Helpfull commands from the Start -> Run menu
I have found some helpful commands when doing common tasks on your server. To use, click on your Start Bar to Run and type in the command.
DBA's and Developers are lazy so the less clicking and typing the better :)
| Administrative action |
Control Panel applet |
| Accessibility Options |
access.cpl |
| 802.11 Monitor |
apgui.cpl |
| Add/Remove Programs |
appwiz.cpl |
| Console |
console.cpl 1 |
| Display |
DESK.cpl |
| SCSI, PCMCIA, and Tape Devices |
DEVAPPS.cpl 1 |
| Add New Hardware Wizard |
hdwwiz.cpl |
| Internet |
inetcpl.cpl |
| Regional Settings |
INTL.cpl |
| Game Controllers |
joy.cpl |
| Mouse, Font, Keyboard, Printers |
main.cpl |
| Multimedia and Sounds |
MMSYS.cpl |
| Modems |
MODEM.cpl 1 |
| Network |
ncpa.cpl |
| Logon Management for XP |
nusrmgr.cpl (XP) |
| ODBC |
odbccp32.cpl |
| Power Options |
powercfg.cpl |
| Ports |
PORTS.cpl 1 |
| Devices, Services, Server |
srvmgr.cpl 1 |
| System |
SYSDM.cpl |
| Telephony |
telephon.cpl |
| Date/Time |
TIMEDATE.cpl |
| UPS |
ups.cpl 1 |
1 Uses the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems
| Administrative action |
Microsoft Management Console file |
| 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 |