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Start | Run Commands for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7: Accessibility Controls access.cpl Accessibility Options control access.cpl Adapter Troubleshooter (Vista/Win7) AdapterTroubleshooter Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs (Add New Programs) control appwiz.cpl,,1 Add/Remove Programs (Add Remove Windows Components) control appwiz.cpl,,2 Add/Remove Programs (Set Program Access & Defaults ) control appwiz.cpl,,3 Administrative Tools control admintools Advanced User Accounts Control Panel (Vista/Win7) Netplwiz Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Authorization Manager (Vista/Win7) azman.msc

Backup Status and Utility (Vista/Win7) sdclt Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt Calculator calc Certificate Manager certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility (XP) chkdsk Clipboard Viewer clipbrd Color Management colorcpl Command Prompt cmd Component Services dcomcnfg Computer Management (XP) compmgmt.msc Computer Management (Vista/Win7) CompMgmtLauncher Control Panel control Credential (passwords) Backup and Restore Wizard (Vista/Win7) credwiz

Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl Device Manager devmgmt.msc Direct X Control Panel* directx.cpl Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr Disk Defragmenter (XP) dfrg.msc Disk Defragmenter (Vista) dfrgui Disk Defragmenter defrag Disk Management diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager diskpart Display Properties control desktop Display Properties desk.cpl Display Properties (Appearance) control color Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32 Driver Verifier Utility verifier Driver Package Installer (Vista/Win7) dpinst DVD Player dvdplay

Event Viewer eventvwr.msc File Signature Verification Tool sigverif Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz Findfast findfast.cpl Firewall Control Panel (Vista/Win7) FirewallControlPanel Firewall Settings (Vista/Win7) FirewallSettings Folders Properties control folders Fonts control fonts Fonts Folder fonts

Game Controllers joy.cpl Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) gpedit.msc IExpress - Turn a cmd/vbs script into an installer .exe file C:\Windows\System32\iexpress.exe (example) Indexing Service ciadv.msc Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl IP Configuration ipconfig iSCSI Initiator (Vista/Win7) iscsicpl

Keyboard Properties control keyboard

Language Pack Installer (Vista/Win7) lpksetup Local Security Policy secpol.msc Local Users and Groups (XP) lusrmgr.msc Log out logoff

Microsoft Access* msaccess Microsoft Excel* excel Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt Microsoft Paint mspaint Microsoft Powerpoint* powerpnt Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (Vista/Win7) msdt Microsoft Word* winword Mouse Properties control mouse Mouse Properties main.cpl MSN Messenger* msnmsgr

Network Connections control netconnections Network Connections ncpa.cpl Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl Notepad notepad

ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl 32-bit ODBC driver under 64-bit platform = C:\windows\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 64 bit ODBC driver under 64-bit platform = C:\windows\system32\odbcad32.exe On Screen Keyboard osk

Paint pbrush Password Properties password.cpl Performance Monitor perfmon.msc Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl Phone Dialer dialer Power Configuration powercfg.cpl Printers and Faxes control printers Printers Folder printers Private Character Editor eudcedit

Quicktime* QuickTime.cpl Quicktime Player* quicktimeplayer Regional Settings intl.cpl Registry Editor regedit Registry Editor regedit32 Reliability and Performance Monitor perfmon.msc Remote Assistance(Vista/Win7) msra Remote Desktop mstsc Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks Security Center wscui.cpl Services services.msc Shared Creation Wizard shrpubw Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc Shut Down Windows shutdown Software Licensing/Activation (Vista/Win7) slui Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl Sound Recorder (Vista/Win7) soundrecorder Sound Volume (Vista/Win7) sndvol SQL Client Configuration cliconfg Sync Center mobsync Syncronization Tool mobsync System Configuration Editor sysedit System Configuration Utility msconfig System File Checker Utility (Scan/Purge) sfc System Information msinfo32 System Properties sysdm.cpl System Properties (Vista/Win7) SystemPropertiesAdvanced, SystemPropertiesComputerName, SystemPropertiesDataExecutionPrevention,SystemPropertiesHardware, SystemPropertiesPerformance,SystemPropertiesProtection, SystemPropertiesRemote

Task Manager taskmgr Telnet Client telnet Trusted Platform Module Initialization Wizard (Vista/Win7) TpmInit Tweak UI* tweakui User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl User Accounts (Autologon) control userpasswords2 Utility Manager utilman

Windows Error Reports wercon Windows Features (Vista/Win7) optionalfeatures Windows Firewall firewall.cpl Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (Vista/Win7) wf.msc Windows Image Acquisition (scanner)(Vista/Win7) wiaacmgr Windows Magnifier magnify Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc Windows Mobility Center (Mobile PCs only)(Vista/Win7) mblctr Windows Security Center wscui.cpl Windows System Security Tool syskey Windows Update wupdmgr Windows Update (Vista/Win7) wuapp Windows Update Standalone Installer(Vista/Win7) wusa Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart Windows Version (About Windows) winver Wordpad write

* = optional component that may not be installed on all machines.

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