Run Commands

October 24, 2007 Posted By: Jim ~ Filed under Category: Windows

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You can Access these commands from run option in the start menu or just press +R (Window key is Generally between Alt & ctrl key on the keyboard) & there you go to unleash these commands…
Knowing these commands is goning give you the Professional
The Commands have been seperated by “~”
TO Open… Commands
Accessibility Controls “access.cpl”
Add Hardware Wizard “hdwwiz.cpl”
Add/Remove Programs “ppwiz.cpl “
Administrative Tools “control admintools”
Automatic Updates “wuaucpl.cp”
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard “fsquirt”
Calculator “calc”
Certificate Manager “certmgr.msc”
Character Map “charmap”
Check Disk Utility “chkdsk”
Clipboard Viewer “clipbrd”
Command Prompt “cmd”
Component Services “dcomcnfg”
Computer Management “compmgmt.msc”
Date and Time Properties “timedate.cpl”
DDE Shares “ddeshare”
Device Manager “devmgmt.msc”
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* “directx.cpl”
Direct X Troubleshooter “dxdiag”
Disk Cleanup Utility “cleanmgr”
Disk Defragment “dfrg.msc”
Disk Management “diskmgmt.msc”
Disk Partition Manager “diskpart”
Display Properties “control desktop”
Display Properties “desk.cpl”
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) “control color”
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility “drwtsn32″
Driver Verifier Utility “verifier”
Event Viewer “eventvwr.msc”
File Signature Verification Tool “sigverif”
Findfast “findfast.cpl”
Folders Properties “control folders”
Fonts “control fonts”
Fonts Folder “fonts”
Free Cell Card Game “freecell”
Game Controllers “joy.cpl”
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) “gpedit.msc”
Hearts Card Game “mshearts”
Iexpress Wizard “iexpress”
Indexing Service “ciadv.msc”
Internet Properties “inetcpl.cpl”
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) “ipconfig /all”
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) “ipconfig /displaydns”
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) “ipconfig /flushdns”
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) “ipconfig /release”
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) “ipconfig /renew”
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) “ipconfig /registerdns”
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) “ipconfig /showclassid”
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) “ipconfig /setclassid”
Java Control Panel (If Installed) “jpicpl32.cpl”
Java Control Panel (If Installed) “javaws”
Keyboard Properties “control keyboard”
Local Security Settings “secpol.msc”
Local Users and Groups “lusrmgr.msc”
Logs You Out Of W*NDOW$ “logoff”
Mic*ft Chat “winchat”
Minesweeper Game “winmine”
Mouse Properties “control mouse”
Mouse Properties “main.cpl”
Network Connections “control netconnections”
Network Connections “ncpa.cpl”
Network Setup Wizard “netsetup.cpl”
Notepad “notepad”
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) “nvtuicpl.cpl”
Object Packager “packager”
ODBC Data Source Administrator “odbccp32.cpl”
On Screen Keyboard “osk”
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) “ac3filter.cpl”
Password Properties “password.cpl”
Performance Monitor “perfmon.msc”
Performance Monitor “perfmon”
Phone and Modem Options “telephon.cpl”
Power Configuration “powercfg.cpl”
Printers and Faxes “control printers”
Printers Folder “printers”
Private Character Editor “eudcedit”
Quicktime (If Installed) “QuickTime.cpl”
Regional Settings “intl.cpl”
Registry Editor “regedit”
Registry Editor “regedit32″
Remote Desktop “mstsc”
Removable Storage “ntmsmgr.msc”
Removable Storage Operator Requests “ntmsoprq.msc”
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) “rsop.msc”
Scanners and Cameras “sticpl.cpl”
Scheduled Tasks “control schedtasks”
Security Center “wscui.cpl”
Services “services.msc”
Shared Folders “fsmgmt.msc”
Shuts Down W*NDOW$ “shutdown”
Sounds and Audio “mmsys.cpl”
Spider Solitare Card Game “spider”
SQL Client Configuration “cliconfg”
System Configuration Editor “sysedit”
System Configuration Utility “sconfig”
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) “sfc /scannow”
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) “sfc /scanonce”
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) “sfc /scanboot”
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) “sfc /revert”
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) “sfc /purgecache”
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) “sfc /cachesize=x”
System Properties “sysdm.cpl”
Task Manager “taskmgr”
Telnet Client “telnet”
User Account Management “nusrmgr.cpl”
Utility Manager “utilman”
W*NDOW$ Firewall “firewall.cpl”
W*NDOW$ Magnifier “magnify”
W*NDOW$ Management Infrastructure “wmimgmt.msc”
W*NDOW$ System Security Tool “syskey”
W*NDOW$ Update Launches “wupdmgr”
W*NDOW$ XP Tour Wizard “tourstart”
Wordpad “write”


Change Text on XP Start Button

October 14, 2007 Posted By: Jim ~ Filed under Category: Windows

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Step 1 – Modify Explorer.exe File

In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.

get this from

http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip

The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.

The category we are going to be using is “String Table”. Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!

You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.

Step 2 – Modify the Registry

!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!

Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

In the right pane, double click the “Shell” entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.[/b]