Noob Tip: Windows Shortcuts

For Windows noobs out there, here are some of my oftenly used shortcuts.

Start > Run

Click Start > Run... then type the ff. keywords to open their respective programs upon pressing Enter:

• inetmgr = Internet Information Services
• mstsc = Remote Desktop Connection
• mmc = Microsoft Management Console
• regedit = Registry Editor (Edit the registry at your own risk!)
• notepad = Notepad. You could also open a text file by specifying the location through quotation marks. Example: notepad "C:\SampleFile.txt"
• mspaint = Microsoft Paint
• calc = Calculator
• cmd = Command Window
• devenv = Microsoft Visual Studio

Use Shift+Del...

To delete a file/folder permanently (meaning the deleted item is not sent to the Recycle Bin anymore).

To delete a whole line of code in MS Visual Studio or SQL 2005.