94 more secret WIndows 7 shortcuts

You can use the shell command to access a lot of things directly, rather than having to navigate via Windows Explorer:

Examples:

shell:Profile
This opens your user profile folder (on a default installation, you’ll find this at c:\users\username). You can get the same results by clicking your account name at the top of the Start menu’s right column. This location is also accessible via the environment variable %userprofile%.

shell:Personal
Typing this command takes you straight to the Documents folder in your user profile. You can reach the same destination by clicking the Documents shortcut on the Start menu’s right column.

shell:SendTo
C:\Users\accountname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
This one solves a real usability problem for Windows users who are used to running with hidden files visible. If you look in your user profile folder, you’ll see a normally hidden SendTo shortcut. But clicking that shortcut displays this error message:

See this Ed Bott article for all 94 of them: 94 more secret Windows shortcuts

Edit: It would be fun to put together a VB Script to make a menu out of these so you could easily scroll down and choose one and poof, your right there. Unfortunately the only version of VB I have is 6.0 from 7-8 years ago so I don't think it will work on Windows 7. May give it a try anyway, just for fun.

Hi Ztruker

Dunno if you have seen this one.

Edit: Hmmm, hehe

http://forums.whatthetech.com/Windows_7_GodMode_t109359.html



Create a new folder and name it;

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

The folder will contain access to somewhere about 260-270 settings in win7

And what is also cool, is that it will work in Vista also, altho only on the 32 Bit version.

Warning!: Vista 64Bit users shall not attempt this, as it will lock up the PC and most likely
require a format!


Cheers

Ummmm, that is my post as well

Ummmm, that is my post as well

Aye. I saw it after I had posted here….

The reason why I put in that edit.