Shell Command

What will open

shell:AccountPictures

Account Pictures

shell:AddNewProgramsFolder

Add New Programs folder

shell:Administrative Tools

Administrative Tools

shell:AppData

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming

shell:Application Shortcuts

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts

shell:AppsFolder

The virtual folder which stores all installed Modern apps

shell:AppUpdatesFolder

The "Installed Updates" Control panel item

shell:Cache

IE's cache folder (Temporary Internet Files)

shell:Camera Roll

Camera Roll

shell:CD Burning

Temporary Burn Folder

shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder The "Uninstall a program" Control panel item

shell:Common Administrative Tools

The Administrative Tools folder for all users

shell:Common AppData

The C:\ProgramData folder (%ProgramData%)

shell:Common Desktop

Public Desktop

shell:Common Documents

Public Documents

shell:Common Programs

All Users Programs, which are part of Start menu. Still used by the Start screen

shell:Common Start Menu

All Users Start Menu folder, same as above

shell:Common Startup

The Startup folder, used for all users

shell:Common Templates

Same as above, but used for new documents templates, e.g. by Microsoft Office

shell:CommonDownloads

Public Downloads

shell:CommonMusic

Public Music

shell:CommonPictures

Public Pictures

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shell:CommonRingtones

CommonRingtones

shell:CommonVideo

Public Videos

shell:ConflictFolder

The Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Conflicts item

shell:ConnectionsFolder

The Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections item

shell:Contacts

Contacts folder (Address book)

shell:ControlPanelFolder

Control Panel

shell:Cookies

The folder with IE's cookies

shell:CredentialManager

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials

shell:CryptoKeys

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto

shell:CSCFolder

This folder is broken in Windows 8/7, provides access to the Offline files item

shell:Desktop

Desktop

shell:Device Metadata Store

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore

shell:DocumentsLibrary

Documents library

shell:Downloads

Downloads folder

shell:DpapiKeys

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect

shell:Favorites

Favorites

shell:Fonts

C:\Windows\Fonts

shell:Games

The Games Explorer item

shell:GameTasks

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

shell:History

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History, IE's browsing history

shell:HomeGroupCurrentUserFolder

The Home Group folder for the current user

shell:HomeGroupFolder

The Home Group root folder

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C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User

shell:ImplicitAppShortcuts

Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts

shell:InternetFolder

This shell command will start Internet Explorer

shell:Libraries

Libraries

shell:Links

The "Favorites" folder from the Explorer navigation pane.

shell:Local AppData

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local

shell:LocalAppDataLow

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow

shell:LocalizedResourcesDir

This shell folder is broken since Windows 8 RTM

shell:MAPIFolder

Represents the Microsoft Outlook folder

shell:MusicLibrary

Music Library

shell:My Music

The "My Music" folder (not the Library)

shell:My Pictures

The "My Pictures" folder (not the Library)

shell:My Video

The "My Videos" folder (not the Library)

shell:MyComputerFolder

Computer/Drives view

shell:NetHood

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts

shell:NetworkPlacesFolder

The Network Places folder which shows computers and devices on your network

shell:OEM Links

This shell command does nothing on my Windows 8.1 RTM

shell:Original Images

Same as above

shell:Personal

The "My Documents" folder (not the Library)

shell:PhotoAlbums

Saved slideshows, seems to have not been implemented yet

shell:PicturesLibrary

Pictures Library

shell:Playlists

Stores WMP Playlists

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shell:PrintersFolder

The classic "Printers" folder (not 'Devices and Printers')

shell:PrintHood

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts

shell:Profile

The User profile folder

shell:ProgramFiles

Program Files

shell:ProgramFilesCommon

C:\Program Files\Common Files

shell:ProgramFilesCommonX64

C:\Program Files\Common Files - for Windows x64

shell:ProgramFilesCommonX86

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files - for Windows x64

shell:ProgramFilesX64

C:\Program Files - for Windows x64

shell:ProgramFilesX86

C:\Program Files (x86) - for Windows x64

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

shell:Programs

(Per-user Start Menu Programs folder)

shell:Public

C:\Users\Public

shell:PublicAccountPictures

C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures

shell:PublicGameTasks

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

shell:PublicLibraries

C:\Users\Public\Libraries

shell:Quick Launch

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

shell:Recent

The "Recent Items" folder (Recent Documents)

shell:RecordedTVLibrary

The "Recorded TV" Library

shell:RecycleBinFolder

The Recycle Bin folder

shell:ResourceDir

C:\Windows\Resources where visual styles are stored

shell:Ringtones

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones

shell:Roamed Tile Images

Does not work. Probably reserved for future.

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shell:Roaming Tiles

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\RoamingTiles

shell:SavedGames

Saved Games

shell:Screenshots

The folder for Win+Print Screen screenshots

shell:Searches

Saved Searches

shell:SearchHistoryFolder

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\History

shell:SearchHomeFolder

Windows Search UI

shell:SearchTemplatesFolder

C:\Users\winaero\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ConnectedSearch\Templates

shell:SendTo

The folder with items that you can see in the "Send to" menu

shell:SkyDrive

The SkyDrive folder

shell:SkyDriveCameraRoll

The Camera Roll images folder inside the SkyDrive folder

shell:SkyDriveDocuments

The Documents folder inside the SkyDrive folder

shell:SkyDrivePictures

The Pictures folder inside the SkyDrive folder

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu (Per-user Start

shell:Start Menu

Menu folder)

shell:Startup

Per-user Startup folder

shell:SyncCenterFolder

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center

shell:SyncResultsFolder

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Results

shell:SyncSetupFolder

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Sync Center\Sync Setup

shell:System

C:\Windows\System32

shell:SystemCertificates

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

shell:SystemX86

C:\Windows\SysWOW64 -Windows x64 only

shell:Templates

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates

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shell:ThisPCDesktopFolder

The Desktop folder

Pinned items for Taskbar and Start screen,
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User

shell:User Pinned

Pinned

shell:UserProfiles

C:\Users, the users folder where the user profiles are stored

shell:UserProgramFiles

C:\Users\winaero\AppData\Local\Programs

shell:UserProgramFilesCommon

C:\Users\winaero\AppData\Local\Programs\Common

shell:UsersFilesFolder

The current user profile

shell:UsersLibrariesFolder

Libraries

shell:VideosLibrary

Videos library

shell:Windows

C:\Windows