Keyboard/command-line short-cuts that get you to a particular control panel applet or Windows dialog box are usually such great time-savers if you use them enough and (therefore) can remember them. Here's a list of some great time-saving short-cuts - (some will impress even your IT Pro colleagues... ):
The number one time-saver for me is the command to:
1. Open Add/Remove Windows Components dialog box - usually accessed from Add/Remove Programs, 4 mouse-clicks that really slow you down if you do this on a frequent basis. (The Add/Remove Programs applet itself takes a while to open before you can press the Windows Components short-cut):
control appwiz.cpl,,2
2. Add/Remove Programs - if you haven't already guessed it:appwiz.cpl
3. Network Connections applet: ncpa.cpl
What would be really cool along with this: being able to get to TCP/IP Properties of a network interface... has anyone figured that out yet?
4. Display Properties: desk.cpl
5. To set resolution, et al from the Display properties, Settings tab:control desk.cpl,,3
6. System properties: sysdm.cpl
System properties | Computer name: control sysdm.cpl,,1
System properties | Remote: control sysdm.cpl,,6
List of all values for System properties
General(0), Computer Name(1), Hardware(2), Advanced(3), System Restore(4), Automatic Updates(5), Remote (6)
7. Active Directory Users & Computes: dsa.msc
8. Active Directory Domains & Trusts: domain.msc
9. Active Directory Sites & Services: dssite.msc
10. DNS Management Console: dnsmgmt.msc
11. Computer Management Console: compmgmt.msc
12. Disk Management: diskmgmt.msc
13. Show Desktop (minimizes all programs): Windows key + D
14. Hibernate (great for a short-cut that you can than place in the quick launch bar in the Task Bar: %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate
15. Event Viewer (an old NT favorite): eventvwr
The number one time-saver for me is the command to:
1. Open Add/Remove Windows Components dialog box - usually accessed from Add/Remove Programs, 4 mouse-clicks that really slow you down if you do this on a frequent basis. (The Add/Remove Programs applet itself takes a while to open before you can press the Windows Components short-cut):
control appwiz.cpl,,2
2. Add/Remove Programs - if you haven't already guessed it:appwiz.cpl
3. Network Connections applet: ncpa.cpl
What would be really cool along with this: being able to get to TCP/IP Properties of a network interface... has anyone figured that out yet?
4. Display Properties: desk.cpl
5. To set resolution, et al from the Display properties, Settings tab:control desk.cpl,,3
6. System properties: sysdm.cpl
System properties | Computer name: control sysdm.cpl,,1
System properties | Remote: control sysdm.cpl,,6
List of all values for System properties
General(0), Computer Name(1), Hardware(2), Advanced(3), System Restore(4), Automatic Updates(5), Remote (6)
7. Active Directory Users & Computes: dsa.msc
8. Active Directory Domains & Trusts: domain.msc
9. Active Directory Sites & Services: dssite.msc
10. DNS Management Console: dnsmgmt.msc
11. Computer Management Console: compmgmt.msc
12. Disk Management: diskmgmt.msc
13. Show Desktop (minimizes all programs): Windows key + D
14. Hibernate (great for a short-cut that you can than place in the quick launch bar in the Task Bar: %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate
15. Event Viewer (an old NT favorite): eventvwr
Labels: Windows
3 Comments:
Bharat,
One other time saver is DEVMGMT.MSC. I'm sure there are others as well but overall a great blog entry!
i just love (especially in vista)
NCPA.cpl this will bring you directly to networkadaptors
ow... and mstsc is for remote desktop
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