How many utilities do you know that is built-in Windows XP? Notepad, Wordpad, Character Map, Calculator, Microsoft Paint, these are the few utilities that I usually use. There are more at the Start Menu Accessories group but I seldom use it. Do you know that there are actually nearly 100 utilities in Windows XP which some of them are hidden and seldom accessed by a basic or normal computer users?
If you arrange the icons by Type in Windows System32 folder, you’ll find many executable (.exe) files. A lot of hidden Windows XP utilities are actually placed in that folder. I just checked mine and it contains 357 exe files. However, not all executable file can be used. For example, I ran conime.exe which has the description Console IME but nothing appears. To make things easy, here is a small program that lets you easily access to nearly 100 hidden utilities in Windows XP.
Hidden Utilities XP allows access to nearly 100 hidden utilities that are not normally accessible to the average user. System information, diagnostics, repair tools and more in both Windows and Command Line utilities are now easily opened. Hidden Utilities XP includes easy access to 53 Windows tools and 43 Command Line utilities.
Very useful and simple tool for people like me who can’t remember the command to run all utilities in Windows XP. Simple double click on the Windows or Command Line utilities that you want to open.
This tool would be better if it includes a description of all the utilities and also letting us know what are the files that we are running. If you would like to know what file is being ran, you can simply open up Windows Task Manager and monitor for new processes. Alternatively, Process Explorer also able to tell you the command line location of an open Window. This tool is actually portable and it’s not necessary for the author to create an installer for it. You can browse to C:\Program Files\Camtech\Hidden Utilities XP and copy HTXP.exe to use another computer.
Windows XP has been around for so many years and I don’t even know all of the utilities listed in this tool. What about you?