Control Panel shortcuts..

March 2006

Searching for the shortcut to device manager..i came across these nice shortcuts for several control panel settings options for easy access..To run each of these settings,

Fire up **run** (win key + r) and type in the **Shortcut** (e.g : devmgmt.msc) and the configuration dialogue pops up ;)

Here is the list of shortcuts :

Control Panel Settings	Shortcut	Where to find
Certificate Manager	certmgr.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management
Indexing Service	ciadv.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Services and Applications \> Indexing Service
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> System Tools \> Device Manager
Disk Defragmenter	dfrg.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Storage \> Disk Defragmenter
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Storage \> Disk Management
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> System Tools \> Event Viewer
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> System Tools \> Shared Folders
Group Policy	gpedit.msc	\*
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> System Tools \> Local Users and Groups
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Storage \> Removable Storage
Performance Monitor	perfmon.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Performance
Resultant Set of Policy	rsop.msc	\*
Security Policy	secpol.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Local Security Policy
Services	services.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Services and Applications \> Services
Windows Management Infrastructure	wmimgmt.msc	Control Panel \> Administrative Tools \> Computer Management \> Services and Applications \> WMI Control

If you know any more shortcuts..please let me know and i will add it to the list..

Also don’t forget to buzz me, if you know the location for the two settings Group Policy and Resultant Set of Policy

The options **gpedit.msc** and **rsop.msc** contain many hacks on customizing the environment settings. Have a look at them ;) Happy hacking !!

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