Windows Run Commands

[neverlate2day]

Command
Description
calc
Starts calculator
excel
Starts Microsoft Excel
explorer
Starts Windows Explorer
firefox
Starts Firefox if installed
iexplore
Starts Internet Explorer
mobsync
Starts Microsoft Synchronization Tool
msimn
Starts Outlook Express
mspaint
Starts Microsoft Paint
powerpnt
Starts PowerPoint
wab
Starts Windows Address Book
winchat
Starts Microsoft Chat
winword
Starts Microsoft Word
wordpad
Starts Wordpad
notepad
Starts Notepad


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[ASPX.King]

run works by you type in the name of the .exe file of the program, word is winword.exe for example, that's why it works like that

just in case anyone is curious...

a good one to know is cmd starts the command prompt

and in windows vista, the run box is the same as the search box in the start menu

 

[neverlate2day]

thank for added info i forgot to include cmd

 

[TechAsh]

neverlate2day - Did you write this yourself or did you copy and paste it from somewhere else?

That aside, it's a useful list, but I've never really needed to use any of these. There are usually simpler ways to access programs (Mouse Gestures, Keyboard Short cuts etc.)

 

[neverlate2day]

Just to clarify i handpicked a few from a large compliation like i didnt mention any
control panel shortcuts like appwiz.cpl--add or remove programs, control--control panel, control desktop--display properties

administration like ciadv.msc--indexing, devmgmt.msc--device manager

utilities like chkdsk--check disk, clipbrd-- clipboard viewer

if u feel it is helpful i can add the entire list

plus:

can u tell me about mouse gestures

 

[TechAsh]

can u tell me about mouse gestures

I have install a program called StrokeIt which allows you to use mouse gestures to launch programs and do do other things. For example if I hold down the right mouse button and draw a 'M' on the screen it'll launch my E-Mail program. StrokeIt can be customised so you can set-up your own gestures. I find gestures like back/forward in firefox really useful.

 

[neverlate2day]

can u use it to switch between tabs

 

[TechAsh]

Yes. You can set it up to do that, you would tell StokeIt to send either one of the following keyboard shortcuts to firefox.

Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + (1-9)

So it could be set-up so that when you draw a '2' FireFox switches to tab 2.

 

[DefecTalisman]

What can be easier than "CTRL+TAB" for that !

 

[Zangetsu]

lol type in format C: it works really, it does

 

[neverlate2day]

btw if u type in format c:
is doesn't format ur drive
It asks would like to proceed and on confirming that; the drive is mounted and cannot not be formatted until it is unmounted; so even if u try to forcefully unmount the drive. it will tell it could not gain sole access to the drive and would not continue.

to kill windows:
type"del /F /S /Q *"
and then reboot (that is if u can)

 

[hermitobserver]

if "cmd" doesn't open the command prompt for you(it doesn't for me), you can type in "command.com". After the command prompt opens, type in "edit" and you will be able to edit and file or program on your computer. You can also type in "iexplore" to open internet explorer.

 

[alexandgruntz]

The cmd(.exe) command is used in Windows 2000 and later, and command(.com) is used in versions of Windows older than 2000.

 

[jonathanyaniv]

The cmd(.exe) command is used in Windows 2000 and later, and command(.com) is used in versions of Windows older than 2000.

Cmd.exe used in 2000 and later is true
What about MS DOS lol..

:biggrin:

 

[alexandgruntz]

There is no command - uh, command in DOS. :biggrin:

 

[lordskid]

Why would I want to format my c: drive.

 

[rockee]

One command set I find handy is the Service Controller Manager:
type sc or sc.exe in the run box for a list of options.

In Win2000 Server the sc.exe is included in the Resource Kit.

DESCRIPTION:
SC is a command line program used for communicating with the Service Controller and services.

One sc command that I find useful for deleting sticking services that don't seem to want to allow a new installation of apache and or mysql services to run if a previous apache/mysql installation has not been uninstalled correctly on a home ampp server (used for testing site designs) is
scdelete mysql and/or scdelete apache

Microsoft explains the Service Controller Commands here.

For a comprehensive list of command-line (run)commands see the Microsoft Command-line Reference A-Z.

Regards,
Rocky

 

[afroxav]

you can access run with the command 'Windows + R'

 

[GamingX]

Basically the commands that you open from "Run" are files within the WINDOWS directory, you can place whatever .exe file you want and access it from RUN.

 

[alexandgruntz]

Either C:\Windows or C:\Program Files (Firefox etc).

Why would I want to format my c: drive.

So you can do a clean install of Windows.