Windows Command Guide 2011 Version 4.0.0 RC (April 2011) [1200+ Commands] World’s only ebook to provide complete information on Windows Commands. Ebook is updating at least twice per month. Get the latest version: (PDF) http://bit.ly/wcgpdf / (XPS) http://bit.ly/wcgxps. Welcome to the “Windows Command Guide”. Here you will get all types of Windows commands, tips and tricks useful for Microsoft Windows. This ebook is useful for all Windows version from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 or later. The 1st part (550+ commands) of this ebook is for everyday computer user and the 2nd part (700+ commands) is for advance user and power user. Read this ebook and explore the precious contents inside. About As a computer user you may know about some commands. This ebook includes every possible commands those available on Windows platform. The objective of the ebook is to do more on Windows with less effort and became an expert. There are many long and irregular commands, commonly you may not use it frequently – but these exist whether you know it or not. Who will read this ebook? You don‟t need to be a programmer or expert to use this ebook. You may be someone who just wants to use Windows in an innovative ways. You may be a desktop user, system/network admin or software developer. This ebook makes ease the administrative and support task and gives more power to more advance computing. Always refer to the APPENDIX section for more tips and explanations. It is not easy to explain all the tools and apps mentioned here, so use the web links in the REFERENCES. Only article (in the World) providing great info on Windows Commands. Organized for the best use of comman user and advance user. Every possible command (1200+) with useful connotations ans references. BCDALAI's Free Tech. Support Blog India, 2011 Windows Command Guide 2011 DEDICATED TO Teachers, Friends, IT Pro community, valuable Readers and Contributors. Acknowlegdements I would like to thanks to all the readers and IT Pro community the use, technical reviews and feedbacks. Special complements to Mr. Manas Ranjan Mohaptra (of Hint), Santosh, Subrat, Biswanath, Sudhansu, Himansu, Soumya and Amarnath, for their excellent contribution and support. Also thanks to Box.net and Blogger.com for providing web services for these works. License This content is completely free for everyone. This ebook licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 India license [CC BY-NC-SA]. This ebook must be shared in “Adobe PDF” or “Microsoft XPS” format. Language: EN-US. Disclaimer This ebook is for educational and informational purposes. This ebook is provided as “as is”. The author assumes that you will use it for productive purposes. All names, registered trademarks and websites mentioned herein are the properties of their respective owners. The Author bcdalai, (M.Com, MCP, MCSE, MCTS: Vista and MCTS: Windows 7). The author is an IT Pro, working on Client, Server and Networks (system admin, Tech. Support, security, troubleshooting and software review). He is available in Microsoft communities and in other forums. You can find about him on internet (in Google/Yahoo). Reach Out Do you have more information or tips? Please contribute here with suggestions / comments using Adobe Reader X (v10) and email. For any feedback on the ebook, contact author at: http://bcdalai.blogspot.com, Email: [email protected], Twitter: @bcdalai2020. Copyright © 2004-2011, by bcdalai for “BCDALAI’s Free Tech. Support Blog”. History: [Current Version: v4.0.0] Time Version Changes 2011 4.0.X: Better presentation, testing; new command-line tools and tricks. 2010 3.X: 400 commands- 75 GUID; 30 shell commands; 40 netsh Commands. Updates on Vista, Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Office 2010. 2009 2.X: major updates: 300 commands- 160 Command-line tools; 75 Control Panel Applets; 160 Environment Variables; 110 rundll32 commands. 2008 Version 1.X: added more commands on: Vista and Windows Server 2008. 2004-07 Initial use, testing and first publication on 2007. No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. -Isaac Newton Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde Persistence and positive thinking to make things happen. - 2 - © 2011, BCDALAI's Free Tech. Support Blog Windows Command Guide 2011 CONTENTS PART – 1 (Everyone) Chapter – 1 Windows RUN Commands RUN Commands in Windows Vista RUN Commands in Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 RUN Commands in Windows 7 Network RUN Commands Chapter – 2 RUN Commands for Third-party Applications Control Panel (applets) Commands Command-line Tools: Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 2008 R2 /Windows 7 PART - 2 (Advance users) Chapter – 3 Advance rundll32 Commands: Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 