Lots of hidden application or programs exist in your Windows XP operating system. These hidden applications are really very useful and can saves much time when you really know these applications utility or application. I really amazed by these application. Microsoft never tell you these applications / programs description. All these hidden programs are really powerful for similar activities like registry editing, group policy editing, communicating with others etc. This page presents lots of hidden secret programs / application and you will be glad knowing these hidden applications activities.




Lists of Hidden Secret Applications / Programs of Windows XP:

In the following paragraphs, you will find 20+ hidden secret applications or programs of Microsoft Windows XP operating system:

Private Character Editor: Hidden Font Editor

Private Character Editor is used to create unique letters and logos for your font library according to your own choice. This program is totally for designing icons and Characters.
Instructions for Private Character Editor:

Click on Start menuand click select Run
In the "Run" window, type EUDCEDIT and hit Enter key of your keyboard..

IExpress: Hidden Install Creator

IExpress program is for converting your files to EXECUTABLE files. This technology is designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.
Instructions for IExpress:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type iexpress and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Disk Cleanup: Cleaning Harddisk

This program is used for cleaning harddisk to offer more space to your hard-disk.

Instructions for Disk Cleanup:
1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
2. In the "Run" window, type cleanmgr and hit Enter key of your keyboard

MS-DOS Editor: Hidden Text Editor

Windows XP comes with another text editor besides Notepad - it's called the
MS-DOS Editor is another text editor like Notepad and it's commonly referred to simply as Edit. You can use it as like Notepad. Moreover, it offers many more features such as the ability to work with multiple text files and change the background and text colors.

Instructions for MS-DOS Editor:
Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type edit and hit Enter key of your keyboard




Netmeeting: Hidden Internet Conference Application

NetMeeting of Windows XP can deliver a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.

Instructions for Netmeeting:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type conf and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Chat: Hidden Windows Chat Program

Windows Chat can be used to communicate with someone on another computer. But both computers must be connected to the same network (for example, a local area network [LAN] or the Internet) and each computer must be running a similar protocol, such as TCP/IP. So, you can communicate with others easily.
Instructions for Windows Chat:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type winchat  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Media Player 5.1: Hidden Windows Media Player

Do you know that there is is windows media player 5.1 in your windows XP. You can use it to listen music.

Instructions for Windows Windows Media Player 5.1:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type mplay32  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Media Player 6.4 : Hidden Windows Media Player

This is another secret of Windows XP. Here you can find Windows Media Player 6.4 (classic) to play your media files.
Instructions for Windows Media Player 6.4:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type mplayer2  and hit Enter key of your keyboard
Note: Windows Media Player 6.4 (Classic) is installed along with Windows Media Player 7. The only update is that it now supports the latest codecs.

Dr Watson:Troubleshooting tool

This program Is for repairing problems in Windows

Instructions for Dr Watson:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type drwtsn32  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Clipboard Viewer: Windows Clipboard Viewing

This program is for viewing contents of Windows clipboard
Instructions for Clipboard Viewer:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type clipbrd  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

DirectX diagnosis: Diagnose DirectX, video and sound

This program is for viewing contents of Windows clipboard

Instructions for DirectX diagnosis:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
 In the "Run" window, type dxdiag and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Character Map: Find unusual characters

This program is used for finding unusual characters.

Instructions for Character Map:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type charmap  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Mcft Synchronization Manager: File synchronization on the network

This program is very helpful which allows synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. But this program is apparently undocumented.

Instructions for Mcft Synchronization Manager:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type mobsync and hit Enter key of your keyboard

ODBC Data Source Administrator

If you like to do with databases, you can use this hidden program of Windows XP.
Instructions for ODBC Data Source Administrator:
   1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
   2. In the "Run" window, type odbcad32  and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Object Packager

With this secret Windows XP program, you can do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files

Instructions for Object Packager:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type packager and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Group Policy Editor

This program is used to manage group policies, and permissions

Instructions for Group Policy Editor:
1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
2. In the "Run" window, type gpedit.msc and hit Enter key of your keyboard

System configuration

This program is used to control starup programs.

Instructions for System configuration:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type msconfig and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Driver Verifier Manager

It seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented
Instructions for Driver Verifier Manager :

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type verifier and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Microsoft Telnet Client

This program is used to remotely access to any device.

Instructions for Microsoft Telnet Client:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type telnet and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

System Monitor

System Monitor is very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance

Instructions for System Monitor:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type perfmon  and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Program Manager

Program Manager is a program that can be used as Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell.

Instructions for Program Manager:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type progman and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Syskey : Secures XP Account database

Syskey secures XP account database. Use Syskey with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords

Instructions for Syskey:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type syskey and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

System Configuration Editor

System Configuration Editor can be used to modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98!

Instructions for System Configuration Editor:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type sysedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Remote Access phone book

This program's documentation is virtually non-existant.

Instructions for Remote Access phone book :

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type rasphone and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Registry Editor

Registry Eidtor is used for hacking the Windows Registry

Instructions for Registry Editor:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type regedt32 or regedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Network shared folder wizard

Network shared folder wizard is used to create shared folders on network.
Instructions for Network shared folder wizard:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type shrpubw and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

File siganture verification tool

It's a simple file siganture verification tool.

Instructions for File siganture verification tool:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type sigverif and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Volume Control

This program is helpful for those people that lose it from the System Notification area

Instructions for Volume Control:

Click on Start menu and click select Run
In the "Run" window, type sndvol32 and hit Enter key of your keyboard.