Microsoft Windows programs

Below is a listing of each of the Microsoft Windows programs and their associated run line commands to quickly access each of the programs. For example, the run line command associated with calculator is "calc" typing this in the run line and pressing enter will open the Windows calculator.

In addition to the listing of programs and their associated run line commands each of the Control Panel icons can also be run through the run line by typing the name of the .cpl file associated with the icon. A full listing of each of these files can be found on document CH000136.

Finally, the majority of the MS-DOS or command line commands can also be run from the run line. A listing of these commands can be found through our MS-DOS page.

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Program	Run line command	95/98	NT 4.0	2000	XP
Address Book import tool	wabmig	X		X	X
Accounts Database Encryption	syskey				X
Calculator	calc	X	X	X	X
Certificates	certmgr.msc				X
Character Map	charmap	X	X	X	X
Clipboard Viewer	clipbrd	X	X	X	X
Command Prompt	cmd or command	X	X	X	X
Component Services	dcomcnfg				X
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc			X	X
Configuration Utility	msconfig				X
Data Source Administrator	odbcad32				X
DDE Share	ddeshare				X
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc	X		X	X
DirectX Diagnosis	dxdiag	X	X	X	X
Display Properties	control desktop				X
Display Properties (Appearance tab)	control color
Disk Cleanup	cleanmgr	X		X	X
Disk Defragmenter	dfrg.msc	X	X	X	X
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc			X	X
DNS Lookup	nslookup			X	X
Dr Watson diagnosis	drwatson	X	X	X	X
Driver Verifier Manager	verifier				X
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc				X
File Signature Verification	sigverif				X
Folder Options	control folders				X
Fonts	control fonts			X	X
Freecell	freecell	X	X	X	X
Group Policy Object Editor	gpedit.msc				X
Hearts	mshearts			X	X
IE Express Installer	iexpress				X
Internet Explorer	iexplore	X	X	X	X
Indexing Services	ciadv.msc				X
Keyboard Properties	control keyboard	X	X	X	X
Local Security Settings	secpol.msc				X
Local Users and Groups Manager	lusrmgr.msc				X
Logoff	logoff				X
Magnifier	magnify				X
Master Volume	sndvol32	X	X	X	X
Media Player	wmplayer	X	X	X	X
Minesweeper	winmine	X	X	X	X
Mouse properties	control mouse	X	X	X	X
.NET Configuration	mscorcfg.msc				X
Network connections	control netconnections	X	X	X	X
Network Diagnostics	hcp://system/netdiag/dglogs.htm				X
Network Sharing Wizard					X
Notepad	notepad	X	X	X	X
Object Packager	packager				X
Offline Synchronization Manager	mobsync				X
On-Screen Keyboard	osk				X
Paint	mspaint	X	X	X	X
Performance Monitor	perfmon				X
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Private Character Editor	eudcedit				X
Registry Editor	regedit or regedit32	X	X	X	X
Remote Desktop Connection	mstsc				X
Removable Storage Management	ntmsmgr.msc				X
Removable Storage Operator Requests	ntmsoprq.msc				X
Resultant Set of Policy	rsop.msc				X
Scheduled Tasks	control schedtasks
Services	services.msc				X
Shared Folder Manager	fsmgmt.msc				X
Shutdown	shutdown				X
SQL Server Client Network Utility	cliconfg				X
Solitaire	sol	X	X	X	X
Spider Solitaire	spider				X
System Configuration Editor	sysedit				X
System Information	msinfo32 or winmsd			X	X
System Restore	%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe				X
Task Manager	taskmgr				X
Telnet Client	telnet	X	X	X	X
User Accounts	nusrmgr.cpl				X
User Accounts advanced	control userpasswords2				X
Utility Manager	utilman				X
Windows Address Book	wab				X
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)	wmimgmt.msc				X
Windows Migration Manager	migwiz				X
Windows Network Chat	winchat				X
Windows Services	services.msc				X
Windows System Security	syskey				X
Windows Tour	tourstart				X
Windows Update	wupdmgr				X
Windows Version	winver	X	X	X	X
Wordpad	wordpad or write	X	X	X	X

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