Windows XP Run Commands and Shortcuts

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1. biswanath 21 April 2008 at 6:48 am

   good utility

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2. Brewster Chang 27 June 2008 at 10:22 pm

   How to send a file “deletion” command through Run Command?

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3. peter 4 July 2008 at 2:06 am

   I don’t think that it’s possible to delete files via Run Command. You probably will need to use Command Prompt (cmd in Run) and there you just type “del filename”. If filename is with white space (e.g. Program Files) use double quotes (“”) to encapsulate the filename.

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4. lokesh 22 July 2008 at 6:09 am

   These are very useful commands. Thanks.

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5. bob 15 October 2008 at 1:57 pm

   i think to delete a file from the run box you can if you like cheat by trying cmd.exe /k del filename /q i hope im right and that it helps

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6. Glenn 22 November 2008 at 9:27 am

   Does anyone know how you setup new commands in the Run menu?

   ie. you can type “firefox”, “winword” or “excel” into the Run box and the applications open, but others won’t.

   There must be some way of linking applications with this path, maybe in the system registry?

   There’s no firefox.* files in my system path directories: Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\

   Does anyone have any ideas?

   Thanks

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7. peter 28 November 2008 at 2:04 am

   Hello Glenn,

   it’s quite simple. All you have to do is add a new key into Windows registry under

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

   with name of the command with .exe at the end. Into this key create a new string variable named “Path” and put as value path to directory with your executable. To a “(Default)” variable insert as value path to executable.

   Now just type name of your command (can be without .exe at the end) and enjoy. You even don’t have to restart the computer.

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8. Muthu-manoj 9 February 2009 at 9:22 pm

   This each every lines are helped me thank u

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9. Nick 18 February 2009 at 4:18 pm

   This is awesome, thanks very much.

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10. buddhi 10 March 2009 at 11:28 pm

    thanxz

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11. Vishal Chib 11 March 2009 at 6:07 am

    Really gr8 work done!!!! Thnx

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12. kiruba 13 March 2009 at 9:43 am

    I was searching for Xp shortcuts. Luckily i got all the shortcuts in single place.

    That was superb n nice..

    great going..

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13. Andrew Patey 24 March 2009 at 6:13 pm

    Anyone Know The Key In Command To See Everything Ever Done On Your PC

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14. Piyush 29 March 2009 at 3:46 am

    thanks

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15. satish 4 April 2009 at 10:57 pm

    Hey Peter …… thanks for that !

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16. niyaz 7 April 2009 at 4:00 am

    thanx…really which is usefull

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17. kyaw swar 16 May 2009 at 7:52 am

    thanks a lot for these commands.

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18. deepak 19 May 2009 at 8:47 pm

    what is the run command to open out look express

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19. NareshKumar 12 June 2009 at 2:33 am

    Thank u, all the commands are so good. If any new commands related to Unix and any windows related please send to the above mentioned mail.

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20. slabster 7 July 2009 at 2:29 am

    Thanks!

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21. TienChieh Lim 9 July 2009 at 11:24 pm

    There are two important commands those are not listed in foliovision.com/seo-tools/computers/windows/xp-run-commands/ . They are Winchat.exe and Cmd>Systeminfo . Thus, the list is incomplete. Thank you!

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22. Pakaj D King 11 July 2009 at 11:17 am

    This is the most useful thing I’ve ever found on net……….Thanx Pal

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23. david h 24 July 2009 at 2:37 pm

    is there a “Run Command” code that allows to instantly shut every program that is running?

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24. martinv 25 July 2009 at 1:08 am

    Hello David,

    use taskkill.

    taskkill /?

    will get you all the information. You can create all kinds of selections using /FI filters specifying which processes will be killed.

    It’s hard to create a rule which will kill all the processes and not kill your whole Windows, though.

    This feature does not apply to Windows XP Home. You have to use more simple tskill there.

    Use it carefully! M.

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25. Shannon Wagner 6 January 2010 at 8:39 am

    Thanks – you helped me find my Character Map!!

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26. kannan 18 January 2010 at 4:48 am

    Thanks – you helped me

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27. Jason 20 January 2010 at 3:36 pm

    Sweet list. Thanks!

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28. Naresh 30 January 2010 at 7:02 am

    Is there any “run command” to open Interner Explorer.

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29. Martin 1 February 2010 at 8:57 am

    Hi Naresh,

    I tested this one on IE6 and IE7:

    “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”

    Don’t forget to include the quotes.

    Thank you, M.

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30. Chris 8 February 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Does anyone know how to run the setup file for a CD if it doesn’t run automatically?

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31. anand 12 March 2010 at 4:39 am

    Thank you very good compilation

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32. Morris 14 March 2010 at 9:55 am

    what it is shortcut for the office components such as word, excel,etc…..

