Useful commands to open applications
To open various windows using the run command follow these steps
- Access Run or Search window
- Type in the command from the list below
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Click OK
Administrative action | Run Command |
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Current user certificates | certmgr.msc |
Certificate authority | certsrv.msc 1 |
Certificate templates | certtmpl.msc 1 |
Indexing service | ciadv.msc |
Computer management | compmgmt.msc |
Group policy object editor | dcpol.msc 1 |
Device manager | devmgmt.msc |
Disk defragmenter | dfrg.msc |
Distributed file system | dfsgui.msc 1 |
Disk management | diskmgmt.msc |
Active directory domains and trust | domain.msc 1 |
Default domain security settings | dompol.msc 1 |
Active directory users and computers | dsa.msc 1 |
Active directory sites and services | dssite.msc 1 |
Event viewer | eventvwr.msc |
File server | filesvr.msc 1 |
Shared folders | fsmgmt.msc |
Group policy object editor | gpedit.msc |
Internet authentication service | ias.msc 1 |
Local users and groups | lusrmgr.msc |
Removable storage | ntmsmgr.msc |
Removable storage operator requests | ntmsoprq.msc |
Performance | perfmon.msc |
Routing and remote access | rrasmgmt.msc 1 |
Resultant set of policy | rsop.msc |
Local security settings | secpol.msc |
Services | services.msc |
Telephony | tapimgmt.msc 1 |
Terminal services configuration and connections | tscc.msc 1 |
Remote desktops | tsmmc.msc 1 |
Windows management infrastructure | wmimgmt.msc |
1 Uses the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems