5224F545-A443-4859-BA23-7B5A95BDC8EF}

46 Performance Information and Tools shell:::{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}

47 Personalization shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4BFE-8F11-A626DCB6A921}

48 Phone and Modem shell:::{40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}

49 Power Options shell:::{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}

50 Problem Reports and Solutions shell:::{FCFEECAE-EE1B-4849-AE50-685DCF7717EC}

51 Programs and Features shell:::{7B81BE6A-CE2B-4676-A29E-EB907A5126C5}

52 Recovery shell:::{9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}

53 Recycle Bin shell:::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

54 Region and Language shell:::{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}

55 RemoteApp and Desktop Connections shell:::{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}

56 Scanners and Cameras shell:::{00F2886F-CD64-4FC9-8EC5-30EF6CDBE8C3}

57 Sound shell:::{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}

58 Speech Recognition shell:::{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}

59 Sync Center shell:::{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}

60 System shell:::{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}

61 Tablet PC Settings shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}

62 Taskbar and Start Menu shell:::{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}

63 Text to Speech shell:::{D17D1D6D-CC3F-4815-8FE3-607E7D5D10B3}

64 Troubleshooting shell:::{C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}

65 User Accounts shell:::{60632754-C523-4B62-B45C-4172DA012619}

66 Web Browser (Default) shell:::{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}



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67 Windows Anytime Upgrade shell:::{BE122A0E-4503-11DA-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}

68 Windows CardSpace shell:::{78CB147A-98EA-4AA6-B0DF-C8681F69341C}

69 Windows Defender shell:::{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}

70 Windows Firewall shell:::{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}

71 Windows Marketplace shell:::{3E7EFB4C-FAF1-453D-89EB-56026875EF90}

72 Windows Mobility Center shell:::{5EA4F148-308C-46D7-98A9-49041B1DD468}

73 Windows Security Center shell:::{087DA31B-0DD3-4537-8E23-64A18591F88B}

74 Windows SideShow shell:::{E95A4861-D57A-4BE1-AD0F-35267E261739}

75 Windows Update shell:::{36EEF7DB-88AD-4E81-AD49-0E313F0C35F8}

Note: Another one is Control panel in Windows XP: ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Tricks: To create shortcuts using the above GUID in Windows 7, create a new folder and rename the folder like this: for “Control Panel: Complete list” rename a folder in Windows 7 with the following: ControlPanellists.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Relative System Paths with Shell Commands

Table-12 [Note: Environment Variable and shell are complementary. These are helpful to find location of data and

may be used in installer / making SFX packages on NT platforms. Few variables are changed in Vista and later OS. See Appendix-A5]

System Defaults

SL. Directory Location Environment Variable (Command)

