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- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32If you want to add your own run commands make a shortcut to whatever it is, say, firefox and name the shortcut whatever you want the run command to be and place it in C:/Windows
I do this with apps I regularly use.
Misuse of reply, forgive me. - mgreenwald, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25You mean a Windows story on the front page *without* any anti-microsoft material in it. Thats what makes it special.
- LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@estvir: I do the same thing, except I have my own directory C:/quicklinks/ (note: digg cuts the backlashes). I just added that to the PATH system variable (Control Panel > Properties > Advanced > System Variables). It's much easier to maintain that way.
- flag564, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23WTF?!?
A Windows story? On the front page of Digg?????
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the comming of the lord....... - Ben7530, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22You know, I am as much of a grammar queen as anyone else, but have you guys considered the fact that some of the digg submitters might not be native English speakers?
If English is this person's second language, he uses it to an acceptable degree, even if it isn't 100% correct. - streamfire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Good reference stuff....
- Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Hum.. no dude, its called "Run";
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Wow, you're right. The emoticon makes you look even MORE like a dick.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10believe it or not this is very helpfull information if you are talking to an idiot over the phone, and they refuse to look for the "picture"(icon) of any program. (like freecell, or network connecitons "ncpa.cpl").
If you need to get to internet options and don't feel like arguing for 10 minutes about unsuccessfully launching the browser and going to "tools , then options". just go to inetcpl.cpl. As well there are some things you can't find from just browsing through the gui. Line "conf", in order to remote do L user's pc. - Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Or, if you don't want to go through a digg story, you can just go to http://www.launchy.net
- sirkevinthegeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10EDIT: LucasVB beat me to it
But in addition, you can add multiple directories to your PATH line, separating them with semicolons, and Windows will recurse those directores for program names. - StephnDolenc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9i love run -- i use it more than i click on desktop/start menu icons
- sorrow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Cool list to check out, but i think that alot of them are useless (who uses "run" to access Freecell?). Also, a majority of them are pretty easy to access with other shortcuts. But, I guess if you're a big win-key user, this list could help you a ton...
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"This will really save a lot of time of your."
I'm sure :)
Anywhooo...Launchy is my best friend nowadays, the Run command feels quite outdated in comparsion.
http://digg.com/software/Launchy:_Free_Windows_Keystroke_Launcher - JayEss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6they forgot mspaint, haha!
- evilspoons, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Just download Launchy. Press alt-space and it pops up a box that autocompletes as you type. You can set it to search whatever folders you want for any filetype you want. It defaults to searching the start menu for shortcuts (*.lnk files). Very clean, very fast, hasn't caused me any problems.
- ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I don't know about freecel, but I use run to access sol(itare), spider, and most other basic windows apps.
I've also in the past loved an app called slickrun. It's like the run box, only you can create aliases and macros and stuff. - adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I love to use launchy to launch any windows app without even having to type the entire name of the app. It also indexes your folders if you want. It also looks great and it is unobtrusive as can be.
It is one of my favorite windows apps and it is free in more than one way. - valenciastudent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6run:
control userpasswords2
enjoy. - estvir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Lame joke man and besides being totally incorrect, run has been around for 'forever.'
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6you can also open a browser from your run box by typing in http://whatever.com
- tempusrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4hackmeister:
That's nice from the command line, but still doesn't do any good from the Run box... - pcgeek101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Good reference, but WMI stands for Windows Management Instrumentation, not Windows Management Infrastructure ... hmmmm
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@LucasVB
Thanks, seriously.. never knew you could do that but I didn't find it properly with your instructions, you just forgot to mention opening the System applet from control panel (Or right-click on My Computer icon and hit properties) and I had to hit 'Environment Variables' to get the correct screen up - or I misunderstood your instructions. :)
@sirkevinthegeek
Thanks to you aswell, I'll be using both of these 'tips' (Or one of them, they both serve the same/similar purpose) for awhile.
Win+R > cpu > CPU-Z is open in < 1 second. ;) - frog29, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Digg Mirror http://www.duggmirror.com/software/112_Windows_Run_Commands/
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4oh yeah, good call.. i use mspaint in run all the time instead of going start, programs, accessories, paint...
much quicker to use run sometimes. :) - tempusrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One of the more useful things it fails to mention is the 'net services' usage, net start/net stop (i.e. net start apache, net stop mysql). Easy control over services, and beats loading services.msc if you know the name of what you want to start/stop.
