By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Most command line DOS geeks are a fan of the “run” command in Windows. It’s easier to use than hunting around a bunch of windowed menus, and once you know that by hitting the “Windows” key (the one with the Windows logo usually next to the ALT key on the left) and the letter R (try it, we’ll wait) you can get right to the Run box directly, type IPconfig and learn about your network connection, or type “calc” and pull up a quick calculator, and on and on. (I just have a calc icon in my left hand quick launch tray, but that’s me.)
But did you know that there are hundredsof Run commands you can fire off with a simple Winkey + R? Try a few of these below. The bold item is the description and then the line below is what you enter into the Run box.
Best of All: Once you’ve entered in one of these commands, Windows saves them in a drop down in case you forgot the words to type.. Enjoy!
Run Commands for XP
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Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr
Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc
Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager
diskpart
Display Properties
control desktop
Display Properties
desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility
verifier
File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif
Findfast
findfast.cpl
Folders Properties < ---Nice
control folders
Fonts
control fonts
Free Cell Card Game
freecell
Game Controllers
joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game
mshearts
Iexpress Wizard
iexpress
Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /setclassid
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Logs You Out Of Windows < --Beware
logoff
Password Properties
password.cpl
Windows Firewall < --Handy
firewall.cpl
See 99 Commands Here
Source: Neowin.net
113 Command Here
Source: FixmyXP
running ipconfig should be done from the command prompt, shouldn’t it? Type cmd at Run and then enter ipconfig?
True. Good point Matt. Will correct that. –A
Well, you can also run all of these from the run box. There’s an option that makes the window stay open after they’ve run, but I forget what it is…
/ or something like that.
one of my habits is to go “Start” > “Run” > “cmd” > “ipconfig (or whatever)”,
but what you can do is “Start” > “Run” “cmd /k *comlinetool withparama*” …
eg “cmd /k ipconfig /all”
this will run the commandline app and keep the command window open for you… I find this especially useful for creating shortcuts to common commandline utils
That’s what I was thinking of… /k Thanks
i will take note on all of those
I can’t believe you guys left out run mmc. This is one of my fav’s
winword – ms word
excel – ms excel
msaccess – ms access
powerpnt – ms powerpoint
control – control panel
[ctrl]+[shift]+[esc] – Task Manager
shutdown /?
Will give you a list of options for shutting down a machine, or restarting it
May be used in conjunction with
at /?
to force a periodic restart, etc.
Do you know about oobe.exe commands
Can you tell me about oobe commands
cardgames cardgames
plz sendme more information about run commands.
findfast.cpl
does not work try it ?
[...] #args = “cmd /k ”C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysql.exe” -h%s -u%s -p%s –database=databasename < C:\Projects\projectname\test.sql” % (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PWD) print args #http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2777 re: the /k !!!!! [...]
sum left out like :
for opening net meeting
conf
For remote desktop
mstsc
For registry settings
regedit
Paint
mspaint
hicam you help me about commands
Computer Management
>>compmgmt.cpl
msconfig
command are very useful i am
very happy;
“Windows saves them in a drop down in case you forgot the words to type.. ” How to delete the previously stored commands manually ?
hello..tell me how to run password.cpl.
its not workin
hi, i want to create a shortcut for the run, for example for making explorer shortcut i must target explorer.exe in system file, but to make run shortcut what will be the target. because afaik run is using explorer.exe too. i just wondering that. and if i try to copy shortcut of run from the start menu, there is no target file there.