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Can anyone enlighten me with the shortest route to the Device Manager?

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Start Menu type: devmgmt.msc

or you can just type Device Manager and it should come up

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Running "devmgmt.msc" is usually pretty straightforward (as is running things like appwiz.cpl, inetcpl.cpl, etc.). – Isxek Aug 16 '10 at 18:01
Instead of the full name, you can also type "dev man" and the Device Manager should be your first result. – codinguser Aug 18 '10 at 11:16
And once you have the name, you can even create a shortcut for it, if you need it frequently. – gbarry Mar 2 '11 at 23:14
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My typical route to get to the device managment window is Windows Key+Pause/Break. This will get you to the system properties window. The device manager is just two clicks away.

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The search function in the Vista/7 Start Menu is pretty awesome. Just type 'Device Manager'. This works for pretty much any system config applet as long as you have the slightest idea what it's called. (Try 'hard drive' sometime.)

The old-fashioned way I used in XP, and this still works, is to right-click My Computer in the Start Menu and select 'Manage', which brings up the Computer Management console which has Device Manager, Disk Manager, Event Viewer, etc, readily accessible.

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  1. Create a new shortcut.

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  2. Enter devmgmt.msc as the target.

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  3. Give the shortcut a name. For example: Device Manager.

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  4. Optionally, pin the resulting shortcut to your taskbar for even faster access.

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