I know running it opens up Advanced System Properties but unlike most Microsoft commands that have a logic to the name I can't figure out what this one stands for.
Does anybody know what the dm in sysdm.cpl stands for?
asked Aug 18, 2016 at 17:01
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I believe that DM stands for Device Manager.– Frank ThomasAug 18, 2016 at 17:14
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Some think its system admin.– Cosco TechAug 18, 2016 at 17:15
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Whilst I cannot provide a source, I would assume it stands for System Device Manager.
The Device Manager has a menu of its own now, however in older versions of Windows the System properties menu had far fewer features and the Device Manager had a tab of its own within the properties menu rather than its own menu.
Windows 98 properties menu's device manager tab:
answered Aug 18, 2016 at 17:13
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1Thanks to this answer I've found the original reference in the windows 95 version of the applet. I've updated my originally wrong stack overflow answer from 2015: stackoverflow.com/questions/29726171/… Apr 12, 2020 at 8:08