01 Common Program Files %CommonProgramFiles%

02 Current System Drive %HOMEDRIVE%

03 Current System Drive %SYSTEMDRIVE%

04 Current User Location %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%

05 Current User Location %HOMEPATH%

06 Dllcache dllcache

07 Font Folder Fonts

08 Font Folder shell:fonts

09 INF Directory inf

10 Internet Explorer shell:internetfolder

11 Prefetch Folder Prefetch

12 Program Files %PROGRAMFILES%

13 Recycle Bin shell:recyclebinfolder

14 System32 %SYSTEMROOT%\system32

15 System32 %WINDIR%\System32

16 System32 shell:system

17 Windows %SYSTEMROOT%

18 Windows %WINDIR%

19 Windows shell:windows

For All Users

20 All Users Location %ALLUSERSPROFILE%

21 Common AppData %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data

22 Common AppData shell:common appdata

23 Common Desktop %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop

24 Common Documents %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents

25 Common Documents shell:common documents

26 Common Favorites %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Favorites

27 Common Favorites shell:common favorites

28 Common Music shell:commonmusic

29 Common Pictures shell:commonpictures

30 Common Programs %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs

31 Common Programs shell:common programs

32 Common Start Menu %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu

33 Common Start Menu shell:common start menu

34 Common Startup %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

35 Common Startup shell:common startup

36 Common Templates %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates

37 Common Templates shell:common templates

38 Common Videos shell:commonvideo

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39 AppData %AppData%

40 AppData %USERPROFILE%\Application Data

41 AppData Application Data

42 AppData shell:appdata

43 Cache %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

44 Cache shell:cache

45 CD Burning shell:cd burning

46 Cookies %USERPROFILE%\Cookies

47 Cookies Cookies

48 Cookies shell:cookies

49 Current User Location %USERPROFILE%

50 Desktop %USERPROFILE%\Desktop

51 Desktop Desktop

52 Desktop shell:desktop

53 Favorites %USERPROFILE%\Favorites

54 Favorites Favorites

55 Favorites shell:favorites

56 History %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History

57 Local AppData %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data

58 Local Settings %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings

59 My Music shell:my music

60 My Pictures %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures

61 My Pictures shell:my pictures

62 My Videos shell:my video

63 NetHood %USERPROFILE%\NetHood

64 NetHood NetHood

65 NetHood shell:nethood

66 Personal Documents %USERPROFILE%\My Documents

67 Personal Documents My Documents

68 Personal Documents shell:personal

69 PrintHood %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood

70 PrintHood PrintHood

71 PrintHood shell:printhood

72 Profile shell:profile

73 Programs %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs

74 Programs shell:programs

75 Recent %USERPROFILE%\Recent

76 Recent Recent

78 Recent shell:recent

79 Send To %USERPROFILE%\SendTo

80 Send To sendto

81 Send To shell:sendto

82 Start Menu %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu

83 Start Menu shell:start menu

84 Start Menu Start Menu

85 Startup %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

86 Startup shell:startup

87 Temp %TEMP%

88 Temp %TMP%

89 Templates %USERPROFILE%\Templates

90 Templates shell:templates

91 Templates Templates

Environment Variables Environment variables are strings that contain information such as drive, path, or file name.

They control the behavior of various programs. For example, the TEMP environment variable specifies the location in which programs place temporary files. Any user can add, modify, or remove a user environment variable. However, only an administrator can add, modify, or remove a system environment variable.

Using System in Control Panel, you can customize the following variables:

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by the user, as well as any variables defined by programs, such as the path to the location of the program files.

2. System path Environment Variables: Administrators can change or add environment variables that apply to the system, and thus to all system users. During installation, Windows Setup configures the default system variables, such as the path to the Windows files.

3. Discrete value Environment Variable: These are generally expanded to discrete values, such as the current working directory, the current date, or a random number. Some of these are true environment variable and will be expanded by all functions that handle environment variables. These variables are not case sensitive.

Table-13 [Note: These commands are for admin purposes and may not launch from command prompt / Run.]

User management Environment Variables

Sl. Environment Variable Description

01 %ALLUSERSPROFILE% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users In Vista: C:\ProgramData

02 %APPDATA% Contains the full path to the Application Data folder of the logged-in user. In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data In Vista: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming

03 %HOMEPATH% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username} In Vista: C:\Users\{username}

04 %LOGONSERVER% This variable Indicates the domain controller or the server that authenticated the client‟s logon request.

05 %TEMP% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp In Vista: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp

06 %TMP% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp In Vista: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp

06 %USERDOMAIN% The variable holds the name of the Workgroup or Windows Domain to which the current user belongs.

07 %USERNAME% {Username}. This variable is to determine the active user‟s login identification.

08 %USERPROFILE% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username} In Vista: C:\Users\{username}

System path Environment Variables

09 %APPDATA% Contains the full path to the Application Data folder of the logged-in user. In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data In Vista: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming

10 %CMDEXTVERSION% This variable shows the version number of the current Command Processor Extensions. In Windows NT the value is “1”. In Windows 2000 and XP the value is “2”.

11 %COMMONPROGRAMFILES% Usually: C:\Program Files\Common Files

12 %COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)% The default in Vista is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files

13 %COMPUTERNAME% {Computername} The NetBIOS name of the computer.

14 %COMSPEC% Starts a new instance of the Windows XP command interpreter. C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

15 %HOMEDRIVE% The drive where Windows is installed. Usually it is C:\

16 %HOMEPATH% In XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username} In Vista: C:\Users\{username}

17 %HOMESHARE% The network path to the user‟s home directory. Shared Home Directory (for example “\\server\share”). If the home directory is a local path, it will return a null value.

