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Networking commands mstsc - Brings up a Remote Desktop connection box ipconfig - Shows your computer ip configuration ncpa.cpl - Network Connections netsetup.cpl - Network Setup Wizard Cfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration Wizard fsquirt - Bluetooth wizard netsetup - Network setup wizard rasphone - Dial up networking wizard \\10.0.0.1 - It will display the shared files on another computer on your network (replace 10.0.0.1 with the IP address of the computer you want to access.) \\mitz - It will display the shared files on another computer on your network (replace mitz with the name of the computer you want to access.) fsmgmt.msc - Views your computers shared folders Programs iexplore - opens Internet Explorer Calc - Calculator winword - Opens Microsoft word notepad - Brings up a blank notepad mspaint - Opens the Windows paint program osk - Onscreen keyboard appears msimn - Opens Outlook Express email program dvdplay - Opens Media player Utilities, properties and Wizards Chkdsk - Repair damaged files Cleanmgr - Cleans up hard drives dfrg.msc - Disk defrag ntbackup - Open Windows Backup Wizard. Usually in Windows XP Professional inetcpl.cpl - Internet Properties inetwiz - Internet Setup Wizard wiaacmgr - Scanner and camera wizard appwiz.cpl - Used to run Add/Remove wizard control desktop - Display Properties sysdm.cpl - Opens System Properties wabmig - Windows Address Book Import Utility tourstart - Windows XP Tour Wizard accwiz - Accessibility wizard appears dxdiag - Opens a direct x utility Change or control settings services.msc - Displays the services that are running on your computer. msconfig - displays the system configuration utility where you can edit your startup programs gpedit.msc - Brings up the Local Computer Policy regedit - brings up the registry to edit diskmgmt.msc - Brings up disk management.. Handy to label hard drives etc compmgmt.msc - Opens computer management timedate.cpl - Shows the date and time dialog box control userpasswords - shows your Windows User accounts Control - Displays Control Panel Control mouse - Used to control mouse properties taskmgr - Opens task manager sysedit - System configuration utility control admintools - Administrative Tools which have Computer management, Services, and more control folders - Folders Properties devmgmt.msc - Device Manager mmsys.cpl - Sounds and Audio Handy Shortcuts Desktop - Displays the desktop folder which contains that icons shown on the actual desktop. http://www.tips4pc.com - Opens Internet Explorer and goes straight to my webpage...LOL c: - Opens C drive or type the letter of another drive to open that particular one Clipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewer Sendto - Displays the folder that contains the items in your send to menu. You can put a shortcut in here and it will appear in the sendto menu. shutdown - Shuts down Windows Charmap - Character Map verifier - Driver Verifier Utility msinfo32 - Access to Windows system information wab Brings up Windows Address Book Do not have to open other programs to get there

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wab - Brings up Windows Address Book.. Do not have to open other programs to get there ... - Opens My Computer. This one is very cool and fast. (or """) . - Opens C:\documents and settings\your user name (or ") .. - Opens C:\documents and settings (or "") temp - Shows C:\Windows\temp folder %temp% - Shows all temporary files and folders on your computer..AHHH there are heaps!!! restore - Opens the restore folder where you can click on the .exe file to start system restore eudcedit - Private character editor scrnsave.scr - Shows your screensaver Windows wupdmgr - Windows Update Website Launches (make sure you have a genuine copy of Windows) wuaucpl.cpl - Opens Windows Automatic Update Settings Dialog box winver - Shows you which version of Windows your computer is running fonts - Opens Windows fonts folder logoff - Logs You Out Of Windows and takes you to the sign in screen label - Shows the label or name of your drive printers - Opens the Windows printer folder intl.cpl - Regional Settings %systemroot% - Opens the Windows Folder Notes: Be sure to check this list out thoroughly as some of these shortcuts can be very handy and a lot quicker to open or start most programs. Even if you just use the 3 dots to open My Computer, this list would have fulfilled its purpose. Your files and folders need to be in their default location for these commands to work. For example if my documents is on another drive it will not find it unless you change the registry settings. To remove the history from your run window you need to clean all the values from the HKCU\Software \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\ key in the registry. You also can put shortcuts into C:\Windows\System32 and then type in the name of the shortcut in the run bar and it will work Sometimes when you put a command into the run window the Windows cmd window flashes and closes before you can see it. Try typing cmd /k before the command and the window will stay there. For example cmd /k ipconfig Try typing net use and it doesn't work. Then type cmd /k net use

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