how to Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line?

Most admin tools in Windows Server 2003 are MMC consoles you can access from the Start menu. But you can also open these console from the command line if you know their .msc filenames. This can be especially useful if you log on to your admin workstation using a limited privilege account and use Runas to perform admin tasks. For reference, here’s a list of admin tools with their associated .msc files. You can print this out and tape it on the wall beside your workstation until you memorize the ones you use most commonly.

AD Domains and Trusts : domain.msc

Active Directory Management : admgmt.msc

AD Sites and Serrvices : dssite.msc

AD Users and COmputers : dsa.msc

ADSI Edit : adsiedit.msc

Authorization manager : azman.msc

Certification Authority Management : certsrv.msc

Certificate Templates : certtmpl.msc

Cluster Administrator : cluadmin.exe

Computer Management : compmgmt.msc

Component Services : comexp.msc

Configure Your Server : cys.exe

Device Manager : devmgmt.msc

DHCP Managment : dhcpmgmt.msc

Disk Defragmenter : dfrg.msc

Disk Manager : diskmgmt.msc

Distributed File System : dfsgui.msc

DNS Managment : dnsmgmt.msc

Event Viewer : eventvwr.msc

Indexing Service Management : ciadv.msc

IP Address Manage : ipaddrmgmt.msc

Licensing Manager : llsmgr.exe

Local Certificates Management : certmgr.msc

Local Group Policy Editor : gpedit.msc

Local Security Settings Manager : secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups Manager : lusrmgr.msc

Network Load balancing : nlbmgr.exe

Performance Montior : perfmon.msc

PKI Viewer : pkiview.msc

Public Key Managment : pkmgmt.msc

QoS Control Management : acssnap.msc

Remote Desktops : tsmmc.msc

Remote Storage Administration : rsadmin.msc

Removable Storage : ntmsmgr.msc

Removalbe Storage Operator Requests : ntmsoprq.msc

Routing and Remote Access Manager : rrasmgmt.msc

Resultant Set of Policy : rsop.msc

Schema management : schmmgmt.msc

Services Management : services.msc

Shared Folders : fsmgmt.msc

SID Security Migration : sidwalk.msc

Telephony Management : tapimgmt.msc

Terminal Server Configuration : tscc.msc

Terminal Server Licensing : licmgr.exe

Terminal Server Manager : tsadmin.exe

UDDI Services Managment : uddi.msc

Windows Mangement Instumentation : wmimgmt.msc

WINS Server manager : winsmgmt.msc

EASY DISPLAY

Certificates	certmgr.msc
Indexing Service	ciadv.msc
Computer Management	compmgmt.msc
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Disk Defragmenter	dfrg.msc
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc
Group Policy	gpedit.msc
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests	ntmsoprq.msc
Performance	perfmon.msc
Resultant Set of Policy	rsop.msc
Local Security Settings	secpol.msc
Services	services.msc
Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI)	wmimgmt.msc
Component Services	comexp.msc

1. SuccessLadder says:

   July 2, 2010 at 2:17 pm

   Great post, very informative. Keep up the good work, Thanks.