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33. matej 16 March 2010 at 3:37 am

    Hello Morris,

    you can run Microsoft Office components by following run commands from command line:

    winword – Microsoft Word excel – Microsoft Excel powerpnt – Microsoft PowerPoint msaccess – Microsoft Access outlook – Microsoft Outlook ois – Microsoft Picture Manager

    Thanks

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34. matej 16 March 2010 at 5:46 am

    Hello Chris,

    you can run a setup file manually. You have to right click on cd(dvd)-rom in MyComputer and then click “Open”. Then you have to find a setup file.

    You can also click “AutoPlay” to execute autorun, when you right click on the cd(dvd)-rom. If autorun doesn’t work, you have to follow steps on support.microsoft.com/kb/330135/en-us for turn-on the AutoPlay feature.

    Thanks

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35. Pedro 23 March 2010 at 6:56 am

    hola a todos..

    muy bueno el contenido..

    saben me gustaria saber los comandos de control de volumen(aumentar, disminuir, mute, etc…), me pueden ayudar …??

    gracias…

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36. matej 26 March 2010 at 3:07 am

    Hello Pedro,

    Windows doesn’t have any mechanism to control sound volume by commands or key-shortcut.

    You have to download program for this issue. Here two program, which can help you: mute.exe setvol.exe Mute control: You can switch on/off sound by command: "<mute.exe location>\mute.exe" Or you can switch on/off manually by command: "<mute.exe location>\mute.exe" on "<mute.exe location>\mute.exe" off Sound volume control: You can set from 0 to 100 per cent of sound volume by: "<setvol.exe location>\setvol.exe" 50 (This example set system sound volume to half) And finally You can increase or decrease volume by: "<setvol.exe location>\setvol.exe" +10 (increase sound volume by 10%) "<setvol.exe location>\setvol.exe" -10 (decrease sound volume by 10%)

    Key shortcuts: I recommend to create three shortcuts with targets: "<mute.exe location>\mute.exe" "<setvol.exe location>\setvol.exe" -10 "<setvol.exe location>\setvol.exe" +10 You can set key-shortcuts in properties of each shortcut. Shortcuts have to be placed in startmenu or desktop, otherwise they won’t work. You have to be careful in choosing key-shortcuts, because if another program uses your key-shortcut, your shortcut won’t work. If desktop shortcut is a shortcut to another shortcut, its key-shortcut won’t work too.

    You can also try another way for mutting sound volume by using a script. The method is described at the bottom of page pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1468591.php.

    I hope, that the information will be useful.

    Thanks

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37. rickmorris 21 April 2010 at 5:49 am

    Also, add odbcad32.exe for the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

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38. Xdc 22 April 2010 at 12:48 pm

    [MARKED AS SPAM BY ANTISPAM BEE] hola busco la manera de enviar por mi propia red local el comando run a otros equipos para que ejecuten ciertos programas o conexiones a un equipo en particular ej.:

    \AnotherLanPC

    y que vea los compartidos por ese equipo.

    hi there i’m looking the way to send the run windows others pcs over my lan like

    i pc1 send run windows to pc2 this way pc2 can c what i’m sharing

    is this possible?? i can’t find the filename for windows run.

    \pc1

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39. matej 23 April 2010 at 3:54 am

    Hi Xdc,

    We don’t exactly know what do you mean.

    If you want to run windows from another computer from via your LAN, you can use WOL (wake on LAN) feature, which have to be supported by network card and motherboard. The feature allows to you wake up (when a computer is in hibernate state) or power on (when a computer is power off) via LAN. You have to download a WOL software for control the computers. There are many free WOL software on the Internet.

    The software needs some information (e.g. MAC address) to control power on or wake up computers.

    Thanks, Matej

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40. Xdc 23 April 2010 at 6:32 am

    Thanks for reply Matej

    the Question is, i’m in a college and i’m teacher i want to send students the run windows with the address of my shared folder e.g. \TeacherPC and this run on every pc in class.

    thx in advance. sorry about my english i’m chilean and just try to type your language hehe.

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41. matej 24 April 2010 at 6:52 am

    Hello Xdc,

    I think, that I finally undarstand your problem.

    You want to open the file manager windows on remote computers, you don’t want to run Windows OS there remotely.

    You can open window with path by writting a path to the run area in start menu or by writting command: explorer <the path>. Problem is, that it works only on your local computer.

    You have to download the program for remote program execution. You will need the same admin accounts on remote computers with simple password. The admin users may not be logged in remote computers when you will want to run applications remotely. You have to cheat a little bit, because when you will run explorer with path, no window will appeared. You have to run Internet Explorer with path. Here is command, which you have to write to command line: "<psExec_directory_path>\psexec.exe" -d -u <remote_adminUser_name> -p <remote_adminUser_password> -i <remote_computer_name(or comma separated names)> "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" <Window_path>

    When you won’t use the switch -p with the password, then it will be requested from you after executing the command.

    Here is an example you can use: "C:\Documents and Settings\Teacher\My Documents\PsTools\psexec.exe" -d -u adminUser -i \Student_1 "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" \Teachers_computer

    Don’t forget the quotes!

