Windows XP undocumented programs

The reason why some programs give help and some don't, lies in that almost no part of the system is originally Microsoft. Most part originates from some other programmers and clued to the packet we know as Microsoft Windows. This also explains some of the real peculiarities and problems in Win.

Some information about Windows XP internals can be found from Microsoft pages

Bold font here indicates that the program is exceptionally usefull.

This list might give a partial explanation why windows installation takes so much space.

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dpnsvr.exe	??
sc.exe	SC is a command line program used for communicating with the NT Service Controller and services.
schtasks.exe	Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system. Replaces AT.exe.
msiexec.exe	Windows installer
mspaint.exe	Paint drawing program
sdbinst.exe	Compatibility database installer
winver.exe	Shows Windows version
secedit.exe	Security configuration management
wjview.exe	Command line loader for Java
driverquery.exe	Enables an administrator to enumerate and display the list of installed device drivers as well as their properties.
mem.exe	Displays the amount of used and free memory in your system.
debug.exe	A program testing and editing tool. A real Nerd writes his doctor exam with debug !
verifier.exe	Driver Verifier Manager,
defrag.exe	Windows Disk Defragmenter
net.exe	A program with many different basic skills in networking
net1.exe	A program with many different basic skills in networking
setver.exe	Sets the version number that MS-DOS reports to a program
write.exe	WordPad
sfc.exe	Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
shadow.exe	Monitor another Terminal Services session
edlin.exe	line-oriented text editor
netsetup.exe	network setup wizard
share.exe	No help. Share is needed to share file between various processes
wupdmgr.exe	Windows update manager -connects to a Microsoft web page
esentutl.exe	Maintenance utilities for Microsoft(R) Windows databases
netsh.exe	Multi tool for network administration. Has about three biljard options. See MS documentation. Start the program and give "?".
xcopy.exe	Program to copy files AND folders
eudcedit.exe	Private character editor.
netstat.exe	Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections
shrpubw.exe	Create shared folder
nlsfunc.exe	Loads country-specific information
shutdown.exe	Program to shut this or some other computer
eventtriggers.exe	This command-line tool enables an administrator to display and configure "Event Triggers" on local or remote system.
notepad.exe	The best web editor MIcrosoft has (personal opinion)
sigverif.exe	Critical file signature verification
eventvwr.exe	Event viever (system logs)
nslookup.exe	Gives info about network
skeys.exe	??
exe2bin.exe	Converts .EXE (executable) files to binary format
ntbackup.exe	Make backup of your data/folders/disks
taskmgr.exe	taskmanager. The same as you get by Ctrl-Alt-Del
calc.exe	Normal and scientific calculator
grpconv.exe	group converter
ping6.exe	ping for IPV6
hostname.exe	gives the hostname of your system
cacls.exe	Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files
iexpress.exe	to create a self extracting /installing package
proxycfg.exe	WinHTTP Proxy Configuration Tool
tcmsetup.exe	Telephony client setup
charmap.exe	character map
chkdsk.exe	Check and repair disk system. Even NTFS
ipconfig.exe	Check and modify net configuration. Try 'ipconfig /all'
qprocess.exe	Displays information about processes.
telnet.exe	unsecure connection to servers, Use SSH if possible !
chkntfs.exe	Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
ipsec6.exe	IPV6 tool
qwinsta.exe	Display information about Terminal Sessions.
tftp.exe	Transfers files to and from a remote computer running the TFTP service. For nerds only.
tlntadmn.exe	Telnet Administraatio
gpresult.exe	This command line tool displays the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) for a target user and computer.
