Run From Run

One of the fastest way to open certain programs is to use the "Run" command. Here are 27 items that you can access by typing the code in run dialogue box. To access run dialogue box, just press "Windows + R" or click start button and search for "run". You should see a dialogue box as shown in the left.

1. Control Panel: Type "control" in run dialogue box and then pressing Enter.
2. Accessibility Options: Type "access.cpl" on Run Dialog and press enter to start Accessibility Options. To start the Accessibility Wizard, use the command, "accwiz".
3. Add/Remove Programs: This is one of the panel that is used quite often in case you are a software junkie who likes to test new softwares. This panel can be started using command "appwiz.cpl".
4. Administrative Tools: It contains various administration tools like Computer Management, Services, Local Security Policy etc. To start it type "control admintools" in Run Dialog and press Enter. From there you can start the Administrative tool you wish to use.
5. Computer Management: Computer Management contains various tools like Partition Manager, Disk Defragmenter, Event Viewer etc, you can access it directly using command "compmgmt.msc". To directly start Disk Defragmenter use the command "dfrg.msc" and for Disk Partition Manager use "diskpart". Event Viewer and Services can also be accessed directly using "eventvwr.msc" and "services.msc" respectively.
6. Display Properties: Use "control desktop" or "desk.cpl" to directly open Display Properties. You can also access Appearance Tab of Display Properties directly using "control color".
7. Network Connections: These can be accessed directly using "control netconnections" and to start Network Setup Wizard use "netsetup.cpl".
8. User Account Management: You can directly open User Accounts Managment using "nusrmgr.cpl".
9. Printers and Faxes: Printers and Faxes Control Panel can directly be accessed using "control printers".
10. Mouse/Keyboard Properties: These can be accessed using "control mouse" and "control keyboard".
11. Folder Options: Folder Options can be accessed using control folders.
Windows Utilities
12. Calculator: Windows inbuilt calculator can be started using "calc" on Run Dialog.
13. Paintbrush: Use "mspaint" or "pbrush" to start Painting.
13. Character Map: Starting character map has always been annoying as it is located under hierarchy of menus under All Programs. To start it simply use "charmap" command on Run Dialog.
15. Internet Explorer: You might be aware of this that Internet Explorer can be started using command "iexplore" on Run Dialog.
16. Shut Down/Log out: You can use the "logoff" command to Log off and "shutdown -s" command to shut down the PC.
17. Notepad/Wordpad: Use "notepad" on Run Dialog to start Notepad. Similarly, use "wordpad" for starting Wordpad.
18. Windows Media Player: This can be started using "wmplayer" command on Run Dialog.
19. Windows Messenger: This can be started using "msmsgs".
20. Windows Movie Maker: This can be started using "moviemk" on run Dialog.
21. System Information: To view complete system information use the command "msinfo32" and to just view the information about windows version you are using use "winver".

The commands listed below will work only if that particular application is installed on your system.
22. MS Word: Start MS Word using "winword" on Run Dialog.
23. MS Excel: Use "excel" command to start it.
23. MS Powerpoint: Use the command "powerpnt" to start it.
25. MS Access: Use "msaccess" to start it.
26. Firefox: Start the Guinness World Record Holder Browser using "firefox" command on Run Dialog.
27. Adobe Photoshop: If Adobe Photoshop is installed, start directly using "photoshop" command on Run Dialog.

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