    I hope, that I helped you.

    Thanks, Matej

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42. Xdc 24 April 2010 at 5:56 pm

    hey Matej i’ve forget about pstools. i has used it before thx to remember me about it, thx for quick replies and for examples.

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43. Martin 26 April 2010 at 4:18 am

    Hello rick,

    thanks for suggestion, it’s added.

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44. Xdc 26 April 2010 at 6:39 am

    here is another i use often.

    control userpasswords2

    isn’t listed here.

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45. sumit 19 June 2010 at 6:40 pm

    The information from “peter at November 28th, 2008 around 2:04 am” was very helpful.

    Thanx buddy

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46. wajid 2 July 2010 at 2:41 am

    tell me how a password can be give to a folder.

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47. matej 6 July 2010 at 7:38 am

    Hi wajid,

    here are three methods how you can protect your files and folders by password.

    1. You can use Windows encryption tool to protect your data. Encryption tool uses key, which is generated based on your account information. This method is very useful only in multi-user environment as you will never be asked to enter password.

    2. You can use Compressed folder by either Windows tool or third party archiving programs. In this case you will be always requested to enter password. However if you use windows tool, you can’t encrypt file names (you will see all files in protected folder, but you can’t open any file in it without password). If you want file names encryption, you should use third party archive program (e.g. 7zip, Winrar).

    3. You can use special software for access control to files and directories (e.g.Folder Password Expert or Protect Folder).

    Thanks, Matej

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48. Arvind Sinha 17 July 2010 at 6:10 am

    What is the command for system restore point? rstrui.exe is not working in run.

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49. matej 20 July 2010 at 6:16 am

    Hello Arvind Sinha,

    you have to write it with absolute path: %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

    Thanks, Matej

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50. neil 28 July 2010 at 9:17 pm

    i’ve learn a lot in this site. than you for that.. but may i ask if what is the shortcut ky in run command for Microsoft Word. :)

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51. matej 29 July 2010 at 5:20 am

    Hi Neil,

    the answer is here.

    Thanks, Matej

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52. sandeep 5 August 2010 at 11:49 pm

    Hii

    Its very useful

    Thanks

    sandeep patil

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53. Ram Naresh singh 13 August 2010 at 9:16 am

    thanks a lot for help

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54. Rajkumar 4 September 2010 at 6:43 am

    This is very use for me. I’m very lucky to get that shortcut commands. I’ll thank you very much.

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55. Muddussir Hafeez 9 September 2010 at 7:56 pm

    why will we get information of network connections? plz send me the answer..!!!

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56. matej 10 September 2010 at 11:20 am

    Hi Muddussir,

    you can use netstat command. You will find more information about that command on this page.

    If you want to know more about network command you can look here.

    Thanks, Matej

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57. Rahul 29 September 2010 at 12:06 am

    how can I reach in history folder through Run command?

    thanks in advance

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58. matej 29 September 2010 at 3:29 pm

    Hello Rahul,

    you must write cd %USERPROFILE%/Local Settings/History to command line. %USERPROFILE% is environment variable, which loads user’s profile folder (e.g. C:\documents and settings{logged user name}).

    Thanks, Matej

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59. Bhupendra 2 October 2010 at 12:22 am

    Can any body tell me what the run command key word for remotely accessing PC through LAN. I forgot it it was “ms….” something… help me reminding it thx

    Bhupendra

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60. matej 4 October 2010 at 8:22 am

    Hi Bhupendra,

    I suppose that you meant mstsc (remote desktop application).

    Thanks, Matej

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61. Harjinder 6 October 2010 at 11:40 pm

    On single site I got all the shortcut commands of system that’s great

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62. sagar 7 October 2010 at 2:47 am

    hallo sagar

    These are very useful commands. Thanks

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63. Nickwiz 14 October 2010 at 5:02 am

    Do not forget wmic, one of the more powerfull tools.

    Me love wmic :D

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64. Logeswaran 3 December 2010 at 5:08 am

    Thank you very much I have got big help

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65. Anna 15 December 2010 at 8:38 am

    It’s very usefull list of commands and I find a lot of interesting here. But could you help me? I need to run Firefox with known url, and then I need to export data from firebug (I think that I will use NetExport extension in this case). Is it possible at all? Probably my question is too complex, but I really need your help.

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66. Poornima 7 February 2011 at 6:26 am

    A good utilization of time, reading this.. I believe it would help me save time while working with my PC…

    Here we spend less time to save more time

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67. Deepak 8 February 2011 at 12:16 am

    hi this is amazing and helpful for all

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68. Sreejesh 14 February 2011 at 6:22 am

    Thanks man.

    I wanted to disable many unwanted process to be loaded at booting time. But I forgot the command I used to execute. You helped me to find that.. ( msconfig :-) ) This could be a good reference for many. Keep posting such useful info.

    Thank you very much

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69. abc 14 March 2011 at 9:38 pm

    how to clear temp configuration?

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70. matej 16 March 2011 at 8:40 am

    Hi abc,

    try to run MS Disk Cleanup utility which can be executed from command line by cleanmgr.

    Thanks, Matej

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71. Parthiban M 22 March 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Very useful commands

    Thanks

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72. j 24 March 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Hi, I am new to using the cmd terminal. On the computer I’m on at the moment, when I open the terminal the cursor appears following the text C:\Documents and Settings\User> I’m not sure what to call this, my default location?directory?filepath?environment? In any case, I tried some of the commands I have seen on this page. A lot of them don’t seem to change my “location” so that after trying the command I can just try another one. But some do. For instance, after using nslookup it returns my cursor to a newline simply following the text > Now if i try another command such as hostname, it doesn’t work giving me an error message saying hostname is a non-existent domain. Also, the command wmic someone mentioned (what is that) takes me to a different prompt. So far the only way I have found to get back to my original prompt (by hitting all the function buttons) is f6 which brings up the text ^Z and when i hit enter it returns me to my original prompt. However if i try typing this text manually including the capital z, even though it looks exactly the same, it doesn’t work! Why is this? Can someone help and/or direct me to a good website that explains the command terminal usage in more detail? Also, is there no copy/cut/paste in the terminal? I was trying to highlight text with ctrl-shift and arrow keys for copy paste but it doesn’t seem to work.

    Thanks in advance.

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73. matej 25 March 2011 at 1:55 pm

    Hello j,

    1. CMD starts in your user profile directory (C:\Documents and Settings\User).

    2. For simplicity, sometimes when you run a command through CMD( e.g.nslookup) can await user inputs (it should look like in your case “>”) If you want to use CMD again, you have to finish command (e.g. nslookup), which can be done by command exit (command exit is supported by nslookup), pressing ctrl + c or sending special character(^Z) by ctrl + z (this is the same as you did with F6). Try to use help when you are not sure.

    3. If you want to copy some text from command promt just do rightclick and choose Mark from menu, then highlight text which you want to copy and press ENTER key. Then you will have your text in clipboard. If you want to paste some text, choose paste from rightclick menu.

    Thanks Matej

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74. Moon Light 23 April 2011 at 10:32 pm

    This is very helpful for me and save very much time.

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75. Cnd Hyd 11 May 2011 at 6:21 am

    When i am use run commands in run dialog box that commands have saved permanently.

    Can u please tell me how to clear command history in run command dialog box

    Cnd Hardware Engineer Hyderabad

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76. matej 13 May 2011 at 8:50 am

    Hello Cnd Hyd,

    you should use ALT + F7 key combination.

    Thanks, Matej

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77. sohrab 17 May 2011 at 5:41 am

    these are very usfull shortcut keys thanks for made this web side thank you once again boss

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78. sholling 22 May 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Great set of commands. Every now and again I have to look up a run command or something else. This site has proved invaluable. What’s even more impressive though it how long you have kept the updates going. Kudos – and keep up the good work.

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79. ravi 1 June 2011 at 9:24 am

    thanks for the info.it helps me a lot thank u dude.

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80. Rk 4 June 2011 at 12:08 am

    Thanks for these shortcuts key. These are very usefull in working with windows xp.

    rk sharma

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81. shray bahrgava 7 June 2011 at 3:48 am

    its very good it helps me a lot.

                     ""THANKS""

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82. Pradeep 16 June 2011 at 2:45 am

    Hi

    I frequently go to the run dialog and type the command “telnet abcd” (abcd – just for an example).

    Now is there any way to set a short cut icon directly for that command? I understand that we can set a short cut icon for cmd prompt, but I dont know how to set a shortcut directly for a specific command..

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83. matej 16 June 2011 at 5:11 am

    Hello Pradeep,

    you have to change path in target section of the shortcut according following pattern: <Windows Folder>\system32\cmd.exe /K <your command>, thus <Windows Folder>\system32\cmd.exe /K telnet abcd in your case.

    Thanks, Matej

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84. Machindra 20 June 2011 at 11:23 pm

    Very very Good & Useful keys for all types of Computer Operator.

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85. Tom 23 June 2011 at 7:06 am

    When I open a shortcut, say to run eclipse, Windows always opens a cmd window to launch the app, and the window always hangs around.

    Some of my shortcuts don’t display this behavior, and I can’t tell why one does and another does not.

    But it would be nice if the shortcut window would immediately close after it launches the app. Is this something I can control?

    Thanks!

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86. lovethemkd 26 June 2011 at 4:48 am

    Some of my shortcuts don’t display this behavior, and I can’t tell why one does and another does not.

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87. matej 28 June 2011 at 8:01 am

    Hello Tom,

    I have never noticed this behavior yet. Give me more information:

    • How did you create these shortcuts?

    Could you give me more examples of applications which display this behavior, please? I would prefer applications that are installed in Windows by default.