18 %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS% Quantity of CPUs installed in the system.

19 %OS% For Windows NT „family‟ it is “Windows_NT”

20 %PATH% C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths}

21 %PATHEXT% .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

22 %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% Indicates the chip architecture of the CPU. E.g. x86 or x64.

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stores all the installed program of Windows and others. The default is C:\Program Files.

24 %PROGRAMFILES(X86)% In 64-bit editions of Windows (XP, 2003, Vista etc), this is C:\Program Files (x86)

25 %PROGRAMW6432% In 64-bit editions of Windows (XP, 2003, Vista etc), this is C:\Program Files

26 %PROMPT% Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G

27 %PUBLIC% Only for Vista and later OS. The default is: C:\Users\Public

28 %SYSTEMDRIVE% The drive where Windows is installed. Usually it is C:\

29 %SYSTEMROOT% The default is: C:\Windows and in Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000: C:\WINNT

30 %USERDNSDOMAIN% The fully qualified DNS domain (FQDN) that the currently logged on user‟s account belongs to.

31 %USERDOMAIN% Name of the domain that contains the user‟s account.

32 %WINDIR% The default is: C:\Windows and in Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000: C:\WINNT

Discrete value Environment Variable

33 %CD% Current directory with its full path

34 %DATE% Current date in the format determined by the Date command

35 %ERRORLEVEL% This variable points to the current error level. If there was an error in the previous command, this is what you need to check against to find out about that. Number defining exit status of a previous command or program.

36 %RANDOM% Random number between 0 and 32767.

37 %TIME% This point to the current time. Current time in the format determined by the Time command. The time is displayed according to the current user‟s time format preferences.

Chapter – 4

Recovery Console Commands

Table-14 [Note: Recovery Console will work on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. Recovery Console is not

available on Vista, Server 2008, and Windows 7. See Appendix-A7]

ATTRIB CHKDSK DIR EXPAND LISTSVC MORE RMDIR

BATCH CLS DISABLE FIXBOOT LOGON NET SYSTEMROOT

BOOTCFG COPY DISKPART FIXMBR MAP RD TYPE

CD DEL ENABLE FORMAT MD REN

CHDIR DELETE EXIT HELP MKDIR RENAME

Running Recovery Console: 1- Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-

ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer. 2- Press any key to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted. 3- When the “Welcome to Setup” screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console. 4- If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access

from the Recovery Console. 5- When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is

blank, just press ENTER. 6- At the command prompt, type the appropriate commands to diagnose and repair your Windows

XP installation. For a list of commands that are available in Recovery Console, type recoveries console commands or help at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. For information about a specific command, type help command name at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

7- To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

How to install the Recovery Console 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM drive. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. Then type x:\i386\winnt32 /cmdcons where x is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.



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3. A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears. The Windows Setup Dialog Box describes the Recovery Console option. To confirm the installation, click Yes.

4. Restart the computer. The next time that you start your computer, “Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” appears on the startup menu.

Note: Always use Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 CD to Install the Recovery Console and to avoid this error:

“Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD.”

Command Descriptions [Note: See table-8 for rest of the command in the above table.]

Batch: executes commands that you specify in the text file, Inputfile. Outputfile holds the output of the commands. If you omit the Outputfile parameter, output appears on the screen. CD (Chdir): operates only in the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. Chkdsk: The /p switch runs Chkdsk even if the drive is not flagged as dirty. The /r switch locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. This switch implies /p. Chkdsk requires Autochk. Chkdsk automatically looks for Autochk.exe in the startup folder. If Chkdsk cannot find the file in the startup folder, it looks for the Windows Setup CD-ROM. If Chkdsk cannot find the installation CD-ROM, Chkdsk prompts the user for the location of Autochk.exe. Copy: copies one file to a target location. By default, the target cannot be removable media, and you cannot use wildcard characters. Copying a compressed file from the Windows 2000 Setup CD-ROM automatically decompresses the file. Del (Delete): deletes one file. Operates within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. By default, you cannot use wildcard characters. Dir: displays a list of all files, including hidden and system files. Disable: disables a Windows system service or driver. The variable service_or_driver is the name of the service or driver that you want to disable. When you use this command to disable a service, the command displays the service‟s original startup type before it changes the type to SERVICE_DISABLED. Note the original startup type so that you can use the enable command to restart the service. Enable: enables a Windows system service or driver. The variable service_or_driver is the name of the service or driver that you want to enable, and start_type is the startup type for an enabled service. The startup type uses one of the following formats:

SERVICE_BOOT_START SERVICE_SYSTEM_START SERVICE_AUTO_START SERVICE_DEMAND_START

Exit: quits the Recovery Console, and then restarts the computer. Expand: expands a compressed file. The variable source is the file that you want to expand. By default, you cannot use wildcard characters. The variable destination is the directory for the new file. By default, the destination cannot be removable media and cannot be read-only. You can use the attrib command to remove the read-only attribute from the destination directory. The option /f:filespec is required if the source contains more than one file. This option permits wildcard characters. The /y switch disables the overwrite confirmation prompt. Fixboot: writes a new startup sector on the system partition. Fixmbr: repairs the startup partition‟s master boot code. The variable device is an optional name that specifies the device that requires a new Master Boot Record. Omit this variable when the target is the startup device. Format: formats a disk. The /q switch performs a quick format. The /fs switch specifies the file system. Help: If you do not use the command variable to specify a command, help lists all the commands that the Recovery Console supports. Listsvc: displays all available services and drivers on the computer. Logon: displays detected installations of Windows and requests the local Administrator password for those installations. Use this command to move to another installation or subdirectory. Map: displays currently active device mappings. Include the arc option to specify the use of Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) paths (the format for Boot.ini) instead of Windows device paths. MD (Mkdir): operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. More/Type: displays the specified text file on screen. Rd (Rmdir): operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. Ren (Rename): operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. You cannot specify a new drive or path as the target.



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Set: displays and sets the Recovery Console environment variables. Systemroot: sets the current directory to %SystemRoot%.

Appendix A. ESSENTIAL NOTES

1. Running Disk Cleanup for all drives: Disk Cleanup Settings: cleanmgr /sageset:99 Automatic Cleanup: cleanmgr /sagerun:99

[Note: Always check settings before “Automatic Cleanup”.]

2. Shutdown Actions: Abort Shutdown: shutdown –a Log Off: shutdown –s –t 00 Restart: shutdown –r –f –t 00 Shutdown: shutdown –s –f –t 00 GUI Interface: shutdown –i The details of options available for shutdown are: -i: Display GUI interface, must be the first option -l: Log off (cannot be used with –m option) -s: Shutdown the computer -r: Shutdown and restart the computer -a: Abort a system shutdown -m \\computername: Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort -t xx: Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds -c “comment”: Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters) -f: Forces running applications to close without warning -d [u][p]:xx:yy : The reason code for the shutdown

[Note: For these options in Windows Vista or later use / (forward slash) instead of – (dash).]

3. TCP/IP: In Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 you can Install / uninstall Ipv6 protocol, but not in Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7. Unlike this you can install / uninstall Ipv4 protocol in Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7, but not in Windows XP / Windows Server 2003.

4. XPS Viewer: “XPS Essentials Pack” or “XPS Viewer EP” is a standalone application from Microsoft to view and create XPS formats. Also you can view XPS documents in Internet Explorer if “.NET Framework 3.0” or higher is installed.

5. Create shortcut: You can create shortcuts by using these commands for the respective programs. If you find problem with the some commands (mentioned in this guide) in Windows Vista or later then use / (forward slash) instead of – (dash) in those command.

To create a shortcut for program: right-click on the desktop click New>Shortcut. In the location type / paste the command and click Next, then type a proper title / name for that program and click finish.

To create shortcut for the GUID commands add the word “shell:” before that command if that word is not present in that command and paste in the location box.

6. RUN box: Press the “Windows Logo” button and then press “R”, or go to “Start Menu” and click “Run”, to open “Run” dialog box. Then type these commands in the Run box and press Enter to open an application.

