Know these exe's in windows XP

applications in %systemroot%\system32 directory

October 23, 2004 6:29 AM from

hi all, hope most of u might be using windows xp.most of them are familiar with its operatons and fucntionalities.not all fucntionalities are documented.in %systemroot%\system32 directory numerous files are there that help us with a variety of operations.am just documenting a few in this blog.

if u wanna learn more about them go to the command prompt and u can type the following to know the full usage.

filename/? (name of the exe followed by a backward slash and a question mark)

s.no	Exe name	Description
1	append	Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory.
2	Arp	Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP).
3	Asr_fmt Asr_ldm	Windows automated system recovery
4	At	The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command.
5	Atmadm	Windows ATM call manager statistcis
6	Attrib	Changes or displays file attributes
7	Bootcfg	This command line tool can be used to configure, query, change or delete the boot entry settings in the BOOT.INI file.
8	Cacls	Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files
9	Chkdsk	Checks a disk and displays a status report.
10	Chkntfs	Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
11	Cipher	Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions.
12	Cleanmgr	Cleans the selected drive
13	Cliconfg	Sql config utility
14	Clipbrd	Clip board viewer
15	Cmstp	Connection manager profile setup
16	Comp	Compares the contents of 2 files
17	Compact	Alters the compression in NTFS
18	Control	Control panel
19	Convert	Converts FAT volume to NTFS
20	Cscript	Windows script host
21	Dcomcnfg	Component service configurator
22	ddeshare	Dynamic data exchange share
23	Debug	Debugs a program
24	Defrag	Defragments a drive
25	Diantz	Windows CAB maker
26	Doskey	Keeps a history of commands typed
27	Driverquery	Enables an administrator to enumerate and display the list of installed device drivers as well as their properties.
28	Dxdiag	Directx diagnostic tool
29	Edlin	Line oriented text editor
30	Esentutl	Microsoft database utilities
31	Eudcedit	Provate character editor
32	Eventcreate	This command line tool enables an administrator to create a custom event ID and message in a specified event log.
33	Eventtriggers	This command-line tool enables an administrator to display and configure "Event Triggers" on local or remote system.
34	Exe2bin	Converts .EXE (executable) files to binary format.
35	Expand	Expands one or more compresed files
36	Fc	Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between them
37	Find	Searches for a text string in a file or files.
38	Findstr	Searches for strings in files.
39	Finger	Displays information about a user on a specified system running the Finger service. Output varies based on the remote system.
40	Getmac	This command line tool enables an administrator to display the MAC address for one or more network adapters on a system.
41	Gpresult	This command line tool displays the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) for a target user and computer.
42	Gpupdate	Refreshes Group Policies settings.
43	Hostname	Sets the host name
44	Htmlgen	Slide shoe wizard
45	Ieexpress	Self extracting directive
46	Lodctr	Updates performance monitor counter
47	Logman	Logman manages the "Performance Logs and Alerts" service for creating and managing Event Trace Session logs and Performance logs.
48	Logoff	To logoff the system
49	Lpq	Displays the state of a remote lpd queue.
50	Lpr	Sends a print job to a network printer
51	Makecab	Cabinet maker
52	Mountvol	Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point.
53	Mqbkup	Message Queue Backup\Restore Utility
54	Msg	Send a message to a user
55	Msiexec	Windows installer
56	Nbtstat	Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP).
57	Net	[ ACCOUNTS \| COMPUTER \| CONFIG \| CONTINUE \| FILE \| GROUP \| HELP \| HELPMSG \| LOCALGROUP \| NAME \| PAUSE \| PRINT \| SEND \| SESSION \| SHARE \| START \| STATISTICS \| STOP \| TIME \| USE \| USER \| VIEW ]
58	Netsetup	Network setup wizard
59	Netstat	Network status
60	Ntbackup	Backup or restore wizard
61	Openfiles	Enables an administrator to list or disconnect files and folders that have been opened on a system.
62	Print	Prints a text file
63	Proxycfg	Proxy configuration utility
64	Qprocess	Displays information about processes.
65	Racmgr32	Remote automation connection manager
66	Rasdial	Internet dialup utility
67	Rcp	Copies files to and from computer running the RCP service.
68	Reg	Used to manipulate the windows registry
69	Regwiz	Regiatration wizard
70	Relog	Relog creates new performance logs from data in existing performance logs by changing the sampling rate and/or converting the file format. Supports all performance log formats, including Windows NT 4.0 compressed logs.
71	Replace	Replace files
72	Reset	Resets a session
73	Rexec	Runs commands on remote hosts running the REXEC service. Rexec authenticates the user name on the remote host before executing the specified command.
74	Route	Manipulates the network routing table
75	Rsh	Runs commands on remote hosts running the RSH service.
76	Runas	Used to run a program with the required user rights
77	Rwinsta	Reset the session subsytem hardware and software to known initial values.
78	Sc	SC is a command line program used for communicating with the NT Service Controller and services.
79	Schtasks	Scheduled tasks
80	Setver	Sets the version number that MS-DOS reports to a program.
81	Secedit	Security configuration management
82	Sfc	System file checker
83	Shadow	Monitor another Terminal Services session.
84	Shutdown	Shutdown a system
85	Sort	Sorts the data
86	Systeminfo	System information
87	Tracerpt	Tracerpt processes binary Event Trace Session log files or real-time streams from instrumented Event Trace providers and creates a report or a text (CSV) file describing the events generated.
88	Tskill	Kills a task

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