1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for
finding unusual characters) 2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe 3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of
Windows clipboard) 4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting
tool) 5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test
DirectX, video & sound cards) 6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows
creation or modification of characters) 7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-
extracting / self-installing package) 8- Microsoft Synchronization Manager =
mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of
files on the network for when working offline.
Apparently undocumented) 9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro
version of Media Player, very basic) 10) ODBC Data Source Administrator =
odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases) 11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with
packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to
have comprehensive help files) 12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful,
highly configurable tool, tells you everything you
ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC
performance, for uber-geeks only ) 13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy
Windows 3.x desktop shell) 14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe
(documentation is virtually non-existant) 15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also
regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry) 16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe
(creates shared folders on network) 17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe 18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this
for those people that lose it from the System
Notification area) 19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe
(modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ) 20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account
database - use with care, it's virtually
undocumented but it appears to encrypt all
passwords, I'm not sure of the