    Thanks, Matej

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88. Abhyam singh 4 July 2011 at 9:20 am

    hi, all commands are useful but, some of the commands doesn’t work in windows xp sp3 such as(cfgwiz32,fontview,regewiz, sfc/scannow, sndvol32,iis.msc, mscorcfg.msc, ncpa.cpl, wscui.cpl). & what is shortcut key and run command for Close the active console window in windows xp sp3 if anybody known these specific command please tell!

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89. Paul 10 July 2011 at 7:52 pm

    I was always waiting for windows to prompt me to clean up my temp files, etc. That one simple command in your list:

    Cleanmgr – Cleans up hard drives

    Works great and is a big help!!

    Thanks very very much Paul

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90. Jon Paul 11 July 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Do you know of a way to have your run history go with you to another pc? Im a network tech and I use a variety of commands all the time, I hate having to retype them each time on a computer I have never been to or that has had the history erased. I want to make it where it comes with me to whatever PC i am on in the network. I know that I can export the reg file for RunMRU and i can merge it successfully to another pc but I want a logon script or something that does it for me. does anyone have any ideas or maybe ur good at writing scripts? I would appreciate any help in this matter, btw matej this is a wonderful thing you have done here and I for one appreciate it a lot. I use many of these cmds but i use WMIC cmds most often. you should show a few of them in this post aswell. at least the none destructive ones lol.

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91. frentz 11 July 2011 at 7:28 pm

    when I click start run dialog box does not show, how to create the run dialog box?

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92. Paul 13 July 2011 at 8:23 pm

    @frentz

    You can hold down the flag key and hit R.

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93. matej 15 July 2011 at 10:18 am

    Hello Jon Paul,

    I don’t know whether I can help you. I don’t have big experience with writing scripts.

    You can try to write your own script. Here are some examples how can you work with registry items through VBScript language.

    You can also try to import your exported RunMRU key via network. Just open registry editor and use “connect network registry” option.

    Thanks, Matej

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94. Jon Paul 15 July 2011 at 10:26 am

    Thanks matej I will look into the connect network reg option but I will probably have to do this manually for each PC i log into since I dont know from moment to moment which PC i will be working on. the vbscript option might work ill try that and post what happens later. Thanks for the response.

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95. matej 15 July 2011 at 10:40 am

    Hello frentz,

    if run option is not shown in start menu go to “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” then “startmenu” and click on Customize button. Make sure that “Display run” option is checked.

    Thanks, Matej

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96. riyas 26 July 2011 at 12:18 am

    this is very userful for me……thanx

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97. virendra rawat 3 August 2011 at 4:40 am

    very useful shortcuts.. thanks

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98. Jennifer 9 August 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Do you know the command to put at the end of a shortcut I create so that it automatically enters the password without stopping for me to do it.

    I need something to put at the end of this string to launch Rightfax under out ATLADMIN account so it wont prompt for the password each time it’s opened.

    C:\RightFax9.3client\Client\fuw32.exe -uatladmin

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99. Solaiman Ebrahimkhil 13 August 2011 at 11:11 pm

    It was very useful, thanks.

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100. matej 18 August 2011 at 10:34 am

     Hello Jennifer,

     it depends on whether the program (fuw32.exe) allows you to put password during of its execution.

     I would like to help you, but I couldn’t find any documentations about the program.

     Try to execute the program from commandline by following way: C:\RightFax9.3client\Client\fuw32.exe -h You should see list of parameters of this program. If you find password parameter then you can execute the program with it and your password.

     If it doesn’t work please contact RightFax support.

     Thanks, Matej

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101. Mr Srikanth 20 August 2011 at 10:24 pm

     Thank you very much I have got big help and this is very userful for me……thans for lot

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102. chris 22 August 2011 at 12:35 am

     thx for the info, very useful even if its a three year old post ;)

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103. mohd shuja 22 August 2011 at 8:58 pm

     Hello, I am mohd shuja and very thankful to you.

     But I have some questions to you please solve them:

     1. When we delete any data from the recycle bin it can be revered by data recovery, I want to delete it permanent using run command. I don’t want to use softwares like eraser etc.

     2. How to find all the username and password of my system’s folder,data etc.

     Thanks

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104. srikanth 3 September 2011 at 8:57 pm

     I was always waiting for windows to prompt me to clean up my temp files, etc. That one simple command in your list:

     Cleanmgr – Cleans up hard drives

     Works great and is a big help!!

     Thanks very very much Paul

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105. ganesh baratam 6 September 2011 at 6:01 am

     Hi,very good and useful shortcuts .And i have a small question, shall all these shortcuts work in windows7?

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106. matej 9 September 2011 at 10:22 am

     Hello Mohd Shuja,

     I didn’t understand your second question, but I can help you with the first one.

     You can use cipher program, which is normally used for encrypting/decrypting files, but it has one special feature which allows you to write zeros on desired data. Use following syntax to remove file permanently in commandline: cipher /w:[Path] Replace [path] with directory or file which you want to remove, but remember that it can not be restored.

     Thanks, Matej

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107. matej 9 September 2011 at 10:26 am

     Hello ganesh,

     I think most of them yes, but not the all.

     Thanks, Matej

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108. riyazul 14 September 2011 at 11:49 am

     Dear matej sir, In windows XP Turn off option sometimes gets changed like shutdown. and when windows starts open it asks like Administrator password, and then i click below the option OK, then windows desktop opens?!!! do you have any solution.

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109. radha krishna 14 September 2011 at 11:29 pm

     its really very nice article and thanks a lot

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110. matej 17 September 2011 at 7:01 am

     Hello Riyazul,

     my opinion is that you probably have some kind of malware software which removes classic turn off options from start menu (through windows registry)and adds its own turn off option (instead of the classic turn off options). The login window asking you to fill administrator password is probably fake. I would run antivirus software in your place.

     Thanks, Matej

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111. Jitendra Pathak 17 October 2011 at 10:46 am

     Thanks of lot for almost all run commands

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112. Carl Smith 27 October 2011 at 4:53 am

     Thank’s, I have learnt even more commands, so much easier when you know shortcuts! :-)

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113. laldfordo 14 November 2011 at 12:40 pm

     Re Riyazul on 14th September. I get that box on resuming from hibernation, telling me my user name is locked and to put the password in. But I have no start-up passwords and clicking OK lets the computer continue. This behaviour started after I cancelled some unwanted auto-start programs, does not happen on a complete start and I don’t think is malware. I just put up with it. One more hit on the Enter key is bearable!

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114. Vinit Jain 24 November 2011 at 9:16 am

     thanks this helped me a lot for my exams and competition.

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115. kundan 30 November 2011 at 9:48 pm

     Its realy great utility….. Its help me a lot Thnx

     One more thing i just want to ask is… How to run remote(windows xp)system, any excutable file through another windows xp system(both system are in network).

     Thnx

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116. Suresh kumar 3 December 2011 at 11:29 am

     how to get the remote system from mobiles vs system

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117. Teelo 13 December 2011 at 3:11 pm

     Can anybody tell me what the run command is so that I can see all IE history with detail

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118. Pranav 26 December 2011 at 1:09 am

     veey nice thanks for these shortcut keys and run commands it is very useful veery thanks

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119. Syed 27 December 2011 at 2:27 am

     How to copy & paste a file from command prompt?

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120. Biju Chandran 31 December 2011 at 5:52 am

     With Netsh.exe you can easily view your TCP/IP settings. Type the following command in a Command Prompt window (CMD.EXE):

     Eg: netsh interface ip show config

     To Configure your interface

     Eg: “netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1″ ***(The following command configures the interface named Local Area Connection with the static IP address 192.168.0.100, the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a default gateway of 192.168.0.1:)

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121. mahatheer 3 January 2012 at 11:14 pm

     Hi,

     Really useful to all those who have to reduce their times.

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122. bullet gc 10 January 2012 at 7:02 am

     veey nice thanks for these shortcut keys and run commands

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123. Naresh 26 January 2012 at 6:54 am

     Thanks Brother it is Good and Very Good. From India Andhra pradesh Hyderbad

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124. amanullah khattak 27 February 2012 at 2:45 am

     hi pleas show shortcut command for passwording a document

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125. StartingPCRepair 25 March 2012 at 8:07 pm

     Great list of commands…will definitely bookmark this one 8)

     Reply
126. Tom 6 April 2012 at 8:35 am

     I was on a PC running Win XP with 1 local application running and 2 Remote Desktop sessions open. I fat fingered some keys and my screen displayed the 3 as separate windows (each in 1/4 of the screen) on the basic wallpaper background with none of my icons showing. It was like I had 3 separate desktops on my screen. Do you know the shortcut keystrokes that might make this happen. It seemed useful but I can’t duplicate it. Thanks in advance.

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127. Lewys 20 April 2012 at 12:43 pm

     hey good codes but is there one to open a locked folder my sons got this locked folder in a strange hidden place im intrigued at why hese gone to such lengths to hide and i asked him about it and he denies it exist even though it saids it was made by him on properties please help

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128. sudeep 9 May 2012 at 3:32 am

     my task manager has been disable by computer how can I fix this problem….

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129. René Heijnen 15 May 2012 at 1:23 am

     @sudeep

     You don’t have enough rights to do this. If you have enough rights you can try to use: Start –> Run –> Gpedit.msc –> User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> System –> Ctrl + alt + del options –> Then disable the following gpo: “Remove Task Manager”

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130. KK 29 May 2012 at 12:13 am

     Can you please tell me what is a comand for restore windows in windows 7

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131. Majid 30 May 2012 at 6:00 am

     Hi,

     How can I change BIOS password from run? I need runcommand. I’ve changed. But I’ve forgotten that keyword. if someone knows please let me know. my e-mail address: elvin488@mail.ru

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132. aryan 29 June 2012 at 10:48 pm

     im having problem with my system. when i click on folder it shows “access is denied” error. anyone can tell me how to solve this problem.?