2008 R2 / Windows 7 Netsh Commands Relative System Paths Environment Variables Environment Variables: Windows XP Embedded Chapter – 4 Recovery Console Commands Miscellaneous Commands Appendix – A Appendix – B: CHANGED FEATURES AND NAMES REFERENCES What do you think of this ebook? The author is interested in hearing your feedback, so he can improve this ebook for you. To send your feedback, please email him at: [email protected] or visit: http://kontactr.com/user/bcdalai - 3 - © 2011, BCDALAI's Free Tech. Support Blog Windows Command Guide 2011 PART – 1 (Everyone) [Applies To: Common user, beginners and everyone.] Chapter – 1 Windows RUN Commands Table-1: [Applies To: Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7.] SL. APPLICATION / TOOL COMMAND Ref 001 Accessibility Controls access.cpl I 002 Accessibility Wizard accwiz X 003 Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl 004 Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl 005 Administrative Tools control admintools 006 Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl I 007 Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt 008 Calculator calc 009 Certificate Manager Console certmgr.msc 010 Character Map charmap 011 Clipboard Viewer clipbrd X 012 Command Prompt cmd 013 Component Services (DCOM/COM+ settings) dcomcnfg 014 Computer Management Console 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 X 019 Device Manager Console devmgmt.msc 020 DirectX Diagnostic Tool dxdiag 021 Disk Cleanup Utility (Appendix-A2) cleanmgr 022 Disk Defragment Console dfrg.msc I 023 Disk Management Console diskmgmt.msc 024 Disk Partition Manager diskpart 025 Display Properties control desktop I 026 Display Properties desk.cpl I 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 X 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 036 Folders Properties control folders 037 Fonts Folder control fonts 038 Fonts Folder fonts 039 Game Controllers joy.cpl 040 Game: Free Cell freecell X 041 Game: Hearts Card Game mshearts X 042 Game: Internet Backgammon bckgzm X 043 Game: Internet Checkers chkrzm X 044 Game: Internet Hearts hrtzzm X 045 Game: Internet Reversi rvsezm X 046 Game: Internet Spades shvlzm X 047 Game: Minesweeper winmine X 048 Game: Pinball pinball X 049 Game: Solitaire sol X 050 Game: Spider Solitaire spider X 051 Group Policy Object Editor gpedit.msc 052 Help and Support Center helpctr X - 4 - © 2011, BCDALAI's Free Tech. Support Blog Windows Command Guide 2011 053 HyperTerminal hypertrm X 054 Iexpress Wizard (packaging tool) iexpress 055 Indexing Service Console ciadv.msc 056 Infrared Monitor (if installed) control infrared 057 Internet Connection Wizard icwconn1 X 058 Internet Explorer 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 X 063 Keyboard Properties control keyboard 064 Local Security Settings Console secpol.msc 065 Local Users and Groups Console lusrmgr.msc 066 Log Off logoff 067 Mail client (Default) mailto: 068 Mail configurations (Microsoft Outlook settings) control mlcfg32.cpl 069 Microsoft Chat winchat 070 Microsoft Management Console (Appendix-A13) mmc 071 Microsoft Media Player (for audio only) mplay32 X 072 Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk X 073 Microsoft Narrator narrator 074 Microsoft Paint mspaint 075 Microsoft Paint pbrush 076 Microsoft Program Manager progman X 077 Microsoft Synchronization Manager mobsync 078 Mouse Properties control mouse 079 Mouse Properties main.cpl 080 MS-DOS Editor (text editor for MS-DOS) edit 081 Network Access Protection (NAP) Client UI napstat 082 Network Connections control netconnections 083 Network Connections ncpa.cpl 084 Network Setup Wizard (also Wireless) netsetup.cpl X 085 Notepad notepad 086 Novell NetWare (if installed) control netware 087 Object Packager packager X 088 On-Screen Keyboard osk 089 Outlook Express msimn I 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 X 098 Private Character Editor eudcedit 099 Regional and Language Options control international 100 Regional and Language Options intl.cpl I 101 Registry Editor regedit 102 Registry Editor regedt32 103 Remote Access Phonebook rasphone 104 Remote Assistance rcimlby -launchra I 105 Remote Desktop Connection mstsc 106 Removable Storage Console ntmsmgr.msc X 107 Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc X 108 Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) rsop.msc 109 Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl X 110 Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks 111 Security Center wscui.cpl I 112 Services services.msc 113 Shared Folder Wizard (creating shared folder) shrpubw 114 Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc 115 Shutdown Windows (Appendix-A3) shutdown -s -t 00 116 Sound Recorder sndrec32 X - 5 - © 2011, BCDALAI's Free Tech.