systeminfo.exe	Gives information about your PC. !!!
gpupdate.exe	Microsoft¬ Windows¬ Operating System Group Policy Refresh Utility v5.1 + Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Description: Refreshes Group Policies settings.
ping.exe	check network connection.
help.exe	HELP for DOS commands
print.exe	print to device
tasklist.exe	This command line tool displays a list of application(s) and associated task(s)/process(es) currently running on either a local or remote system.
pathping.exe	ping with traceroute and statistics
syskey.exe	XP Account database encryption
getmac.exe	This command line tool enables an administrator to display the MAC address for one or more network adapters on a system. Try 'getmac /v'
pentnt.exe	Reports on whether local computer exhibits Intel(tm) Pentium Floating Point Division Error
sysocmgr.exe	Windows XP setup
sndvol32.exe	sound volume control
accwiz.exe	accessibility wizard
expand.exe	expand MS compressed files
sndrec32.exe	sound recorder
fc.exe	file compare
sort.exe	sort file data
append.exe	Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were int he current directory.
find.exe	Allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory.
nw16.exe	netware redirector
arp.exe	Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP). For Nerds only
findstr.exe	find a string in a file. Usefull, but awfull
nwscript.exe	netware ??
asr_fmt.exe	Windows automatic system recovery
finger.exe	Displays information about a user on a specified system running the Finger service. Output varies based on the remote system.
odbcad32.exe	ODBC Data Source Administrator
asr_ldm.exe	Logical Disk Manager ASR Utility
openfiles.exe	Enables an administrator to list or disconnect files and folders that have been opened on a system.
subst.exe	Associates a path with a drive letter.
at.exe	The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command.
attrib.exe	show andachange file attributes
ftp.exe	Unsecure File Transfer, use SSH tunneling
packager.exe	Object packager
atmadm.exe	ATM call manager
fontview.exe	view font
osk.exe	On Screen Keyboard
fsutil.exe	File System management. Try 'fsutil fsinfo drives'
sysedit.exe	Edit Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, Win.ini, sysem.ini. Not so usefull anymore.
ntkrnlpa.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
smss.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
actmovie.exe	??
extrac32.exe	??
ntoskrnl.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
ahui.exe	??
fastopen.exe	??
ntsd.exe	Help doesn't help
alg.exe	??
locator.exe	??
ntvdm.exe	??
spiisupd.exe	??
spoolsv.exe	??
sprestrt.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
fixmapi.exe	??
odbcconf.exe	Performs various MDAC install actions
stimon.exe	??
asr_pfu.exe	??
forcedos.exe	Help doesn't help
svchost.exe	??
osuninst.exe	Operation System Uninstall
syncapp.exe	??
autochk.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
gdi.exe	??
autoconv.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode.
autofmt.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode.
xpsp1hfm.exe	??
shmgrate.exe	??
winlogon.exe	??
winspool.exe	??
dpvsetup.exe	??
msswchx.exe	??
dosx.exe	??
mshta.exe	??
scardsvr.exe	??
winmsd.exe	??
dplaysvr.exe	??
autolfn.exe	cannot be run in Win32 mode
systray.exe	??
bootcfg.exe	This command line tool can be used to configure, query, change or delete the boot entry settings in the BOOT.INI file.
taskkill.exe	This command line tool can be used to end one or more processes. Processes can be killed by the process id or image name.
bootok.exe	??
perfmon.exe	System performance monitor
bootvrfy.exe	??
progman.exe	Help doesn't help
taskman.exe	??
ie4uinit.exe	??
proquota.exe	??
imapi.exe	??
qappsrv.exe	Displays the available application terminal servers on the network
tcpsvcs.exe	??
cidaemon.exe	This program is part of the Ci Filter Service and can not be run standalone
ipv6.exe	Help doesn't help
rasautou.exe	??
