Common Management Tasks and Navigation in Windows Server 2012

1. Hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Settings.

2. Click Power, and then click Shut down.

1. Hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Settings.

2. Click Power, and then click Restart.

• On the Start screen, click your user name in the upper right corner, and then click Lock. Alternatively, on the Start screen, press the Windows logo key+L.

• On the Start screen, click your user name in the upper right corner, and then click Sign out.

• With the app active, hover at the top edge of the screen until the mouse cursor becomes a hand, click and drag the app to the bottom of the screen, and then release.

• Press the Windows logo key+i to open the Settings bar for the current screen (for example, Start, the desktop, or a Windows app).

• Alternatively, hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Settings.

• On the Start screen, click Control Panel.

1. On the desktop, hover the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the screen, and then click Settings.

2. Click Control Panel.

1. Open Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel Search box, type desktop.

3. In the Control Panel Search results, in Display, click Show or hide common icons on the desktop.

4. In Desktop Icon Settings, select Control Panel, and then click OK.

• In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools to access the contents of the Administrative Tools folder.

1. On the Start screen, type Administrative Tools, and in the Search bar, click Settings.

2. In the Settings results, click Administrative Tools.

• Open Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Administrative Tools.

1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the location of the program for which you want to create a shortcut.

2. Right-click the executable file in the program folder, and then click Create shortcut. Windows does not allow shortcuts to be created in some folders, including the Program Files folder.

3. When you are prompted to select a location for the shortcut, browse to the Desktop folder.

1. On the Start screen, search for or navigate to the app that you want to pin to the desktop taskbar.

2. Right-click the app tile, and in the app bar, click Pin to taskbar.

1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. Navigate to the folder where the program that you want to pin to the desktop taskbar is located.

3. Right-click the executable file in the program folder, and then click Pin to Taskbar.

1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. Navigate to the program or folder that you want to pin to the Start screen.

3. Right-click the executable file or folder, and then click Pin to Start.

• On the desktop, press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run dialog box.

  Alternatively, on the Start screen, type Run, and then press Enter.

1. On the Start screen, navigate to the app that you want to run as Administrator.

2. Right-click the app tile, and in the app bar, click Run as administrator.

1. Right-click the executable file in Windows Explorer, or right-click the program shortcut on the desktop.

2. Click Run as administrator.

• Do one of the following.

  • Add the Run as a different user command to the app bar by enabling the following Group Policy setting: User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar/Show "Run as different user" command on Start. To start Local Group Policy Editor, on the Start screen, type gpedit.msc, and then click the gpedit tile when it is displayed.
    
    
  • Use the runas command from a command prompt. For more information about how to use the runas command, at a command prompt, type runas /?, and then press Enter.
    
    

• On the Start screen, click Server Manager.

• On the taskbar, click Server Manager.

• On the Start screen, click Windows PowerShell.

• On the taskbar, click Windows PowerShell.

• To run Windows PowerShell as an administrator from the Start screen, right-click the Windows PowerShell tile, and in the app bar, click Run as administrator.

• To run Windows PowerShell as an administrator from the desktop, right-click the Windows PowerShell shortcut in the taskbar, and then click Run as Administrator.

1. On the Start screen, type mstsc.

2. In the Search Apps results, click mstsc.

1. On the desktop, press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run dialog box.

2. In the Run dialog box, type mstsc, and then press Enter.

1. On the Start screen, type cmd.

2. In the Apps results, click cmd.

1. On the desktop, press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run dialog box.

2. In the Run dialog box, type cmd, and then press Enter.

1. On the Start screen, type mmc.

2. In the Apps results, click mmc.

1. On the desktop, press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run dialog box.

2. In the Run dialog box, type mmc, and then press Enter.

1. On the Start screen, type the executable file name of a snap-in.

   Example: Type gpedit.msc.

2. When the snap-in is displayed in the Apps results, click the tile.

1. On the desktop, press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run dialog box.

2. Type the executable file name of a snap-in, and then press Enter.

   Example: Type gpedit.msc.

Before you connect to a Remote Desktop (also known as RDP) session, you can configure the session to accept Windows key combinations, whether the session is contained within a window, or occupies the full screen.

Before you start a virtual machine connection, you can apply Windows key combinations to virtual machine connections on a physical host computer by editing the Hyper-V settings for the physical computer in the Hyper-V Manager console.

Note
The setting in this procedure is selected by default if the Hyper-V host computer is running Windows Server 2012. If the host computer is running Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008, you must change the setting to apply Windows key combinations to virtual machine connections.