‘Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks’: Microsoft Windows is one of the most dominant operating system software on the market; Which works in the graphical operating system families and it’s all owned by Microsoft; Each and every Microsoft Windows operating system family has created a different kind of impact on every release of the operating system software;
In this article, I’m going to uncover some Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks which will definitely help you save your time and increase your productivity: I would say Windows Productivity Tips;
Actually, there is much application available on Windows operating system; If you want to check development history of the Microsoft Operating system then here is the list; On each development, they have added something new to make things better for you or the users;
- Windows 1.x
- Windows 2.x
- Windows 3.0
- OS/2
- Windows 3.1x
- Windows NT 3.x
- Windows 95
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 98
- Windows 2000
- Windows ME
- Windows XP and Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows XP x64 and Server 2003 x64 Editions
- Windows Home Server
- Windows Vista and Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
- Windows Home Server 2011
- Windows 8 and Server 2012
- Windows 10 and Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016
So this list might not work on old versions but on a new version of Microsoft Windows it will surely help you to open this application so quickly; You Don’t really need to follow each and every step to open those;
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Shortcut for Opening Microsoft Windows Applications;
Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks for saving your precious time for productivity;
| SN | Application Name | Extension | Use of Application | 8/8.1/10 | 7/Xp |
| 1 | IExpress Wizard | iexpress.exe | Create self-extracting / self-installing package | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | Character Map | charmap.exe | Very useful for finding unusual characters | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | DirectX diagnosis | dxdiag.exe | Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Dr Watson | drwtsn32.exe | Troubleshooting tool | No | Yes |
| 5 | Clipboard Viewer | clipbrd.exe | Views contents of Windows clipboard | No | Yes |
| 6 | Disk Cleanup | cleanmgr.exe | Used to clean disk or temporary files from disk | Yes | Yes |
| 7 | Private character editor | eudcedit.exe | Allows creation or modification of characters | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | Windows Media Player 5.1 | mplay32.exe | Retro version of Media Player, very basic | No | Yes |
| 9 | Windows Media Player 6.4 | mplayer2.exe | Retro version of Media Player | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Microsoft Synchronization Manager | mobsync.exe | Appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when you want to work offline | Yes | Yes |
| 11 | Registry Editor | regedt32.exe
also regedit.exe |
To edit the Windows Registry. Please be very careful while editing your registry because if you mess up then you will not be able to even turn on your computer | Yes | Yes |
| 12 | Object Packager | packager.exe | To do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files | Yes | Yes |
| 13 | System Monitor | perfmon.exe | Very useful, highly configurable tool to monitor your computer | Yes | Yes |
| 14 | Syskey | syskey.exe | Secures XP Account database – use with care, it’s virtually undocumented but it is used to encrypt passwords | Yes | Yes |
| 15 | System Configuration Editor | sysedit.exe | To modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! | Yes | Yes |
| 16 | Volume Control | sndvol32.exe | I have included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area | No | Yes |
| 17 | File Signature Verification Tool | sigverif.exe | Used to verify the signature of the files | Yes | Yes |
| 18 | System Configuration | msconfig.exe | You can use it to control startup programs – handle with care | Yes | Yes |
| 19 | Group Policies | gpedit.msc | It is used to manage group policies, and permissions | Yes | Yes |
| 20 | Microsoft Telnet Client | telnet.exe | Remote computer connector Microsoft telnet client application | Yes (If enabled) | Yes |
| 21 | Network Shared Folder Wizard | shrpubw.exe | It creates shared folders on network | Yes | Yes |
| 22 | Windows For Workgroups Chat | winchat.exe | Appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available | No | Yes |
| 23 | Netmeeting | conf.exe | It is a client just like winchat but winchat is limited to LAN whereas Netmeeting works on the Internet | No | Yes |
| 24 | Network Place | ncpa.cpl | Used to open network setting through run and disk operating system (dos) | Yes | Yes |
Wrapping it up
I hope these Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks will help you for sure; These will surely save your time while using Microsoft Windows any applications; If you have missed our previous tips and tweaks articles then please follow the list below; And if you have any queries and updates then please update us on comment section below;
