Microsoft Windows 2000
Server Administrator's Companion

by Sharon Crawford & Charlie Russel
copyright (c) 2000 by Microsoft Corporation
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Shortcut to the Device Manager

Device manager has been moved in Windows 2000 to %systemroot%\system32\devmgmt.msc.   Here are three ways to access it:

Access Method #1:

  1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click Manage from the shortcut menu.
  2. Click the Device Manager item in the left pane of the Computer Management console.

Access Method #2:

Press the Windows Logo key and the Pause or Break key, then choose the Hardware tab and press the Device Manager button.

Access Method #3:

Make a shortcut to %systemroot%\system32\devmgmt.msc