Windows 10: Shell Commands List for Windows 10

How to: Shell Commands List for Windows 10

Complete List of Windows 10 Shell Commands


A shell command can be typed in the Run (Windows+R) dialog, search, File Explorer address bar, and Internet Explorer address bar to open a Windows shell folder.

This tutorial will show you a complete list of shell commands that can be used to easily open or create shortcuts of specific shell folders in Windows 10.

The red shell commands in the table below are new to Windows 10.

*note You can find the shell command listed in the Name string value data for each CLSID (GUID) key number at the registry location below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions

*tip You can create a shortcut with a shell command by adding explorer in front of the shell command.

For example:

explorer shell:command


[table][tr][td]Shell Command[/td] [td]Opens[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:3D Objects[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\3D Objects[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:AccountPictures[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:AddNewProgramsFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Get Programs[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Administrative Tools[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:AppData[/td] [td]%AppData%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Application Shortcuts[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:AppsFolder[/td] [td]Applications[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:AppUpdatesFolder[/td] [td]Installed Updates[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Cache[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Camera Roll[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Pictures\Camera Roll[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CD Burning[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Administrative Tools[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common AppData[/td] [td]%ProgramData%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Desktop[/td] [td]%Public%\Desktop[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Documents[/td] [td]%Public%\Documents[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CommonDownloads[/td] [td]%Public%\Downloads[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CommonMusic[/td] [td]%Public%\Music[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CommonPictures[/td] [td]%Public%\Pictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Programs[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CommonRingtones[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Start Menu[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Startup[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Common Templates[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CommonVideo[/td] [td]%Public%\Videos[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ConflictFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Conflicts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ConnectionsFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Contacts[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Contacts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ControlPanelFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Cookies[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Cookies\Low[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\Low[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CredentialManager[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Credentials[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:CryptoKeys[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Crypto[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:desktop[/td] [td]Desktop[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:device Metadata Store[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:documentsLibrary[/td] [td]Libraries\Documents[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:downloads[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Downloads[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:dpapiKeys[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Protect[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Favorites[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Favorites[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Fonts[/td] [td]%WinDir%\Fonts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Games (removed in version 1803)[/td] [td]Games[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:GameTasks[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:History[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\History[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:HomeGroupCurrentUserFolder[/td] [td]Homegroup\(user-name)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:HomeGroupFolder[/td] [td]Homegroup[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ImplicitAppShortcuts[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:InternetFolder[/td] [td]Internet Explorer[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Libraries[/td] [td]Libraries[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Links[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Links[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Local AppData[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:LocalAppDataLow[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:MusicLibrary[/td] [td]Libraries\Music[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:MyComputerFolder[/td] [td]This PC[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:My Music[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Music[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:My Pictures[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Pictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:My Video[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Videos[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:NetHood[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:NetworkPlacesFolder[/td] [td]Network[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:OneDrive[/td] [td]OneDrive[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:OneDriveCameraRoll[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\OneDrive\Pictures\Camera Roll[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:OneDriveDocuments[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\OneDrive\Documents[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:OneDriveMusic[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\OneDrive\Music[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:OneDrivePictures[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\OneDrive\Pictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellersonal[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Documents[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellicturesLibrary[/td] [td]Libraries\Pictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrintersFolder[/td] [td]All Control Panel Items\Printers[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrintHood[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrofile[/td] [td]%UserProfile%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFiles[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFilesCommon[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles%\Common Files[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFilesCommonX64[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles%\Common Files (64-bit Windows only)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFilesCommonX86[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Common Files (64-bit Windows only)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFilesX64[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles% (64-bit Windows only)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrogramFilesX86[/td] [td]%ProgramFiles(x86)% (64-bit Windows only)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellrograms[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellublic[/td] [td]%Public%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellublicAccountPictures[/td] [td]%Public%\AccountPictures[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellublicGameTasks[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shellublicLibraries[/td] [td]%Public%\Libraries[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Quick Launch[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Recent[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:RecordedTVLibrary[/td] [td]Libraries\Recorded TV[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:RecycleBinFolder[/td] [td]Recycle Bin[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ResourceDir[/td] [td]%WinDir%\Resources[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Ringtones[/td] [td]%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Roamed Tile Images[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\RoamedTileImages[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Roaming Tiles[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\RoamingTiles[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}[/td] [td]Run dialog box[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SavedGames[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Saved Games[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Screenshots[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Pictures\Screenshots[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Searches[/td] [td]%UserProfile%\Searches[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SearchHistoryFolder[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\History[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SearchHomeFolder[/td] [td]search-ms:[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SearchTemplatesFolder[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\Templates[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SendTo[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Start Menu[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:StartMenuAllPrograms[/td] [td]StartMenuAllPrograms[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Startup[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SyncCenterFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SyncResultsFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Results[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SyncSetupFolder[/td] [td]Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Setup[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:System[/td] [td]%WinDir%\System32[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SystemCertificates[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\SystemCertificates[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:SystemX86[/td] [td]%WinDir%\SysWOW64[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Templates[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:ThisPCDesktopFolder[/td] [td]Desktop[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:UsersFilesFolder[/td] [td]%UserProfile%[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:User Pinned[/td] [td]%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:UserProfiles[/td] [td]%HomeDrive%\Users[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:UserProgramFiles[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Programs[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:UserProgramFilesCommon[/td] [td]%LocalAppData%\Programs\Common[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:UsersLibrariesFolder[/td] [td]Libraries[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:VideosLibrary[/td] [td]Libraries\Videos[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]shell:Windows[/td] [td]%WinDir%[/td] [/tr] [/table]


That's it,
Shawn


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DOS Commands

Hi,

Here is the Run Command List for Windows 10 which should also be of interest.

Run Command List for Windows 10

Run Command list for Windows 10 – Certified Tricks

And the Shell Commands

Shell Commands List for Windows 10

Rob - SpiritX

 

Please...Where's "All Programs" Win10, NOT "All Apps"....simple answer.

Type the following:

shell:common programs

or

shellrograms

at the File Explorer address bar

Take a look at all of the "shell" shortcuts at:
http://winaero.com/blog/the-full-list-of-shell-commands-in-windows-8/

 

Thank you Shawn. That is a very useful list. I always wonder how you get this done in such a short period of time. I spend weeks on a tutorial, LOL.

 

I don't know. Tutorials just seem to come natural for me with it's content and format. That helps some to make it go quicker.

What takes forever is the research, testing, and screenshots before creating them.

 

Right, the screenshote and pictures hold you up. That's why I like video tuts.

 

This is great only I noticed a typo
These are not the same location
Cheers brilliant otherwise. ☺
shell:Common Start Menu %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup shell:Common Startup %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

 

Oops. Thank you sirplus, and welcome to Ten Forums. Typo corrected. *Smile