cipher.exe	Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions.
ipxroute.exe	NWLink IPX Routing and Source Routing Control Program v2.00
rasdial.exe	Help doesn't help
tlntsess.exe	??
cisvc.exe	??
jdbgmgr.exe	??
rasphone.exe	Help doesn't help
tlntsvr.exe	??
ckcnv.exe	??
jview.exe	Microsoft (R) Komentorivilataustoiminto Javaa varten. Versio 5.00.3810
rcimlby.exe	??
tourstart.exe	Windows Tour. Kind of advertisement of Microsoft
cleanmgr.exe	Disk cleanup
krnl386.exe	??
rcp.exe	Copies files to and from computer running the RCP service
tracerpt.exe	Tracerpt processes binary Event Trace Session log files or real-time streams from instrumented Event Trace providers and creates a report or a text (CSV) file describing the events generated.
cliconfg.exe	SQL Server Client Network Utility
KZDAPP.exe	??
rdpclip.exe	??
tracert.exe	Trace a route to a server
clipbrd.exe	ClipBook viewer
label.exe	Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
rdsaddin.exe	??
tracert6.exe	Trace a route to a server, possibly for IPv6
clipsrv.exe	??
lights.exe	??
rdshost.exe	??
tscon.exe	Attaches a user session to a terminal session
clspack.exe	Help doesn't help
lnkstub.exe	"This progran was designed for Windows ME..."
recover.exe	Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk
tscupgrd.exe	??
cmd.exe	Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk
redir.exe	??
tsdiscon.exe	Disconnects a terminal session.
cmdl32.exe	??
lodctr.exe	Updates Performance Monitor counter names and explain text for an extensible counter
reg.exe	Console Registry Tool for Windows - version 3.0
tskill.exe	Ends a process.
cmmon32.exe	??
logagent.exe	??
regedt32.exe	Registry editor
tsshutdn.exe	Shut down a server in a controlled manner
cmstp.exe	Connection manager profile installer
logman.exe	Logman manages the "Performance Logs and Alerts" service for creating and managing Event Trace Session logs and Performance logs.
regini.exe	??
typeperf.exe	Typeperf writes performance data to the command window or to a log file. To stop Typeperf, press CTRL+C.
comp.exe	Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
logoff.exe	Terminates a session
REGSVR32.EXE	Help doesn't help
nbtstat.exe	Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP).
unlodctr.exe
compact.exe	Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
logonui.exe
regwiz.exe
UNZD1201.exe
conime.exe
relog.exe
upnpcont.exe
control.exe
lpr.exe	printing, help by entering "lpr"
lpq.exe	as in Unix
replace.exe	replaces files, help by "replace /?"
ups.exe
convert.exe	Convert a volume to NTFS, help by "convert /?"
lsass.exe
reset.exe	reset
user.exe
cscript.exe	Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host
magnify.exe	gives a magnify window (1:2) to the top of the screen
rexec.exe
userinit.exe
csrss.exe
makecab.exe	make a CAB-file, help by "makecab"
route.exe	A tool to see and change routing tables
usrmlnka.exe	??
ctfmon.exe
routemon.exe	longer supported. Please use netsh.exe instead
usrprbda.exe
dcomcnfg.exe
migpwd.exe
rsh.exe
usrshuta.exe
wuauclt.exe
ddeshare.exe
mmc.exe
rsm.exe
utilman.exe
mnmsrvc.exe
rsmsink.exe
mobsync.exe	Syncrinize files over the network
rsmui.exe
vmnat.exe
dfrgfat.exe
mountvol.exe
rsnotify.exe
vmnetdhcp.exe
dfrgntfs.exe
mplay32.exe
rsopprov.exe
vssadmin.exe
diantz.exe
mpnotify.exe
rsvp.exe
vssvc.exe
diskpart.exe
mqbkup.exe
rtcshare.exe
vwipxspx.exe
diskperf.exe
mqsvc.exe
runas.exe	Run a program with another username
w32tm.exe
dllhost.exe
mqtgsvc.exe
rundll32.exe
wextract.exe
dllhst3g.exe
mrinfo.exe
runonce.exe
wiaacmgr.exe
dmadmin.exe
mscdexnt.exe
rwinsta.exe
winchat.exe
dmremote.exe
msdtc.exe
savedump.exe
winhlp32.exe
doskey.exe
msg.exe
mstinit.exe
services.exe
wmpstub.exe
drwatson.exe
mstsc.exe
sessmgr.exe
wowdeb.exe
drwtsn32.exe
narrator.exe
Setbrows.exe
wowexec.exe
dumprep.exe
sethc.exe
wpabaln.exe
dvdplay.exe
nddeapir.exe
setup.exe
wpnpinst.exe
dvdupgrd.exe
smlogsvc.exe
dwwin.exe
wscript.exe
dxdiag.exe
netdde.exe
eventcreate.exe
ZyDelReg.exe