Microsoft Windows programs
Below is a listing of each of the Microsoft Windows programs and their associated run line commands to quickly access each of the programs. For example, the run line command associated with calculator is "calc" typing this in the run line and pressing enter will open the Windows calculator.
- Full listing of control panel icons that can be ran from the run line.
- Full listing of MS-DOS commands that can also be ran from the run line.
| Program | Run line command | 95/98 | NT | 2000 | XP |
| Address Book import tool | wabmig | X | X | X | |
| Accounts Database Encryption | syskey | X | |||
| Calculator | calc | X | X | X | X |
| Certificates | certmgr.msc | X | |||
| Character Map | charmap | X | X | X | X |
| Clipboard Viewer | clipbrd | X | X | X | X |
| Command Prompt | cmd or command | X | X | X | X |
| Component Services | dcomcnfg | X | |||
| Computer Management | compmgmt.msc | X | X | ||
| Configuration Utility | msconfig | X | |||
| Data Source Administrator | odbcad32 | X | |||
| DDE Share | ddeshare | X | |||
| Device Manager | devmgmt.msc | X | X | X | |
| DirectX Diagnosis | dxdiag | X | X | X | X |
| Display Properties | control desktop | X | |||
| Display Properties (Appearance tab) | control color | ||||
| Disk Cleanup | cleanmgr | X | X | X | |
| Disk Defragmenter | dfrg.msc | X | X | X | X |
| Disk Management | diskmgmt.msc | X | X | ||
| DNS Lookup | nslookup | X | X | ||
| Dr Watson diagnosis | drwatson | X | X | X | X |
| Driver Verifier Manager | verifier | X | |||
| Event Viewer | eventvwr.msc | X | |||
| File Signature Verification | sigverif | X | |||
| Folder Options | control folders | X | |||
| Fonts | control fonts | X | X | ||
| Freecell | freecell | X | X | X | X |
| Group Policy Object Editor | gpedit.msc | X | |||
| Hearts | mshearts | X | X | ||
| IE Express Installer | iexpress | X | |||
| Internet Explorer | iexplore | X | X | X | X |
| Indexing Services | ciadv.msc | X | |||
| Keyboard Properties | control keyboard | X | X | X | X |
| Local Security Settings | secpol.msc | X | |||
| Local Users and Groups Manager | lusrmgr.msc | X | |||
| Logoff | logoff | X | |||
| Magnifier | magnify | X | |||
| Master Volume | sndvol32 | X | X | X | X |
| Media Player | wmplayer | X | X | X | X |
| Minesweeper | winmine | X | X | X | X |
| Mouse properties | control mouse | X | X | X | X |
| .NET Configuration | mscorcfg.msc | X | |||
| Network connections | control netconnections | X | X | X | X |
| Network Diagnostics | hcp://system/netdiag/dglogs.htm | X | |||
| Network Sharing Wizard | X | ||||
| Notepad | notepad | X | X | X | X |
| Object Packager | packager | X | |||
| Offline Synchronization Manager | mobsync | X | |||
| On-Screen Keyboard | osk | X | |||
| Paint | mspaint | X | X | X | X |
| Performance Monitor | perfmon | X | |||
| Printers and Faxes | control printers | ||||
| Private Character Editor | eudcedit | X | |||
| Registry Editor | regedit or regedit32 | X | X | X | X |
| Remote Desktop Connection | mstsc | X | |||
| Removable Storage Management | ntmsmgr.msc | X | |||
| Removable Storage Operator Requests | ntmsoprq.msc | X | |||
| Resultant Set of Policy | rsop.msc | X | |||
| Scheduled Tasks | control schedtasks | ||||
| Services | services.msc | X | |||
| Shared Folder Manager | fsmgmt.msc | X | |||
| Shutdown | shutdown | X | |||
| SQL Server Client Network Utility | cliconfg | X | |||
| Solitaire | sol | X | X | X | X |
| Spider Solitaire | spider | X | |||
| System Configuration Editor | sysedit | X | |||
| System Information | msinfo32 or winmsd | X | X | ||
| System Restore | %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe | X | |||
| Task Manager | taskmgr | X | |||
| Telnet Client | telnet | X | X | X | X |
| User Accounts | nusrmgr.cpl | X | |||
| User Accounts advanced | control userpasswords2 | X | |||
| Utility Manager | utilman | X | |||
| Windows Address Book | wab | X | |||
| Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) | wmimgmt.msc | X | |||
| Windows Migration Manager | migwiz | X | |||
| Windows Network Chat | winchat | X | |||
| Windows Services | services.msc | X | |||
| Windows System Security | syskey | X | |||
| Windows Tour | tourstart | X | |||
| Windows Update | wupdmgr | X | |||
| Windows Version | winver | X | X | X | X |
| Wordpad | wordpad or write | X | X | X | X |