Computer and Software Support


Useful commands to open applications

To open various windows using the run command follow these steps

  1. Access Run or Search window
  2. Type in the command from the list below
  3. Click OK
   
Administrative action Run Command
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