Throw Away Your Mouse! A List of Windows Snap-ins and Applets

Hi. This is Jim from Directory Services. I spend a great deal of time working through remote Easy Assist / Live Meeting sessions, sometimes with client machines half way round the globe and the latency can be excruciating.

In my experience I have found that using the CMD line as well as START - RUN to launch administrative tools can be a more expedient way to do system administration. Using the mouse and clicking repeatedly to launch an administrative interface is not always the most efficient, especially in an extremely latent remote session. An errant click will always do you in. To this end I felt the need to create a one stop “short cut” reference to launch some of the more popular administrative applets. This is suitable for pinup in your cube or office. Feel free to commit them all to memory.

RUN/CMD shortcuts for AD management

ADFS.msc	AD Federation Services
CERTMGR.msc	Certificate Management –Current User
CERTSRV.msc	Certification Authority
CERTTMPL.msc	Certificate Templates
COMPMGMT.msc	Computer Management
COMEXP.msc	Component Services C:\windows\system32\com
DCOMCNFG	Component Services
DSA.msc	ADUC (AD Users and Computers)
DFSGUI.msc	DFS Management
DFSMGMT.msc	DFS Management R2
DNSMGMT.msc	DNS Management
DOMAIN.msc	Domains and Trusts
DSSITE.msc	Sites and Services
EVENTVWR.msc	Event Viewer
GPEDIT.msc	Local Policy
GPMC.msc	Group Policy Management Console
PKIVIEW.msc	PKI management
RSOP.msc	Resultant set of Policy
SECPOL.msc	Local Security Policy
SERVICES.msc	Services
SCHMMGMT.msc	Schema Management
TASKMGR	Task Manager
TSCC.msc	TS Configuration

These are .exe’s

TSADMIN	TS Administrator
LICMGR	TS Licensing

The following are contained within the WINDOWS 2003 ADMINISTRATION TOOLS PACK
*Installed from the Windows Server 2003 CD

ADMGMT.msc	AD Management –Domains, Sites, DNS and ADUC
PKMGMT.msc	PKI Management – Authorities, Templates
IPADDRMGMT.msc	WINS,DNS and DHCP in one console

2008 SERVER

SERVERMANAGER.msc	Server Manager
NAPCLCFG.msc	Network Access Protection Client Configuration
STOREXPL.msc	Storage Manager
TSCONFIG	TS Configuration
WBADMIN	Windows Server Backup
WF.msc	Windows Firewall + Advanced Security

RUN shortcuts for Windows OS management

NCPA.CPL	Network Properties
APPWIZ.CPL	Add remove programs
DEVMGMT.msc	Device Manager
FSMGMT.msc	File Share Management
SYSDM.CPL	System Properties
FIREWALL.CPL	Firewall applet
DESK.CPL	Display Properties
CONTROL	Control Panel
SYSDM.CPL	System Properties
ACCESS.CPL	Accessibility Options
APPWIZ.CPL	Add/Remove Programs
TIMEDATE.CPL	Date/Time Properties
DESK.CPL	Display Properties
FINDFAST.CPL	FindFast
FONTS	Fonts Folder
INETCPL.CPL	Internet Properties
JOY.CPL	Joystick Properties
LUSRMGR.MSC	Local Users and Groups
MAIN.CPL Keyboard	Keyboard Properties
MLCFG32.CPL	Microsoft Exchange
WGPOCPL.CPL	Microsoft Mail Post Office
MAIN.CPL	Mouse Properties
MMSYS.CPL	Multimedia Properties
PASWORD.CPL	Password Properties
MAIN.CPL PC CARD (pcmcia)	PC Card
PRINTERS	Printers Folder
INTL.CPL	Regional Settings
STICPL.CPL	Scanners and Cameras
MMSYS.CPL sounds	Sound Properties