Full Screen Escape

Sometimes you are stuck inside a full screen interface/GUI and you can tell you're just a few clicks away from a shell.

Try to get access to any Explorer functionalities like "Open,Save,Save as,etc"

Bypassing path restrictions

You can access most paths via Explorer and web browser.

  • Environment variables: There are a lot of environment variables that are pointing to some path

  • Other protocols: about:, data:, ftp:, file:, mailto:, news:, res:, telnet:, view-source:

  • Symbolic links

  • Shortcuts: CTRL+N (open new session), CTRL+R (Execute Commands), CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Task Manager), Windows+E (open explorer), CTRL-B, CTRL-I (Favourites), CTRL-H (History), CTRL-L, CTRL-O (File/Open Dialog), CTRL-P (Print Dialog), CTRL-S (Save As)

    • Hidden Administrative menu: CTRL-ALT-F8, CTRL-ESC-F9

  • Shell URIs, these do not work in browser:

    • shell:Administrative Tools

    • shell:DocumentsLibrary

    • shell:Libraries

    • shell:UserProfiles

    • shell:Personal

    • shell:SearchHomeFolder

    • shell:NetworkPlacesFolder

    • shell:SendTo

    • shell:UserProfiles

    • shell:Common Administrative Tools

    • shell:MyComputerFolder

    • shell:InternetFolder

    • Shell:Profile

    • Shell:ProgramFiles

    • Shell:System

    • Shell:ControlPanelFolder

    • Shell:Windows

    • shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} --> Control Panel

    • shell:::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} --> My Computer

    • shell:::{{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}} --> My Network Places

    • shell:::{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}->internet explorer

    • https://pastebin.com/raw/DLTeW0HU

  • UNC paths: Network paths, you should try to connect to the C$ of the local machine ("\\127.0.0.1\c$\Windows\System32")

UNC

UNC

UNC

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%

%APPDATA%

%CommonProgramFiles%

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%

%COMPUTERNAME%

%COMSPEC%

%HOMEDRIVE%

%HOMEPATH%

%LOCALAPPDATA%

%LOGONSERVER%

%PATH%

%PATHEXT%

%ProgramData%

%ProgramFiles%

%ProgramFiles(x86)%

%PROMPT%

%PSModulePath%

%Public%

%SYSTEMDRIVE%

%SYSTEMROOT%

%TEMP%

%TMP%

%USERDOMAIN%

%USERNAME%

%USERPROFILE%

%WINDIR%

Shortcut to escape

If it's a touch screen just try all the gestures tbh, swipe up up down down left right left right B A Start Click on all the corners, an infinite number of times or stuff like 2 click top-left, 1 click bottom right, 360 no scope. You get the idea.

  • Sticky Keys – Press SHIFT 5 times

  • Mouse Keys – SHIFT+ALT+NUMLOCK

  • High Contrast – SHIFT+ALT+PRINTSCN

  • Toggle Keys – Hold NUMLOCK for 5 seconds

  • Filter Keys – Hold right SHIFT for 12 seconds

  • WINDOWS+F1 – Windows Search

  • WINDOWS+D – Show Desktop

  • WINDOWS+E – Launch Windows Explorer

  • WINDOWS+R – Run

  • WINDOWS+U – Ease of Access Centre

  • WINDOWS+F – Search

  • SHIFT+F10 – Context Menu

  • CTRL+SHIFT+ESC – Task Manager

  • CTRL+ALT+DEL – Splash screen on newer Windows versions

  • F1 – Help F3 – Search

  • F6 – Address Bar

  • F11 – Toggle full screen within Internet Explorer

  • CTRL+H – Internet Explorer History

  • CTRL+T – Internet Explorer – New Tab

  • CTRL+N – Internet Explorer – New Page

  • CTRL+O – Open File

  • CTRL+S – Save CTRL+N – New RDP / Citrix

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