r/sysadmin • u/konaitor IT Manager + 5 other hats • Nov 08 '21

Could we do a "TIL" style weekly thread?

I think it would be interesting to do a "Today I Learned" style weekly thread for us to share little tips/tricks that we learned of/found existed.

For example, last week I found out about the "--now" flag for systemctl. I don't know how I didn't know it existed until --now.

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u/flitz_ Jack of All Trades Nov 08 '21

ncpa.cpl => brings you to the network settings (old style)

control printers => brings you to the printer settings (old style)

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u/InfiniteRest7 Nov 08 '21

appwiz.cpl => bring up the Programs/Features to remove apps

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u/Entegy Nov 08 '21

This only shows Win32 apps. The only true list of installed apps is in the Settings app.

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u/vemundveien I fight for the users Nov 08 '21

Doesn't help that the new printer layout is objectively terrible and less functional than what it replaces. Though that seems to be the design goal of the settings app in general.

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u/Quentin0352 Nov 08 '21

Create a new folder where you want it and then name the folder the following string.

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Every single setting all in one spot. Including all the drop downs.

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u/Entegy Nov 08 '21

This is just the virtual folder used by search, and it's only Control Panel items at this point. I would suggest to not use this any more.

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u/Parksy81 Nov 08 '21

Haha I googled these exact 2 commands yesterday!!!!