Shell Commands Windows 7

The following are the Shell Commands available in Windows 7. These can be used for many things like launching paths from a command window or to create shortcuts to specific Windows 7 applications (enabling you to Pin Items to Windows 7 Taskbar). This complete list was stripped and converted from an exported FolderDescriptions registry folder found here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions Shell Commands List for Windows 7 Note: I did not bother to alphabetize the list. This is the order in which the registry entries originally appeared. shell:Common Programs shell:GameTasks shell:UserProfiles shell:MyComputerFolder shell:SyncSetupFolder shell:DpapiKeys shell:SamplePlaylists shell:Favorites shell:My Video shell:SearchHomeFolder shell:RecordedTVLibrary shell:System shell:Libraries shell:MusicLibrary shell:CommonVideo shell:SyncResultsFolder shell:LocalizedResourcesDir shell:Cookies shell:Original Images shell:CommonMusic shell:My Pictures shell:Cache shell:Downloads shell:CommonDownloads shell:AppData shell:SyncCenterFolder shell:PublicLibraries shell:VideosLibrary shell:My Music shell:ConflictFolder shell:SavedGames shell:InternetFolder shell:HomeGroupFolder shell:Quick Launch shell:SystemCertificates shell:Contacts shell:UserProgramFiles shell:Device Metadata Store shell:Profile shell:Start Menu shell:Common AppData shell:ProgramFilesCommonX64 shell:PhotoAlbums shell:ProgramFilesX64 shell:ConnectionsFolder shell:Administrative Tools shell:PrintersFolder shell:DocumentsLibrary shell:Default Gadgets shell:ProgramFilesX86 shell:Searches shell:Common Startup shell:ControlPanelFolder shell:SampleVideos shell:SendTo shell:ResourceDir shell:ProgramFiles shell:CredentialManager shell:PrintHood shell:MAPIFolder shell:User Pinned shell:CD Burning shell:UsersLibrariesFolder shell:AppUpdatesFolder shell:Common Start Menu shell:LocalAppDataLow shell:Templates shell:Gadgets shell:Programs shell:PicturesLibrary shell:Recent shell:SampleMusic shell:Desktop shell:CommonPictures shell:RecycleBinFolder shell:CryptoKeys shell:Common Templates shell:Startup shell:ImplicitAppShortcuts shell:UserProgramFilesCommon shell:Links shell:OEM Links shell:SamplePictures shell:Common Desktop shell:NetHood shell:Ringtones shell:Games shell:Common Administrative Tools shell:NetworkPlacesFolder shell:SystemX86 shell:History shell:AddNewProgramsFolder shell:Playlists shell:ProgramFilesCommonX86 shell:PublicGameTasks shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder shell:Public shell:CommonRingtones shell:Common Documents shell:CSCFolder shell:Local AppData shell:Windows shell:UsersFilesFolder shell:ProgramFilesCommon shell:Fonts shell:Personal To use these Shell Commands for shortcuts, simply enter the following for the "location of the item" when you create a shortcut: %windir%\explorer.exe shell:Some Name You can also find most system icons in the following path: %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll