What's the shortcut to Device Manager?

Click on the Start menu and type (or type the same in a command-line window, CMD.EXE):

devmgmt.msc

Or you can just type Device Manager and it should come up.


My typical route to get to the Device Manager window is Windows Key + Pause/Break. This will get you to the System Properties window. Device Manager is just two clicks away:

Screenshot of the System Properties window, with tab Hardware highlighted (where the button for starting Device Manager is).


  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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Windows 7

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Windows 8

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