One thing I never quite realised before I started writing these post was just how reliant I was on command-line shortcuts. I have a growing number of posts on the various command line options I find useful.

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Recently I’ve found myself having to launch various Windows control-panel applications, and have been finding it hassle to f ollow the various navigation links or icons. So I set about finding the shortcuts for the most common ones that I use.
Extensions given in square brakets are not requried (e.g. [.exe]), however are included to denote the type of application you are launching.
Service Control Manager: Services.msc
IIS Admin: inetmgr[.exe]
Event Viewer: eventvwr[.msc]
Add/Remove Programs: appwiz.cpl
System Properties - sysdm.cpl
This is also accessible by pressing windowsbutton-break
Terminal Services – mstsc[.exe]
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