List of Shell GUIDs for various Windows versions for use in shortcuts and batch files
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/09
In my search for starting the Windows Credential Manager from the console, I found [WayBack] Credential Manager Shortcut – Create – Windows 7 Help Forums explaining:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
This reminded me of From batch file or shortcut: start Windows Update (via: Windows 7 Help Forums) and batch-file trick: Starting Windows Explorer and selecting a file (“explorer” commandline parameters “/n” “/e” “/select” “/root” “/start” site:microsoft.com).
The odd thing is that some of the GUID shortcuts works fine using the shell:::
syntax, but fail with the /e::
syntax, for instance Windows Update until Windows 8.1:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
%windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
One day I’ll create a table of permutations for various Windows versions and execute options.
For now these links need to suffice:
- [WayBack] CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts List for Windows 10 Windows 10 Customization Tutorials
- [WayBack] CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts List for Windows 8
- [WayBack] CLSID Key List for Windows 7 – Windows 7 Help Forums
- [WayBack] SOLVED Creating 23 desktop icons similar to Windows 7 Start menu to – Microsoft Community
- [Archive.is] Understanding Windows 7’s ‘GodMode’ – CNET
- [Archive.is] Windows 7 has lots of ‘GodModes’ (exclusive) – CNET
–jeroen
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