7. Recovery commands: In Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 Recovery Console is not available (previously with Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003). This is replaced by various recovery options. You can use commands to diagnose and troubleshoot the OS related issues through booting with a recovery disk or by a Windows DVD in recovery mode. Use the following commands: Restore System files and Settings: srtrui.exe Windows Complete PC Restore: bmrui.exe Windows DISM Capture: dwscapture.exe

8. Creating Command for Programs: You can make your own commands too. If you want to launch a program from Run or from command prompt. Follow these steps:

Create a shortcut for a program. Name the shortcut anything as you wish. Don‟t name this same to windows commands, otherwise this will not work.

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9. %SystemRoot% is same as %WinDir% and can be use without confusion.

10. User State Migration Tool (USMT): This is to streamline and simplify user state migration intended for performing large-scale automated deployments of Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. USMT captures user accounts, user files, operating system settings, and application settings, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation. The tools are as:

ScanState.exe: The ScanState tool scans the source computer, collects the files and settings, and then creates a store. ScanState does not modify the source computer. By default, it compresses the files and stores them as a migration store. ScanState copies files into a temporary location and then into the migration store.

LoadState.exe: The LoadState tool migrates the files and settings, one at a time, from the store to a temporary location on the destination computer. The files are decompressed, and decrypted if necessary, during this process. Next, LoadState transfers the file to the correct location, deletes the temporary copy, and begins migrating the next file.

11. For uninstalling a Service Pack: spuninst –u

B. CHANGED NAMES: In Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 etc.

Note: Including the features, technologies, components and services. The names are changed and the functionality of some items has been enhanced and moved or consolidated with other items in a new item.

Table-15

NEW / CHANGED NAME

FORMER NAME LATER NAME

SL. WINDOWS 2000, XP, SERVER 2003 etc. WINDOWS VISTA (Client OS)

01 Accessibility Options Ease of Access Center

02 Add or Remove Programs Programs and Features

03 Address Book Windows Contacts

04 Automated System Recovery (ASR) Windows Complete PC Restore

05 Computer Browser Network Discovery Protocol (NDP)

06 Documents and Settings Users

07 Error Reporting Windows Error Reporting (WER)

08 Files and Setting Transfer Wizard Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

09 Local Security Settings Security Configuration Management

10 Microsoft Synchronization Tool Sync Center

11 My Computer Computer

12 My Documents Documents

13 My Music Music

14 My Network Places Network Places

15 My Pictures Pictures

16 My Recent Documents Recent Documents

17 My Videos Videos

18 NetMeeting Windows Meeting Space

19 NTBackup (Windows Backup Utility) Backup and Restore Center

20 Outlook Express Windows Mail

21 Performance Monitor Reliability and Performance Monitor

22 Prefetch Superfetch

23 Regional Settings Region and Language

24 Remote Assistance Windows Remote Assistance

25 Run As Run As Administrator

26 Scheduled Tasks Task Scheduler

27 Stored Use Names and Passwords Credential Manager

28 System File Checker (SFC) System Integrity Check and Repair

29 System Restore System Protection

30 Tour Windows XP Getting Started or Welcome Center

31 Windows File Protection (WFP) Windows Resource Protection (WRP)

32 Windows Messenger Windows Live Messenger

33 Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Windows Photo Gallery

34 Windows Services for Unix Subsystem for Unix-based Applications

Windows Vista Windows 7

35 Backup and Restore Center Backup and Restore

36 Network Places Networks



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37 Pen and Input Devices Pen and Touch

38 Printers Devices And Printers

39 Problem Reports and Solutions Action Center

40 Regional and Language Options Region and Language

41 Welcome Center Getting Started

42 Windows Marketplace Get Programs (Online)

43 Windows Photo Gallery Windows Photo Viewer

44 Windows Security Center Action Center

45 Windows Sidebar Desktop Gadgets

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 (Server OS)

46 Computer Management Server Manager

47 Error Reporting Problem Reports and Solutions

48 NTBackup (Windows Backup Utility) Windows Server Backup

49 Windows Firewall Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

OTHER TECHNOLOGY / FEATURE

50 Data Protection Server System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

51 MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) Windows DAC

52 Microsoft Business Solutions Microsoft Dynamics products

53 Microsoft Installer Windows Installer

54 Microsoft Internet Explorer (till IE6) Windows Internet Explorer (IE7 onwards)

55 Microsoft Office Groove Microsoft SharePoint Workspace

56 Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Outlook

57 Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

58 Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit Windows SteadyState

59 Microsoft Virtual PC Windows Virtual PC

60 Remote Installation Services (RIS) Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

61 System File Protection Windows File Protection

62 Systems Management Server (SMS) System Center Configuration Manager

63 Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Windows Activation Technology (WAT)

64 Windows Photo Gallery Windows Live Photo Gallery

65 Windows Scripting Host Windows Script Host

C. Axioms in this Guide

No commands are case sensitive. Many of these commands can be used for creating shortcuts. For command usage use /? Switch after a command.

