Gł - Windows > XP + General: Microsoft Management Console Snap-ins

If you're anything like me (and you probably aren't, so be grateful) you don't like having to wade through piles of menus and navigating all over the place to get somewhere. Simply pound (and hold) the WinKey and then press the R letter on your keyboard and type in any of the following commands.

Command	Opens...
appsrv.msc	Application Server
fxsadmin.msc	Fax Service Manager
azman.msc	Authorization Manager
filesvr.msc	File Server Management
certmgr.msc	Certificates snap-in
fsmgmt.msc	Shared Folders
certsrv.msc	Certificate Services
gpedit.msc	Group Policy Editor
certtmpl.msc	Certificate Templates
ias.msc	Internet Authentication Service
ciadv.msc	Indexing Service
iis.msc	Internet Information Services
compmgmt.msc	Computer Management
lusrmgr.msc	Local Users & Groups
dcpol.msc	Domain Controller Security Policy
ntmsmgr.msc	Removable Storage Manager
devmgmt.msc	Device Manager
ntmsoprq.msc	Removable Storage Operator Requests
dfrg.msc	Disk Defragmenter
perfmon.msc	Performance Monitor
dfsgui.msc	Distributed File System
rrasmgmt.msc	Routing and Remote Access
dhcpmgmt.msc	DHCP Manager
rsop.msc	Resultant Set of Policy
diskmgmt.msc	Disk Management
secpol.msc	Local Security Policy
dnsmgmt.msc	DNS Manager
services.msc	Services Configuration
domain.msc	Active Directory Domains & Trusts
tapimgmt.msc	Telephony
dompol.msc	Domain Security Policy
tscc.msc	Terminal Services
dsa.msc	Active Directory Users & Computers
tsmmc.msc	Remote Desktop
dssite.msc	Active Directory Sites & Services
wmimgmt.msc	Windows Management Instrumentation
eventvwr.msc	Event Viewer

Note: Not all of these will work with all versions of XP, some of these will work only with XP Pro, some only work with IIS installed, and some of them will even work in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows MCE. Whatever the case, there is no harm in trying to open any of these Management Console Snap-ins on Windows versions that do not have them installed (in other words: "no harm in trying"). If you do try and open one that is not present you will simply get a nice notice stating something like "Windows can not find 'such-n-such' etc..."

OS: XP > General
Date: 01/15/06