- mgreenwald, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh man they have the "Control ______" series of commands. I have been using "control userpasswords2" for years now in XP because I don't like the fischer-price Users page and "control userpasswords" in 2000.
Thanks Dcscanner. - estvir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3.. and if you have a semi-decent sysadmin, this will get you nowhere, or at most (For the horrible sysadmins), a LOCAL admin account which should still be pretty useless.
- lazydrumhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3quick launch and run are my homies.
- nogoodreason, on 10/12/2007, -13/+16Decided TOO follow grammatical rules, huh?
- goflyers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not too bad of a list. I rarely open calc, notepad, or the command prompt without "run." I don't really get how ipconfig /all, /displaydns, or /showclassid could be useful unless you have really good timing with the pause key. One more that is commonly used is any valid path ( "slashslash"fileserver or C:"slash"whatever) to open Windows Explorer where you want it.
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Seems some people are still completely ignorant of OSes other than their own.
- redxii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Too bad they didn't mention findstr. Go ahead and try it, but open a command window first:
cd WINDOWS
dir | findstr explorer
If you want to save it to a file: dir | findstr explorer > "C:\dirlist.txt"
or
systeminfo | findstr /c:"System Up Time" (string is case sensitve, systeminfo might not be in XP Home)
No mention of "runas", but not like too many Windows users need that one. - ApeInago, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Windows... the new MSDOS!
- duck1123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3nothing pleases me more than to see grammar nazis commit the very same errors they're complaining about.
"use of written the language" WTF? - LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@estvir: I meant to type "My Computer > Properties". I just noticed the mistake when I was too late... :( About the "environment" variables, I'm on a Portuguese edition of Windows, so I didn't know the actual english term being used elsewhere. You got it right. :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3sndvol32 is for volume. great for school when you're messing with noisy programs and the teacher muted the computers.
- archivist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3try winword / charmap / shutdown
- skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I am constantly using "Win + R, notepad" when I need to jot down a quick note. Very handy when the phone is near your computer (like at work) and you don't want to have to search for a pen all the time.
- Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's why you read the comments. I haven't even looked at the article yet and I've picked up a lot that I didn't know even after doing this for years.
- dillonthomas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3How about 'mspaint' and others, if you can't find them in accessories?
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hindu Wardrobe, their website was down when I made my first comment, that's why I linked to a digg.
- grumpyrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Because we all know that
Win -> Programs -> Accessories -> Communications -> Remote Desktop Connection
is a lot faster than
Win+R -> mstsc -> Enter
(even with autocomplete). - oonix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3wow i had noo idea windows has a character editor !!!
Private Character Editor eudcedit - hurfydurfur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Recursion / irony ftl.
- kigabit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ Lucas VB
Thanks for the tip. I've been doing something similar, but slightly more difficult: I navigate within the registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/App Paths , then create a new key for each program I want to add a WIN+R shortcut for. If I want to type in "ff" to open firefox.exe, I would create a new key within App Paths called "ff.exe" with the (Default) value set to the firefox executable location. If I wanted to open a folder, I'd have to create a shortcut to that folder somewhere and then have (Default) set to the location of the shorcut followed by "shortcut.lnk" (i.e. C:/shortcuttoprogramfiles.lnk)
You'll notice a lot of keys already exist within App Paths... if you type any of these into the Run dialog (minus the ".exe" part), it'll execute the app they point to. That's why typing "firefox" into the Run dialog will open up firefox. - hackmiester, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3> I don't really get how ipconfig /all, /displaydns, or /showclassid could be useful unless you have really good timing with the pause key.
Pipe it in to more.
D:hackmiester>ipconfig /all | more
(page full of data)
--More--
At which point you hit space, and it gives you another pagefull. - izomiac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Umm... me? I use Run for almost everything. For example, typing "winword" in Run tends to be quite a bit quicker than launching Word from the Start Menu (and I don't keep shortcuts on my desktop). I rarely use anything else for opening folders. OTOH, while I will use the command prompt when I need to, I prefer to avoid it. Just a matter of preference I suppose.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Useful if you do a shift+F10 while installing Windows (which gives you a command line) and then you can play games while waiting ;)
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