D. Commonly Used Command-line Tools Most used tools: Attrib, chkdsk, convert, dir, expand, gpupdate, ipconfig, net, netsh, nslookup, ping, reg, regedit, sfc, shutdown, telnet, tracert etc. [Note: See table-8 and table-9 for more details on command-line tools.]

Few tools explained Pushd- Stores the current directory for use by the POPD command and then changes to the specified directory. Syntax: PUSHD [path | ..] Parameters path Specifies the directory to make the current directory. Note: If Command Extensions are enabled the PUSHD command accepts network paths in addition to the normal drive letter and path. If a network path is specified, PUSHD will create a temporary drive letter that points to that specified network resource and then change the current drive and directory, using the newly defined drive letter. Temporary drive letters are allocated from Z: on down, using the first unused drive letter found.

Popd- Changes to the directory stored by the PUSHD command. POPD Note: If Command Extensions are enabled the POPD command will delete any temporary drive letter created by PUSHD when you POPD that drive off the pushed directory stack. Net- Windows Net Command. Syntax: NET [ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP | HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | NAME | PAUSE | PRINT | SEND | SESSION | SHARE | START | STATISTICS | STOP | TIME | USE | USER | VIEW]



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Note: To know more about each command syntax use /? switch after each syntax. In Windows 7 these syntax are not available for net command: NAME, PRINT and SEND.

regsvr32- This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in the registry. Syntax: regsvr32 [/u] [/s] [/n] [/i[:cmdline]] dllname Parameters /u Unregisters server. /s Specifies regsvr32 to run silently and to not display any message boxes. /n Specifies not to call DllRegisterServer. You must use this option with /i. /i:cmdline Calls DllInstall passing it an optional [cmdline]. When used with /u, it calls dll uninstall. dllname Specifies the name of the dll file that will be registered. Examples: To register the .dll for the Compressed Folder, type: regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

E. Bibliography, References and Tools:

Books/Articles: MCTS: Windows 7 Configuring (Exam 70-680), MCTS: Windows Vista Client (Exam

70-620), MCTS: Exam: 70-622 and 70-623, Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security. Microsoft Office 2003 Resource Kit, Microsoft Windows Internals, 4

th Ed., Microsoft Windows Vista Administration,

Understanding IPv6 2nd

Ed., Windows 7 Inside Out, Windows 7 Resource Kit, Windows Registry Guide, Windows Vista Inside Out, Windows Vista Resource Kit, CCNA Study Guide (Exam 640-802), Other MCSE, MCTS, MCITP books.

Websites and Forums: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/, http://en.wikipedia.org/, http://forums.microsoft.com/, http://msdn.microsoft.com/, http://technet.microsoft.com/, http://techrepublic.com.com/, http://www.sevenforums.com/, http://windows7forums.com/, http://windows8forums.com/, http://www.answerbag.com/, http://www.chip.in/forums/, http://www.cnet.com/, http://www.fixya.com/, http://www.helpwithwindows.com/, http://www.msfn.org/, http://www.neowin.net/, http://www.techspot.com/, http://www.wincert.net/, http://www.windowsbbs.com/, http://www.windowsitpro.com/, http://www.windowssecrets.com/, http://www.worldstart.com/, http://www.zdnet.com/

Programs and Tools: Camtech Tools, WinTricks, DameWare NT Utilities, EasyBCD, nLite, vLite,

Sysinternals Tools, Unlocker, XP SysPad, Path, dllusage, System Explorer, Notepad2, pserv, Resource Hacker, Windows Resource Kit Tools and Admin Packs.

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