Some useful commands’ shortcut
Normally you would not associate windows with commands. For everything, you have to navigate through a couple of menu using the mouse before getting to the concerned window/utility/tool etc. but windows does come with commands that give you quick access to tools for configuring and fixing our computer. Some of these are very helpful if you prefer the use of keyboard more than your mouse and don’t like moving your hand back and forth between them or suddenly the touchpad of your laptop stops working/ behaves erratically. Just press press win + R to get the Run command dialog box to get started.
· %temp% temporary files folder. Your recently downloaded files, unzipped setup packages, etc will b e present here.
· Appwiz.cpl add or remove programs window for uninstalling applications.
· Hdwwiz.cpl Add hardware wizard for connecting any new piece of equipment for recently connected to your computer.
· Fsquirt Bluetooth file transfer wizard for sending and receiving files fom your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone/PMP
· Calc This will open compute calculator.
· Chrmap Character map for inserting special characters such s copyright and trademark symbol.
· Chkdsk check disk utilioty.
· Devmgmt.msc Device manager for troubleshooting hardware.
· Cleanmgr disk cleanup utility for cleaning up your temporary files and retrieving wasted hard disk space.
· Dfrg.msc disk defragment utility.
· Diskmgmt.msc disk management to help you manage your hard disk partitions and removable storage devices.
· Diskpart disk partition manager.
· Desk.cpl display properties for changing display resolutions
· Gpedit.msc Group policy editor.
· Ciadv.msc indexing service settings.
· Inetcpl.cpl internet properties. Very useful and helpful you want to change your proxy setting without going through Internet Explorer
· Iexplore open internet explorer.
· Logoff log off from your account.
· Main.cpl open mouse properties.
· Main.cpl keyboard open keyboard properties.
· Ncpa.cpl network connections window to manage your networks.
· Netsetup.cpl network setup wizard to create an ad hoc network among other things.
· Notepad notepad
· Perfmon performance monitor.
· Powercfg.cpl power management to change power profiles
· Regedit registry editor
· Services.msc service to disable unused service and boost computer speed. We, however, recommend you not to play around with this, unless you are an advanced user.
· Fsmgmt.msc opem shared folders
· Shutdown shutdown windows
· Msconfig System configuration Utility, mainly used to change boot options and disable startup items
· Sysdm.cpl display system properties.
· Taskmgr task manager for killing processes that are not responding and monitoring resource usage.
· Firewall.cpl windows firewall.
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