Run dialog shortcuts
I hate it when I see people struggling through the menu system to find the various built in mmc snap-ins. Most of them are accessible with a very short command in the run dialog, here are some of my favourites (remember, you only need to press Windows+R to open the run dialog, no need to involve your mouse:).
inetmgr - this will launch the Internet Services Manager.
com/comexp.msc - this launches the COM+ and Services console.
compmgmt.msc - this launches the Computer Management console with access to lots of goodies.
appwiz.cpl - opens the Add/Remove Programs dialog
cmd - duh, opens the windows command shell :)
mstsc - Remote Desktop (nice :)
outlook, winword and excel - Office Apps
notepad - Notepad
eventvwr - Event Viewer
odbcad32 - ODBC settings
I realise there are other solutions, such as
slick run or setting up your own mmc and adding every add-in in the world - but the nice thing about these is that they work no matter whose PC or server you're working on.
If there's any I've missed - please share by
posting a comment.
Post By
Josh Twist
03:44
26 Jun 2006
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Posted by
Ralph
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26 Jun 2006
03:58
Notepad :)
Posted by
Anon
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26 Jun 2006
04:33
How about "wordpad" and "winword" (which opens MS Word).
Posted by
Josh
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26 Jun 2006
08:43
I've just remembered one I *used* to use a lot: odbcad32
This loads the ODBC admin console. Also, if you want to get straight into your event log: eventvwr
Posted by
Arun
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03 Jul 2006
03:37
My favourite:
calc
Posted by
Ralph
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07 Jul 2006
04:17
mstsc - Remote Desktop
services.msc - Services Snap-in
Posted by
Ian
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08 Aug 2006
08:36
'control' for the control panel - you can suffix this with all kinds of things so: 'control admintools' to open the administrative tools folder or 'control netconnections'
oh and ... 'taskmgr' for task manager
Posted by
Eric D. Burdo
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08 Aug 2006
09:32
odbccp32.cpl - same as odbcad32
bdeadmin.cpl - The Borland DBE screen.
services.msc - the Windows Services screen
Posted by
Mark Focas
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20 Aug 2006
23:02
Remote desktop is good, but mstsc /v:<server name> is better, it saves needing to select the server to connect to