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| Open a System Management Console SUMMARY: Open computer management consoles from a Windows XP/DOS batch file.
Writing a Windows XP/DOS batch file that needs to open up a management console for the viewing or changing of system information? Use the mmc command, followed by the path of a .msc management console file you wish to run. The following are a few examples of consoles you can run:
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mmc %systemroot%\system32\devmgmt.msc
Opens the device manager.
mmc %systemroot%\system32\diskmgmt.msc
Opens the disk management tool. Use this to view partition tables.
mmc %systemroot%\system32\dfrg.msc
This starts the GUI-based disk defragment tool from a batch file. Note that you can also open a DOS-based defrag tool from batch files.
mmc %systemroot%\system32\gpedit.msc
Opens the Group Policy editor.
mmc %systemroot%\system32\perfmon.msc
Opens the System Performance Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts.
mmc %systemroot%\system32\services.msc
Opens the Services configuration. View, start, stop, pause, or restart services.
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