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]

There are more available on this website:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2003/AdminTips/Admin/LaunchingControlPanelAppsfromtheCommandLine.html

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