I believe most people prefer to using GUI when manage Windows machine in daily, but what if you can do with command within only few sec to find the feature or component you want wasn’t that be better?
Here I’m sharing a list of common command that I’ve used to perform daily task when working with Windows OS.
Note: The following command all has been tested on my Win10 environment and most of these command available on Win7 / 8 / 8.1. You can press “Windows key + R” to open RUN with these command.
Feature or Component Command
- Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz
- About Windows winver
- Advanced User Accounts netplwiz
- Authorization Manager azman.msc
- Add a device devicepairingwizard
- Backup and Restore (Windows 7) sdclt
- Bluetooth File Transfer fsquirt
- Calculator calc
- Certificates certmgr.msc
- Command Prompt cmd
- Character Map charmap
- Clear Type Text Tuner cttune
- Color Management colorcpl
- Component Services comexp.msc
- Component Services dcomcnfg
- Computer Management compmgmt.msc
- Computer Management compmgmtlauncher
- Duplicate / Extend / Project screen displayswitch
- Control Panel (Large icons) control
- Create A Shared Folder Wizard shrpubw
- Create a system repair disc recdisc
- Back up Credentials Wizard credwiz
- Date and Time timedate.cpl
- Device Manager devmgmt.msc
- Device Manager hdwwiz.cpl
- Digitizer Calibration Tool tabcal
- DirectX Diagnostic Tool dxdiag
- Disk Cleanup cleanmgr
- Optimize Drives (Disk Defragmenter) dfrgui
- Disk Management diskmgmt.msc
- Display Settings (UWP only on Win10) dpiscaling
- Display Color Calibration dccw
- Data Execution Prevention systempropertiesdataexecutionprevention
- Driver Verifier Manager verifier
- Ease of Access (UWP only on Win10) utilman
- Encrypting File Sytem Wizard rekeywiz
- Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
- File Explorer explorer explorer
- File Signature Verification sigverif
- Game Controllers joy.cpl
- Internet Explorer iexplore
- Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
- Install or uninstall display languages lpksetup
- Local Group Policy Editor gpedit.msc
- Local Security Policy secpol.msc
- Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc
- Magnifier magnify
- Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt
- Math Input Panel mip
- Microsoft Management Console mmc
- Mouse Properties main.cpl
- Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool msdt
- Network Connections ncpa.cpl
- Notepad notepad
- On-Screen Keyboard osk
- ODBC Data Source Administrator odbcad32
- Paint mspaint
- Pen and Touch tabletpc.cpl
- Power Options powercfg.cpl
- Performance Options systempropertiesperformance
- Print Management printmanagement.msc
- Printer User Interface printui
- Step Recorder psr
- Program and Features appwiz.cpl
- Region (Region and Language on Win7) intl.cpl
- Registry Editor regedit
- Registry Editor 32 regedt32
- Remote Desktop Connection mstsc
- Resource Monitor resmon
- Screen Resolution (UWP only on Win10) desk.cpl
- Services services.msc
- Default apps (UWP only on Win10) computerdefaults
- Sound mmsys.cpl
- Sync Center mobsync
- System Configuration msconfig
- System Information msinfo32
- System Properties sysdm.cpl
- System Restore rstrui
- Task Manager taskmgr
- Task Scheduler taskschd.msc
- Trusted Platform Module Management tpm.msc
- User Account Control Settings useraccountcontrolsettings
- Security and Maintenance (Action Center on Win7) wscui.cpl
- Activation (UPW only on Win10) slui
- Windows Fax and Scan wfs
- Windows Features optionalfeatures
- Windows Defender Firewall firewall.cpl
- Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security wf.msc
- Windows Media Player wmplayer
- Windows Memory Diagnostic mdsched
- Windows PowerShell powershell
- Windows PowerShell ISE powershell_ise
- Windows Remote Assistance msra
- WMI Management wmimgmt.msc
- WordPad write
- Snipping Tool (Shift + Winkey + S on Win10) snippingtool
