Legacy commands

Don't you hate it when you come across really powerful quick ways of doing things, just when the OS they apply to is taking its last gasp and they are calling it "Legacy" already? (although I feel XP will be around for another 10 years!)

For example the control command in XP:

Now I have used it many a time, but only in the sense of overcoming XP Home's User Accounts limitation:

 control userpasswords2

which, by the way,  I can NEVER remember :)

Here are some more to add to your quick typing skills...

(thanks to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144191%28VS.85%29.aspx?ppud=4) or to be honest, google's search ;)

Legacy Control Panel Commands

When you use the WinExec function, the system can recognize special Control Panel commands. These commands predate Windows Vista.

control.exe desktop	Launches the Display Properties window. Note Starter and Basic Editions do not support this command.
control.exe color	Launches the Display Properties window with the Appearance tab preselected.
control.exe date/time	Launches the Date and Time Properties window.
control.exe international	Launches the Regional and Language Options window.
control.exe mouse	Launches the Mouse Properties window.
control.exe keyboard	Launches the Keyboard Properties window.
control.exe printers	Displays the Printers and Faxes folder.
control.exe fonts	Displays the Fonts folder.

For Windows 2000 and later systems:

control.exe folders	Launches the Folder Options window.
control.exe netware	Launches the Novell NetWare window (if installed).
control.exe telephony	Launches the Phone and Modem Options window.
control.exe admintools	Displays the Administrative Tools folder.
control.exe schedtasks	Displays the Scheduled Tasks folder.
control.exe netconnections	Displays the Network Connections folder.
control.exe infrared	Launches the Infrared Monitor window (if installed).
control.exe userpasswords	Launches the User Accounts window.