Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line

Most admin tools in Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 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