     Reply
133. yogesh 7 July 2012 at 5:37 am

     hi

     The information you people given in your web, really really helpful for all the professional of IT, you people do nice job.

     I have a problem in window xp

     I want to use RUN Command but the RUN icon not show in the the start menu…….

     please give the solution, and once again great job you people do yaar

     Thanks waiting for your reply

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134. yogesh 7 July 2012 at 5:38 am

     hi The information you people given in your web, really really helpful for all the professional of IT, you people do nice job. I have a problem in window xp I want to use RUN Command but the RUN icon not show in the the start menu……. please give the solution, and once again great job you people do yaar Thanks waiting for your reply

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135. Ren;e 7 July 2012 at 7:50 am

     @Majid: you can’t. But if you need to reset it, you can take the battery out, wait a few minutes and put it back in, your bios and your password will be resetted.

     @aryan. You should take ownership on that specific folder and everything in it. Follow this tuto: tipandtrick.net/2008/how-to-take-ownership-and-full-control-permissions-of-files-and-folders-in-vist…

     You should be able to access it afterwards. This only works if you have administrator rights.

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136. Ren;e 7 July 2012 at 7:52 am

     @KK: See the following website.

     pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/systemrestorecp.htm

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137. Arif Shaik 10 July 2012 at 3:03 am

     While testing all above shortcuts in Management Consoles iis.msc is not working..!

     I tried with inetmgr it works for me..*

     Thanks for everything.

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138. René 10 July 2012 at 3:22 pm

     Hi Yogesh,

     You can configure it somewhere at rightmousebutton at taskbar and then properties.

     Customize menu.

     But if you want it quick, just push the flag (windowsbutton) + R to show it quickly.

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139. Muttaiah 11 July 2012 at 12:44 am

     The run commands are very useful and this can prevent the use of mouse to some extent.

     Usually we switch IP’s using LAN settings in IE. IE->tools->Internet options->Connections->Under proxy server(Lan settings). Run Found: control inetcpl.cpl,connections,4

     But this will open till IE->tools->Internet options->Connections only.

     Can you give me the run command to open Local Area Network(Lan) Settings window directly from run.

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140. Fred 20 July 2012 at 6:58 am

     ncpa.cpl

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141. Amodh 24 July 2012 at 10:19 pm

     Hi All. Can any one help me to see, from run which operating system \, I am using \, so that I can know.

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142. yaneek19 12 August 2012 at 10:36 am

     thanks dude

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143. Biju 16 August 2012 at 5:47 am

     Amodh;

     Can any one help me to see, from run which operating system \, I am using \, so that I can know.

     RUN >. just type– winver

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144. Muttaiah 16 August 2012 at 9:12 pm

     Amodh,,

     You can use win logo key + Pause break..This will give you details about the OS..

     Not sure how to get it from run command.

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145. vivek 26 August 2012 at 5:13 am

     guys i forget my administrative pass..how can i find that…if anybody knows then plzz help me

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146. Abel Hlatshwayo 1 September 2012 at 2:30 am

     My computer switches on but can not display anything on the screen even though the screen is on and the computer fans are running. What could be the problem and how can I solve it

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147. Allan Watson 13 September 2012 at 1:39 am

     Does anybody know the purpose of ctrl+@ or ctrl+2 (not numeric keypad)? It returns More?.

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148. Aditya 15 September 2012 at 12:58 am

     it work on web browser(Firefox or chrome),when two or more tabs are open for eg: if u have open 7 tabs u may go to each tab via ctrl+1, ctrl+2, ctrl+3, ctrl+4,ctrl+5, ctrl+6,ctrl+7

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149. Allan Watson 16 September 2012 at 4:39 pm

     I didn’t mean in a browser, just in cmd. I can’t find any reference to it.

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150. yogesh 25 September 2012 at 10:30 am

     Hi. Thanks for your valuable replies… it pretty commendable. one more issue :

     i have window server 2003 enterprises edition and client on window 7 ultimate 32 bit

     when i authenticate the server from client i.e \192.168.4.80 i found the issue of credientials error is logon failed….try another user

     pls help me how to connect

     Thanks

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151. sb 29 September 2012 at 11:46 am

     I can’t believe this page is still running after four years. Big thanks to all contributors (especially Matej who contributed much for so long.)

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152. bonne bozarth 3 October 2012 at 12:29 am

     thanks a lot.useful information.

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153. alec 4 October 2012 at 11:29 pm

     Thanks SB.

     I’ll have someone on our team look through and update some of the tips and put them in the main document.

     I’m the Apple guru (although I loathe the new Apple who wants your credit card details, your cellphone number, your music library, your contact list) around here but can’t help too much with Windows.

