A Surprisingly Long List of Run Commands
I cannot remember the number of times during my *** years as an IT Guy that I have Googled certain commands. Frankly, the only ones that have ever stuck are ping, ipconfig and tracert, probably because I use them so often.
So here is a nice handy list of Run commands that can be executed either via the command prompt or by hitting Windows + R. Let’s be honest, who doesn’t love a list? Well I do that’s for sure. There are about 200 of them so enjoy.
| Command | What the heck does it Open? |
| winver | About Windows |
| devicepairingwizard | Add a Device |
| hdwwiz | Add Hardware Wizard |
| control admintools | Administrative Tools |
| systempropertiesadvanced | Advanced System Settings |
| Netplwiz | Advanced User Accounts Control Panel |
| control userpasswords2 | Advanced User Control Panel |
| control | All Control Panel Items |
| %AppData% | App Data |
| azman.msc | Authorization Manager |
| control color | Personalization Settings |
| control desktop | Personalization Settings |
| fsquirt | Bluetooth File Transfer |
| bootim | Boot Options |
| c: | C Drive |
| calc | Calculator |
| certmgr.msc | Certificate Manager |
| sysdm.cpl | Change Computer Settings |
| systempropertiescomputername | Change Computer Settings |
| systempropertiesdataexecutionprevention | Change Data Execution Prevention Settings |
| printui | Change Printing Settings |
| charmap | Character Map |
| chkdsk | Check Disk |
| cttune | ClearType Text tuner |
| cliconfg | Client Configuration Utility |
| colorcpl | Color Management |
| cmd | Command Prompt |
| %CommonProgramFiles% | Common Files |
| comp | Compare Files Command |
| comexp.msc | Component Services |
| compmgmt.msc | Computer Management |
| CompMgmtLauncher | Computer Management |
| mmc | Console Root |
| wab | Contacts |
| timedate.cpl | Date and time |
| debug | Debug Folder |
| computerdefaults | Default Apps |
| defrag | Defrag Command |
| devmgmt.msc | Device Manager |
| hdwwiz.cpl | Device Manager |
| control printers | Devices and Printers |
| msdt | Diagnostics Troubleshooting Wizard |
| tabcal | Digital Calibration Tool |
| dxdiag | DirectX Diagnostic Tool |
| cleanmgr | Disk Cleanup |
| diskmgmt.msc | Disk Management |
| diskpart | Diskpart Command |
| dccw | Display Color Calibration |
| desk.cpl | Display Settings |
| dpiscaling | Display Settings |