How do I open the "Find Users, Contacts, and Groups" dialog without using Rundll32?

There is a nice dialog that helps to search for Active Directory groups in Windows called Find Users, Contacts, and Groups.

Unfortunately, I only know how to open it with this command:

Rundll32 dsquery.dll OpenQueryWindow

Is this dialog available from the Start Menu or Control Panel? I cannot find it.

To clarify, I am regular user of Windows 7 Enterprise, and do not normally have local admin rights.

Sample screenshot:

4 Answers

Launch an Explorer window of a network server (Note that this may not work 100% on all operating system. The OS may need to be set as a file server for this to properly work.). The contextualized Explorer window will have amongst its taskbar hot buttons, adjacent to "Organize" pull-down menu, a "Search active directory" button. Click it - this launches Find Users, Contacts, and Groups - with "Entire Directory" as the default search home location.

Additional info: For non-server versions of windows you need to install ADUC Tools in order for the "Search AD" option to appear:

If you want something clickable, you can create a .bat file with the following:

@echo off
start Rundll32 dsquery.dll OpenQueryWindow

Windows OS version : 8.1

• Newtork and Internet -> Click on "View network computers and devices"
• Top Menu bar view -> Search Active Directory
• Find Users, Contacts and Groups popup would appear

You search for any user or group in this window and their access level to the folders.

From a german windows-explorer in windows-10:

• Open the windows-explorer
• Click the Network menu
• On the network toolbar on top click Search active directory