QuerySting paramerters in the URL can help you edit pages where the edit button is missing (ex. SharePoint 2007 list views) or you need to throw away a web part that’s messing with your page from the web part maintenance view.
| Function | URL |
| Add Web Parts/Browse | ToolPaneView=2 |
| Add Web Parts/Search | ToolPaneView=3 |
| Edit Mode | mode=edit |
| View mode | mode=view |
| Shared view | PageView=Shared |
| Personal view | PageView=Personal |
| Maintenance view | contents=1 |
You can combine some of the urls ex Edit personal view: …aspx?PageView=Personal&mode=edit