Oct 27, 2007

Bunch of Shortcut Commands in Windows XP Panels, Components, and Applications

Want quicker access to a bunch of Windows XP panels, components, and applications? Most of these can be put to work by copy/pasting or typing them into the Run Command box from the Start Menu and pressing ENTER ...

Control Panel - control , Volume Control Panel -sndvol32 , Shrink the size of Volume Control Panel - CTRL+S, Sound Recorder-sndrec32 , Notepad - notepad, Wordpad- wordpad, Microsoft Paint - mspaint, Internet Explorer - iexplore, Start Internet Explorer in kiosk (full screen) mode - iexplore -k
MS Word winword (Word or Office required... Also, may need to be installed on the same drive/partition as Windows itself, preferably in a default location) - Start Mozilla Suite without the splash screen mozilla -nosplash (for this and the rest of this portion of the list, see the note on MS Word) - Firefox browser firefox - Opera browser opera - Start Opera browser in kiosk (full screen) mode opera -k - Nero Burning Rom nero - Sound Forge forge - WinZip winzip - Media Player (the newer, slower version) wmplayer - Media Player (older versions - 6.x, possibly 7) mplayer2 - Outlook Express msimn - Windows Address Book wab - Help and Support Center msinfo32 - System Configuration Utility msconfig - Registry Editor regedit - Task Manager taskmgr - Task Manager (2) CTRL+ALT+DEL - Task Manager (3) CTRL+SHIFT+ESC - Task Manager (4) right-click an empty spot on the Taskbar, choose Task Manager - SendTo folder sendto - Prefetch folder prefetch - Favorites folder favorites - My Documents folder my documents - current user folder %userprofile% - Device Manager rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute - Device Manager (2) devmgmt.msc - System Properties rundll32.exe shell32,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl - System Properties (2) sysdm.cpl - System Properties (3) Windows-logo key + PAUSE/BREAK key - Force Internet Explorer to refresh a page CTRL+F5 - Close a window or application (depends on the app) CTRL+W - Put the focus on the address bar (IE, Firefox and Mozilla) ALT+D - Put the focus on the address bar (Opera) F8 - Go to home page in IE, Mozilla, & Firefox ALT + HOME - Go to home page in Opera CTRL+SPACEBAR - Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl - Sounds and Audio Device Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL mmsys.cpl - Sounds and Audio Device Properties (2) mmsys.cpl - Mouse Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL main.cpl - Mouse Properties (2) main.cpl - Mouse Properties (3) control mouse - Keyboard Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL main.cpl @1 - Keyboard Properties (2) control keyboard - Internet Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl - Internet Properties (2) inetcpl.cpl - Network Connections ncpa.cpl - Display Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL desk.cpl - Display Properties (2) desk.cpl - Power Options Properties powercfg.cpl - Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl - Add or Remove Programs rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl - Add or Remove Programs (2) appwiz.cpl - Regional and Language Options intl.cpl - Speech Properties control speech - Game Controllers joy.cpl - User Accounts nusrmgr.cpl - Folder Options control folders - Printers and Faxes control printers - Date and Time Properties rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl - Date and Time Properties (2) timedate.cpl - Computer Management compmgmt.msc - Group Policy Editor (XP Pro only) gpedit.msc - Disk Defragmenter (Defrag) dfrg.msc - Disk Defragmenter (2) defrag - Event Viewer eventvwr.msc - Disk Management diskmgmt.msc - Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc - Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc - Component Services comexp.msc - Services services.msc

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