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# Management Console Plugins

## Standard Windows

<table><thead><tr><th width="172">Filename</th><th width="292">Description</th><th>Comment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>certmgr.msc</td><td>Certificates</td><td>Loads the list of certificates of the user</td></tr><tr><td>compmgmt.msc</td><td>Computer Management</td><td>Includes System Tools (Task Scheduler, Event Viewer, Shared Folders, Local Users and Groups, Performance and Device Manager), Storage (Disk Management), and Services and Applications (Services and WMI Control)</td></tr><tr><td>devmgmt.msc</td><td>Device Manager</td><td>Opens the Device Manager to manage hardware and devices</td></tr><tr><td>diskmgmt.msc</td><td>Disk Management</td><td>Opens Disk Management to administrate connected storage devices</td></tr><tr><td>eventvwr.msc</td><td>Event Viewer</td><td>Opens the Event Viewer which displays the operating system, software, and hardware events</td></tr><tr><td>fsmgmt.msc</td><td>Shared Folders</td><td>Loads the list of shared folders, sessions, and open files</td></tr><tr><td>gpedit.msc</td><td>Group Policy Edit</td><td>Loads Group Policy Editor to manage system policies</td></tr><tr><td>lusrmgr.msc</td><td>Local User and Group Management</td><td>Interface to manage local users and user groups</td></tr><tr><td>perfmon.msc</td><td>Performance Monitor</td><td>Loads Windows Performance Monitor</td></tr><tr><td>rsop.msc</td><td>Resultant Set of Policies</td><td>List policies, full results only available through command-line tool gpresult</td></tr><tr><td>secpol.msc</td><td>Local Security Policy</td><td>Loads policies such as account policies, public key policies, or advanced audit policy configuration</td></tr><tr><td>services.msc</td><td>Services Manager</td><td>Loads the list of installed services to manage them.</td></tr><tr><td>tpm.msc</td><td>Trusted Platform Module Management</td><td>Manage the TPM on the local device.</td></tr><tr><td>wf.msc</td><td>Windows Firewall</td><td>Starts Windows Firewall with Advanced Security</td></tr><tr><td>wmimgmt.msc</td><td>WMI Management</td><td>Configure and Control the Windows Management Instrumentation Service</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Windows Server

### Active Directory

<table><thead><tr><th width="177">Filename</th><th width="317">Description</th><th>Comment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>adsiedit.msc</td><td>ADSI Edit</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>dsa.msc</td><td>Active Directory Users and Computers</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>domain.msc</td><td>Active Directory Domains and Trusts</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>dssite.msc</td><td>Active Directory Sites and Services</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>gpmc.msc</td><td>Group Policy Management</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>gpme.msc</td><td>Group Policy Management Editor</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>