March 5th, 2006
Keyboard Quickies: 113 Windows XP Run Commands
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
Mart says:
running ipconfig should be done from the command prompt, shouldn’t it? Type cmd at Run and then enter ipconfig?
March 5th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Alice says:
True. Good point Matt. Will correct that. –A
March 5th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
David Johnston says:
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.
March 5th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
slashdotcoma says:
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
March 5th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
David Johnston says:
That’s what I was thinking of… /k Thanks
March 5th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
NivoXZ says:
i will take note on all of those
March 6th, 2006 at 10:52 am
John says:
I can’t believe you guys left out run mmc. This is one of my fav’s
March 6th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
jeff says:
winword - ms word
excel - ms excel
msaccess - ms access
powerpnt - ms powerpoint
control - control panel
[ctrl]+[shift]+[esc] - Task Manager
March 6th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
nktower says:
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.
March 7th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
Jon says:
Do you know about oobe.exe commands
April 17th, 2006 at 7:20 am
Jon says:
Can you tell me about oobe commands
April 17th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
cardgames says:
cardgames cardgames
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:02 am
kunal says:
plz sendme more information about run commands.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
jim says:
findfast.cpl
does not work try it ?
July 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
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September 27th, 2007 at 3:00 am
Kash says:
sum left out like :
for opening net meeting
conf
For remote desktop
mstsc
For registry settings
regedit
Paint
mspaint
December 7th, 2007 at 12:54 am
mukhtar says:
hicam you help me about commands
December 20th, 2007 at 8:37 am
mTg says:
Computer Management
>>compmgmt.cpl
March 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
mTg says:
msconfig
March 1st, 2008 at 12:08 pm