random technical notes

Open current folder:

> start .

Open the Windows startup folder:

start shell:startup

Here is a list of all the folder names you can use after the shell command, along with the relative locations of those folders.

• shell:AccountPictures – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures
• shell:AddNewProgramsFolder – Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Get Programs
• shell:Administrative Tools – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
• shell:AppData – %AppData%
• shell:Application Shortcuts – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts
• shell:AppsFolder – Applications
• shell:AppUpdatesFolder – Installed Updates
• shell:Cache – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
• shell:Camera Roll – %UserProfile%\Pictures\Camera Roll
• shell:CD Burning – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn
• shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder – Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features
• shell:Common Administrative Tools – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
• shell:Common AppData – %ProgramData%
• shell:Common Desktop – %Public%\Desktop
• shell:Common Documents – %Public%\Documents
• shell:CommonDownloads – %Public%\Downloads
• shell:CommonMusic – %Public%\Music
• shell:CommonPictures – %Public%\Pictures
• shell:Common Programs – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
• shell:CommonRingtones – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones
• shell:Common Start Menu – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
• shell:Common Startup – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
• shell:Common Templates – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
• shell:CommonVideo – %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 – %UserProfile%\Contacts
• shell:ControlPanelFolder – Control Panel\All Control Panel Items
• shell:Cookies – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
• shell:Cookies\Low – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\Low
• shell:CredentialManager – %AppData%\Microsoft\Credentials
• shell:CryptoKeys – %AppData%\Microsoft\Crypto
• shell:desktop – Desktop
• shell:device Metadata Store – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore
• shell:documentsLibrary – Libraries\Documents
• shell:downloads – %UserProfile%\Downloads
• shell:dpapiKeys – %AppData%\Microsoft\Protect
• shell:Favorites – %UserProfile%\Favorites
• shell:Fonts – %WinDir%\Fonts
• shell:Games – Games
• shell:GameTasks – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer
• shell:History – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\History
• shell:HomeGroupCurrentUserFolder – Homegroup\(user-name)
• shell:HomeGroupFolder – Homegroup
• shell:ImplicitAppShortcuts – %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts
• shell:InternetFolder – Internet Explorer
• shell:Libraries – Libraries
• shell:Links – %UserProfile%\Links
• shell:Local AppData – %LocalAppData%
• shell:LocalAppDataLow – %UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow
• shell:MusicLibrary – Libraries\Music
• shell:MyComputerFolder – This PC
• shell:My Music – %UserProfile%\Music
• shell:My Pictures – %UserProfile%\Pictures
• shell:My Video – %UserProfile%\Videos
• shell:NetHood – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
• shell:NetworkPlacesFolder – Network
• shell:OneDrive – OneDrive
• shell:OneDriveCameraRoll – %UserProfile%\OneDrive\Pictures\Camera Roll
• shell:OneDriveDocuments – %UserProfile%\OneDrive\Documents
• shell:OneDriveMusic – %UserProfile%\OneDrive\Music
• shell:OneDrivePictures – %UserProfile%\OneDrive\Pictures
• shell:Personal – %UserProfile%\Documents
• shell:PicturesLibrary – Libraries\Pictures
• shell:PrintersFolder – All Control Panel Items\Printers
• shell:PrintHood – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
• shell:Profile – %UserProfile%
• shell:ProgramFiles – %ProgramFiles%
• shell:ProgramFilesCommon – %ProgramFiles%\Common Files
• shell:ProgramFilesCommonX64 – %ProgramFiles%\Common Files (64-bit Windows only)
• shell:ProgramFilesCommonX86 – %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Common Files (64-bit Windows only)
• shell:ProgramFilesX64 – %ProgramFiles% (64-bit Windows only)
• shell:ProgramFilesX86 – %ProgramFiles(x86)% (64-bit Windows only)
• shell:Programs – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
• shell:Public – %Public%
• shell:PublicAccountPictures – %Public%\AccountPictures
• shell:PublicGameTasks – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer
• shell:PublicLibraries – %Public%\Libraries
• shell:Quick Launch – %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
• shell:Recent – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
• shell:RecordedTVLibrary – Libraries\Recorded TV
• shell:RecycleBinFolder – Recycle Bin
• shell:ResourceDir – %WinDir%\Resources
• shell:Ringtones – %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones
• shell:Roamed Tile Images – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\RoamedTileImages
• shell:Roaming Tiles – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\RoamingTiles
• shell:SavedGames – %UserProfile%\Saved Games
• shell:Screenshots – %UserProfile%\Pictures\Screenshots
• shell:Searches – %UserProfile%\Searches
• shell:SearchHistoryFolder – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\History
• shell:SearchHomeFolder – search-ms:
• shell:SearchTemplatesFolder – %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\Templates
• shell:SendTo – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
• shell:Start Menu – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
• shell:StartMenuAllPrograms – StartMenuAllPrograms
• shell:Startup – %AppData%\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 – %WinDir%\System32
• shell:SystemCertificates – %AppData%\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
• shell:SystemX86 – %WinDir%\SysWOW64
• shell:Templates – %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
• shell:ThisPCDesktopFolder – Desktop
• shell:UsersFilesFolder – %UserProfile%
• shell:User Pinned – %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned
• shell:UserProfiles – %HomeDrive%\Users
• shell:UserProgramFiles – %LocalAppData%\Programs
• shell:UserProgramFilesCommon – %LocalAppData%\Programs\Common
• shell:UsersLibrariesFolder – Libraries
• shell:VideosLibrary – Libraries\Videos
• shell:Windows – %WinDir%

Additional:

• How to Open an Explorer Window from the Command Prompt’s Current Directory
• How to Open Hidden System Folders with Windows’ Shell Command

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source

• An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
• (DOS) commands and their usage in batch files
• Windows Console (cmd) Tips
• Change the colors of the Windows console

• Use PUSHD / POPD to change directories
• Call FTP scripts
• Read from the registry
• Run SQL Commands
• Check if a file or folder exists
• Pause execution for a number of seconds
• Use defaults for optional parameters
• Process each file matching a pattern in a directory
• Use batch parameter expansion to avoid parsing file or directory info

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