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What is the exhaustive list of command line shortcuts to Microsoft settings?

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I’ve gotten quite used to typing compmgnt.msc or similar commands to bring up certain dialogs faster than it would take me to navigate to them. For this one in particular I just tap Start then r enter c o down-arrow enter. There’s others I use too, but I wish there were a centralized compendium of commands for the like this for the command line or run... field. At least for Windows Sever 2003. And it certainly would be nice if it were a brief but complete description in the table/list that was searchable or filterable.

Has anyone seen a list like this that you could link to in your answer? Perhaps with a sample in the answer of what it would describe compmgngt.msc as for find usage.

(Aside (not part of the question) by find I mean whatever you use to jump through a long webpage. For me it’s Control-F, but I’m trying not to exclude people who’d use F3 or ‘/’ or Alt-E-F or any method not called find etc etc. depending on your browser.)

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EDIT:

I guess you meant keyboard shortcuts in general. The following is a list of Windows “run” commands. I’ll keep this up for my own benefit.

from http://mypchell.com/content/view/69/1/:

Accessibility Controls                                       access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard                                         accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard                                          hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs                                          appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools                                         control admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed)                                 acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)                                acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)                               acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)                              imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)                               photoshop
Automatic Updates                                            wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard                                    fsquirt
Calculator                                                   calc
Certificate Manager                                          certmgr.msc
Character Map                                                charmap
Check Disk Utility                                           chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer                                             clipbrd
Command Prompt                                               cmd
Component Services                                           dcomcnfg
Computer Management                                          compmgmt.msc
Control Panel                                                control
Date and Time Properties                                     timedate.cpl
DDE Shares                                                   ddeshare
Device Manager                                               devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*                       directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter                                      dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility                                         cleanmgr
Disk Defragment                                              dfrg.msc
Disk Management                                              diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager                                       diskpart
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)            control color
Display Properties                                           control desktop
Display Properties                                           desk.cpl
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility                    drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility                                      verifier
Event Viewer                                                 eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool                             sigverif
Files and Settings Transfer Tool                             migwiz
Findfast                                                     findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)                                       firefox
Folders Properties                                           control folders
Fonts Folder                                                 fonts
Fonts                                                        control fonts
Free Cell Card Game                                          freecell
Game Controllers                                             joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)                                gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game                                             mshearts
Help and Support                                             helpctr
HyperTerminal                                                hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard                                              iexpress
Indexing Service                                             ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard                                   icwconn1
Internet Explorer                                            iexplore
Internet Properties                                          inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard                                        inetwiz
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)                 ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)          ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)                     ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)                ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)                    ipconfig /setclassid
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)         ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)                   ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)                     ipconfig /renew
Java Control Panel (If Installed)                            javaws
Java Control Panel (If Installed)                            jpicpl32.cpl
Keyboard Properties                                          control keyboard
Local Security Settings                                      secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups                                       lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows                                      logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool                              mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed)                              access.cpl
Microsoft Chat                                               winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed)                               excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)                           frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker                                        moviemk
Microsoft Paint                                              mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)                          powerpnt
Microsoft Syncronization Tool                                mobsync
Microsoft Word (if installed)                                winword
Minesweeper Game                                             winmine
Mouse Properties                                             control mouse
Mouse Properties                                             main.cpl
Nero (if installed)                                          nero
Netmeeting                                                   conf
Network Connections                                          control netconnections
Network Connections                                          ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard                                         netsetup.cpl
Notepad                                                      notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)                         nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager                                              packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator                               odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard                                           osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)                              ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express                                              msimn
Paint                                                        pbrush
Password Properties                                          password.cpl
Performance Monitor                                          perfmon
Performance Monitor                                          perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options                                      telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer                                                 dialer
Pinball Game                                                 pinball
Power Configuration                                          powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes                                           control printers
Printers Folder                                              printers
Private Character Editor                                     eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)                                     QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)                              quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)                                   realplay
Regional Settings                                            intl.cpl
Registry Editor                                              regedit
Registry Editor                                              regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook                                      rasphone
Remote Desktop                                               mstsc
Removable Storage Operator Requests                          ntmsoprq.msc
Removable Storage                                            ntmsmgr.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)                            rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras                                         sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks                                              control schedtasks
Security Center                                              wscui.cpl
Services                                                     services.msc
Shared Folders                                               fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows                                           shutdown
Sounds and Audio                                             mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game                                    spider
SQL Client Configuration                                     cliconfg
System Configuration Editor                                  sysedit
System Configuration Utility                                 msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)               sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)      sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)               sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)             sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)         sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)       sfc /cachesize=x
System Information                                           msinfo32
System Properties                                            sysdm.cpl
Task Manager                                                 taskmgr
TCP Tester                                                   tcptest
Telnet Client                                                telnet
Tweak UI (if installed)                                      tweakui
User Account Management                                      nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager                                              utilman
Windows Address Book Import Utility                          wabmig
Windows Address Book                                         wab
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)                        ntbackup
Windows Explorer                                             explorer
Windows Firewall                                             firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier                                            magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure                            wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player                                         wmplayer
Windows Messenger                                            msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)        wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool                                 syskey
Windows Update Launches                                      wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)           winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard                                       tourstart
Wordpad                                                      write

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