The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to directly open an application or document with just a single command instead of navigating to it’s location and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such as
Command prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc. So,have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run commands for accessing your favorite programs, files and folders?
STEPS:
Let me take up an example of how to create a customized run command for opening the Internet explorer. Once you create this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typing “ie” (without quotes) in the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.
1. Go to "C:\WINDOWS" folder. Right click on the blank space of the folder select New -> Shortcut.
2. You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box.
3. Click on “Browse”, navigate to: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" and click on “OK”.
4. Now click on “Next” and type any name for your shortcut. You can choose any name as per your choice; this will be your customized “Run command”. In this assuming it as “ie”. Click on “Finish”.
5. You will see a shortcut named “ie”.
6. Done! That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, type ie and hit Enter to open the Internet Explorer.
In this way you can create customized Run commands for any program of your choice. Say “ff” for Firefox, “ym” for Yahoo messenger, “wmp” for Windows media player and so on.
To do this, when you click on “Browse” in the Step-3, just select the target program’s main executable (.exe) file which will usually be located in the "C:\Program Files" folder. Give a simple and short name for this shortcut as per your choice. Now just type this short name in the Run dialog box to open the program. For more info please visit:
Command prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc. So,have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run commands for accessing your favorite programs, files and folders?
STEPS:
Let me take up an example of how to create a customized run command for opening the Internet explorer. Once you create this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typing “ie” (without quotes) in the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.
1. Go to "C:\WINDOWS" folder. Right click on the blank space of the folder select New -> Shortcut.
2. You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box.
3. Click on “Browse”, navigate to: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" and click on “OK”.
4. Now click on “Next” and type any name for your shortcut. You can choose any name as per your choice; this will be your customized “Run command”. In this assuming it as “ie”. Click on “Finish”.
5. You will see a shortcut named “ie”.
6. Done! That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, type ie and hit Enter to open the Internet Explorer.
In this way you can create customized Run commands for any program of your choice. Say “ff” for Firefox, “ym” for Yahoo messenger, “wmp” for Windows media player and so on.
To do this, when you click on “Browse” in the Step-3, just select the target program’s main executable (.exe) file which will usually be located in the "C:\Program Files" folder. Give a simple and short name for this shortcut as per your choice. Now just type this short name in the Run dialog box to open the program. For more info please visit: