#settings

18 solutions

Open Any Settings Page with ms-settings: URIs
Windowscmdtroubleshootingsettings

Deep-link straight to a specific Windows Settings page from Run, CMD, or a shortcut — no more clicking through categories.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Always Show File Extensions in Finder
macOSFilesFindersettings

One global preference makes every Finder window display extensions, so 'invoice' becomes 'invoice.pdf'.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Enable GNOME Dark Mode from the Terminal (gsettings)
Linuxdesktopgsettingstheme

Toggle GNOME's system-wide dark preference with gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Enable Remote Desktop from the command line
Windowsadminremote-desktopsettings

Flip fDenyTSConnections to 0 to allow RDP connections to this PC.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Show Hidden Files in Finder with AppleShowAllFiles
macOSFinderHidden filessettings

A Finder preference flip reveals dot-files like .zshrc and the greyed-out system items Finder normally skips.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Set the Default Browser with xdg-settings
Linuxbrowserdefaultxdg

Use xdg-settings set default-web-browser to change the system default browser from the terminal, on GNOME, KDE, XFCE and more.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Set Default Applications per File Type (xdg-mime)
Linuxmimexdgsettings

Use xdg-mime default to choose which app opens a MIME type such as PDF, and query commands to discover types and current defaults.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Open Devices and Printers with "control printers"
Windowscmdprinterssettings

Launch the classic Devices and Printers folder from Run, a shortcut, or a batch script.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Open Windows Terminal's settings.json Directly
WindowsconfigurationTerminalsettings

Jump straight into the terminal's JSON settings file to edit or back up your profiles.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Configure Hot Corners from the Terminal
macOSdesktopsettingsproductivity

Hot corner keys live in com.apple.dock; writing wvous-*-corner assigns an action to each screen corner.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Show and set the WinHTTP proxy on Windows
Windowsnetworkproxysettings

Inspect the machine-level proxy with netsh winhttp show proxy and change it with set or reset.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Check the per-user proxy settings in the Windows registry
Windowsregistryproxysettings

Read ProxyEnable and ProxyServer from HKCU Internet Settings to see the proxy configured in Windows Settings.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18