Launch Windows Admin Tools from the Command Line

You can access admin tools in Windows consoles instead of 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 command to perform admin tasks.

First we need to execute windows cmd, this is the shorcuts:

For normal prompt, follow these steps:

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WinKey+R
Input "cmd".
Enter
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For elevated (administrator) prompt, follow these steps:

WinKey (Start Menu opens on the left-bottom corner)
Input "cmd".
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
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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