Device Manager shortcut.

[Sempron]

Anybody know the command to open the Device Manager from 'Run'?

[BASPro]

the command is devmgmt.msc

[Sempron]

Cheers!!!!

[Sylvander]

To make a shortcut to Device Manager on the Start menu:

Create a shortcut to run "C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE Sysdm.cpl, System,1" and put that shortcut in the start menu.

That's how I did it in Win98 anyway. :)

[Jiggy]

Opening applications in Run, comprehensive list

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/runline.htm

[chad7989]

If you have any more utilities you want you can make a MMC on XP, go to run, type in mmc, then go to file>add snapins and you can add the device manager to it.

[Sempron]

Sylvander: That command didnt work. I right clicked on the desktop to make a new shortcut. C & P'ed C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE Sysdm.cpl, System,1 to the location of the command, but it can't recognize CONTROL.EXE. Maybe this is a Win98 thing.

Jiggy: Nice link, thanks, bookmarked.

[Erik]

If you have any more utilities you want you can make a MMC on XP, go to run, type in mmc, then go to file>add snapins and you can add the device manager to it.

Yep, with Windows XP and MMC it makes all of your most used Windows tools just a double click away. Just build the console with the snapins you need, and create a shortcut to it on the desktop.

[Sylvander]

"That command didnt work"
It probably is the command for a Win98 system.
See if you can find C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\sysdm.cpl
Mine are both in place.
There is probably a similar command for WinXP, but I don't know where I found this.
Will try to find it.

[Paul Komski]

The .msc (console) files are kept in WinXP's system directory. You can create shortcuts to them in the normal way or by RClicking and choosing new shortcut and then paste in the path: %windir%\system32\devmgmt.msc, etc, etc.

Since these are registered apps you can just fill in devmgmt.msc (or any of the other console file names) without the full path in either the run box or into a new shortcut. A customised snap in is also very useful of course.

[WDGC]

Opening applications in Run, comprehensive list

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/runline.htm

Handy information. Thank you.
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[Sylvander]

Found that link...

Here http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=36471&highlight=Start+Menu CuratoR says:
" For 2K/XP, running "devmgmt.msc" opens the device manager so you can create a shortcut to point to it and put it in the start menu."

[Paul Komski]

For 2K/XP, running "devmgmt.msc" opens the device manager so you can create a shortcut to point to it and put it in the start menu.
I don't see how running or opening a utility creates a shortcut any more than running or opening winword, for example, would create a shortcut for MS Word.

[Sylvander]

I don't have access to XP, so I can't test this, but...

I think what he's saying is to make a new shortcut, then make "devmgmt.msc" [with its full address] the target of the shortcut, and put it [the shortcut] located somewhere of your choice in the Start menu.
If what he says is true:
Namely that running "devmgmt.msc" [in WinXP] opens the Device Manager, then clicking that shortcut should do just that [open Device Manager].

His instructions for the Win98 version certainly worked well. :)

[Paul Komski]

There are a number of ways of starting Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) under WinXP - a number of these methods have a common route from Computer Management (compmgmt.msc) and others get there directly. These .msc (console) files or "snap-ins", as explained earlier (obviously badly) can be found in the Windows\System32 folder and as with most files it is easy to create a shortcut to them in the normal manner.

I'm pretty sure that any programs in the System32 directory don't normally need a full path defined for them since the System32 directory behaves as if it were in the path that would be used, in equivalent fashion, under DOS. Thus sol (for solitaire) and mspaint (for MS Paint) can be entered without a full path and work but winword (for MS Word) doesnt work because its executable stored elsewhere.

The problem with the quoted link is that it doesnt say how to make the shortcut in the first place.