Saturday, June 11, 2011

Windows XP Hidden apps

Following comments are execute throw run command box,

  1. Character Map = charmap.exe (Useful for finding characters)
  2. Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe (Clean temp / compressed files)
  3. Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (Views contents of clipboard)
  4. Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool for windows xp)
  5. DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
  6. Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
  7. IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create the self-extracting / self-installing packages for windows)
  8. Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented)
  9. Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player)
  10. ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (Database connectivity)
  11. Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files)
  12. System Monitor = perfmon.exe (To know about PC performance)
  13. Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy windows 3.x desktop shell) // didn't work for me.
  14. Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant)
  15. Registry Editor = regedt32.exe or regedit.exe (For edit windows registry)
  16. Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network)
  17. File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
  18. Volume Control = sndvol32.exe
  19. System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (for edit System.ini & Win.ini)
  20. Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords)
  21. Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
  22. Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (Utility for monitoring the actions of drivers)
  23. windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (chat sessions over a LAN)
  24. System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
  25. gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions..!

1 comment:

Udaya Sankar said...

Kumar ! Its quite interesting pa !!!! I got it some newthings here which is unknown to me