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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