Windows 7 Shell Commands

DataMine
by DataMine · 3 posts
13 years ago in White Hat Activities
Posted 13 years ago · Author
Windows 7 Shell Commands:

Shell commands are incredibly useful when creating shortcuts or quickly accessing hard to get to locations. They can be used to pin shortcuts to the Taskbar or just to make your life easier. For those that are preceded by “Shell:” when using them in shortcuts you need to add “explorer.exe” in front of them. It should then look like this: explorer.exe shell:Personal


shell:AddNewProgramsFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Get Programs

shell:Administrative Tools
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

shell:AppData
hidden C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming

shell:AppUpdatesFolder
Installed Updates

shell:Cache
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

shell:CD Burning
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn

shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features

shell:Common Administrative Tools
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

shell:Common AppData
hidden C:\ProgramData

shell:Common Desktop
C:\Users\Public\Desktop

shell:Common Documents
C:\Users\Public\Documents

shell:CommonDownloads
C:\Users\Public\Downloads

shell:CommonMusic
C:\Users\Public\Music

shell:CommonPictures
C:\Users\Public\Pictures

shell:Common Programs
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

shell:CommonRingtones
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones

shell:Common Start Menu
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

shell:Common Startup
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

shell:Common Templates
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates

shell:CommonVideo
C:\Users\Public\Videos

shell:ConflictFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Conflicts

shell:ConnectionsFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections

shell:Contacts
C:\Users\User-Name\Contacts

shell:ControlPanelFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items

shell:Cookies
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

shell:Cookies\Low
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low

shell:CredentialManager
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials

shell:CryptoKeys
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto

shell:default Gadgets
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets

shell:desktop
C:\Users\User-Name\Desktop

shell:device Metadata Store
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataSto re

shell:documentsLibrary
Libraries\Documents

shell:downloads
C:\Users\User-Name\Downloads

shell:dpapiKeys
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect

shell:Favorites
C:\Users\User-Name\Favorites

shell:Fonts
C:\Windows\Fonts

shell:Gadgets
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets

shell:Games
Games

shell:GameTasks
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

shell:History
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History

Shell:HomeGroupFolder
Homegroup

shell:ImplicitAppShortcuts
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts

shell:InternetFolder
32-bit Internet Explorer.

shell:Links
C:\Users\User-Name\Links

shell:Libraries
Libraries

shell:Local AppData
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local

shell:LocalAppDataLow
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\LocalLow

shell:MusicLibrary
Libraries\Music

shell:My Music
C:\Users\User-Name\Music

shell:My Pictures
C:\Users\User-Name\Pictures

shell:My Video
C:\Users\User-Name\Videos

shell:MyComputerFolder
Computer

shell:NetHood
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts

shell:NetworkPlacesFolder
Network

shell:Personal
C:\Users\User-Name\Documents

shell:PicturesLibrary
Libraries\Pictures

shell:PrintersFolder
All Control Panel Items\Printers

shell:PrintHood
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts

shell:Profile
C:\Users\User-Name

shell:ProgramFiles
C:\Program Files

shell:ProgramFilesCommon
C:\Program Files\Common Files

shell:ProgramFilesCommonX64
C:\Program Files\Common Files

shell:ProgramFilesCommonX86
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files

shell:ProgramFilesX64
C:\Program Files

shell:ProgramFilesX86
C:\Program Files (x86)

shell:Programs
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

shell:Public
C:\Public

shell:PublicGameTasks
hidden C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

shell:PublicSuggestedLocations
C:\Users\Public\Library\PublicSuggestedLocations

shell:Quick Launch
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

shell:Recent
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

shell:RecycleBinFolder
Recycle Bin

shell:ResourceDir
C:\Windows\Resources

shell:Ringtones hidden
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones

shell:SampleMusic
C:\Users\Public\Music\Sample Music

shell:SamplePictures
C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures

shell:SampleVideos
C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos

shell:SavedGames
C:\Users\User-Name\Saved Games

shell:Searches
C:\Users\User-Name\Searches

shell:SearchHomeFolder
search-ms:

shell:SendTo
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

shell:Start Menu
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

shell:Startup
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

shell:SyncCenterFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center

shell:SyncResultsFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Results

shell:SyncSetupFolder
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Setup

shell:System
C:\Windows\System32

shell:SystemCertificates
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

shell:SystemX86
C:\Windows\SysWOW64

shell:Templates
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates

shell:User Pinned
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned

shell:User Pinned
hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned

shell:UserProfiles
C:\Users

shell:UsersFilesFolder
C:\Users\User-Name

shell:UsersLibrariesFolder
Libraries

shell:VideosLibrary
Libraries\Videos

shell:Windows
C:\Windows

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