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Essential Windows Commands List

This document lists Windows commands that can be run to access various system tools and utilities. It provides the name of each tool or utility and the corresponding command to launch it. There are over 80 tools listed, covering areas like administrative tasks, hardware, networking, security, system configuration and troubleshooting.

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Essential Windows Commands List

This document lists Windows commands that can be run to access various system tools and utilities. It provides the name of each tool or utility and the corresponding command to launch it. There are over 80 tools listed, covering areas like administrative tasks, hardware, networking, security, system configuration and troubleshooting.

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Briefcase ]
 
To Access…. Run Command

Accessibility Controls   [Link]  

Add Hardware Wizard [Link] 

Add/Remove Programs  [Link] 

Administrative Tools control admintools 

Automatic Updates [Link]

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt

Calculator calc

Certificate Manager [Link]

Character Map charmap

Check Disk Utility chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer clipbrd

Command Prompt cmd

Component Services dcomcnfg

Computer Management [Link]

Date and Time Properties  [Link] 

DDE Shares ddeshare

Device Manager [Link]


Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* [Link]

Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr

Disk Defragment [Link]

Disk Management [Link]

Disk Partition Manager diskpart

Display Properties control desktop 

Display Properties [Link]

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Pre selected) control color 

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility verifier

Event Viewer [Link]

File Signature Verification Tool sigverif

Find fast [Link]

Folders Properties control folders

Fonts control fonts 

Fonts Folder fonts

Free Cell Card Game freecell

Game Controllers  [Link] 


Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) [Link]

Hearts Card Game mshearts

Iexpress Wizard iexpress

Indexing Service [Link]

Internet Properties  [Link] 

IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all

IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns

IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns

IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release

IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew

IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns

IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid

IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid

Java Control Panel (If Installed) [Link]

Java Control Panel (If Installed) javaws

Keyboard Properties control keyboard 

Local Security Settings [Link]

Local Users and Groups [Link]

Logs You Out Of Windows logoff


Microsoft Chat winchat

Minesweeper Game winmine

Mouse Properties control mouse 

Mouse Properties [Link]

Network Connections control netconnections 

Network Connections [Link] 

Network Setup Wizard [Link]

Notepad notepad

Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) [Link]

Object Packager packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator [Link]

On Screen Keyboard osk

Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) [Link]

Password Properties [Link]

Performance Monitor [Link]

Performance Monitor perfmon

Phone and Modem Options  [Link] 

Power Configuration  [Link] 

Printers and Faxes control printers 


Printers Folder printers

Private Character Editor eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed) [Link]

Regional Settings  [Link] 

Registry Editor regedit

Registry Editor regedit32

Remote Desktop mstsc

Removable Storage [Link]

Removable Storage Operator Requests [Link]

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) [Link]

Scanners and Cameras [Link]

Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks 

Security Center [Link]

Services [Link]

Shared Folders [Link]

Shuts Down Windows shutdown

Sounds and Audio  [Link] 

Spider Solitare Card Game spider

SQL Client Configuration cliconfg


System Configuration Editor sysedit

System Configuration Utility msconfig

System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow

System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce

System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot

System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert

System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache

System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) sfc /cachesize=x

System Properties  [Link] 

Task Manager taskmgr

Telnet Client telnet

User Account Management [Link]

Utility Manager utilman

Windows Firewall [Link]

Windows Magnifier magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure [Link]

Windows System Security Tool syskey

Windows Update Launches wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart


Wordpad write

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