     PS. Matej is off testing anti-virus software full time for ESET these days.

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154. Ponic 31 October 2012 at 8:35 am

     Hello,

     I have a created a shortcut key name test.exe with parameters as follows:

     C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k cd D:/Project

     however when I run test, I am getting error “Windows cannot find test”. If I remove /k cd D:/Project, then it works fine. How can I resolve this issue? Thanks

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155. roy haroush 12 November 2012 at 10:46 pm

     if you want to have a software run from command prompt make a shortcut of it in the one of the path, or create a folder, add to the path list and place your shortcuts there for examples, if you want to run soldier of fortune from the start box, create a shotcut to the exe file in system32, name it SOF(it will have the lnk extension), and open the start run windows and type in “sof”(without quotes). one of the first things i was interested in during my mcp :)

     let me know if you have questions about it.

     Roy

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156. Debra 27 November 2012 at 6:50 pm

     My Remote Assistance {not Remote Desktop}, is not working. I have Windows XP SP3, I think the problem began after my computer was updated to SP3. I’ve tried all three ways to send an invite {I really want to save as file}, I can get to the Invite someone you know, set the length of the session, password etc…but when I click on “Save Invitation” button I get a pop up error, saying: “Message from webpage, A program could not start. Please try again”. Is there a run command for that..or how to fix it. I also noticed that my “Security Center” is not on, Windows firewall won’t open ” Due to an unidentified problem, windows cannot display windows firewall settings. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You

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157. Siraj khan 5 December 2012 at 2:46 pm

     Reamte desktop ka zamana was gone … use teamviewer software its very easiy to take remote

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158. fawad khan 13 December 2012 at 6:05 am

     i need to find that how i can open winword from other shrtcut in run.

     like if i write in run: asim, nd open winword.

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159. rené 18 December 2012 at 4:03 pm

     @fawad: Open run and type: ‘Winword’ without ‘ then press ok. It will open word.

     @Debra: Like Siraj Says, use something like teamvieuwer or http://www.join.me

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160. Aung ye kyaw 22 January 2013 at 4:56 am

     Thanks for your help

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161. jagadeesh 29 January 2013 at 7:01 am

     this is very very useful to every one to learn shortcut keys.

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162. sanket 26 February 2013 at 8:24 am

     good thing almost all the shortcuts are mentioned

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163. tausif 12 March 2013 at 5:26 pm

     very useful shortcuts

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164. Vivek Singh 16 March 2013 at 12:26 pm

     i know computer history run command

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165. Champakali 19 March 2013 at 7:48 am

     How to start/ stop Default SMTP virtual server in Inetmgr using command line.

     Thanks in advance!

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166. Shashank 20 March 2013 at 10:18 pm

     Very useful information. Thanks !!!!

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167. Hoshmand 20 April 2013 at 8:55 pm

     very useful information & very important ….. well done thanks

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168. Wawkingeagle 2 May 2013 at 7:50 am

     Best list I’ve ever seen. The posts are also very useful. I appreciate it all. Thank you.

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169. jaanee 7 May 2013 at 2:02 pm

     Awesome explanation about run command.. It’s useful for all basic learners…

     Thanks……

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170. prashanth 10 May 2013 at 7:23 am

     please tell me how to install office remotly

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171. Dongie 12 May 2013 at 5:55 am

     Chris 8 February 2010 at 8:27 pm Does anyone know how to run the setup file for a CD if it doesn’t run automatically?

     Answer:

     ;Rename this file autorun.inf to autostart with the CD / DVD drives ;After renaming, some anti-virus can detect the virus by mistake!

     [autorun] OPEN=”FileNameOfSetup.exe”

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172. Michal 15 May 2013 at 11:07 am

     prashanth 10 May 2013 at 7:23 am (Edit)

     please tell me how to install office remotly

     Hi prashanth,

     here is a wonderful step-by-step guide with pictures. Hope it helps!

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173. Michal 15 May 2013 at 11:20 am

     Champakali 19 March 2013 at 7:48 am (Edit)

     How to start/ stop Default SMTP virtual server in Inetmgr using command line.

     Hi Champakali,

     you could try these run commands: sc remoteserver start smtpsvc / sc remoteserver stop smtpsvc.

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174. Karen 20 May 2013 at 7:21 pm

     I think the driver for my Sandisk has been “misplaced”. Hope you can help, or offer direction:

     I’m using a 2GB Sandisk SDHC card with my older digital camera. I can’t download photos properly (with their info., i.e., HP number sequencing for each photo (HPIM6274.JPG); details for each photo (date and time photo taken, etc.)

     It used to work great, but PC won’t recognize now. Works on my friend’s PC just fine. I have a card reader stick, and my PC also has a reader slot, but both don’t recognize Scandisk card.

     Thanks for any support,

     Karen

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     • Michal 13 June 2013 at 5:13 pm

       Hi Karen,

       checking out the password protection or the physical switch on the side of your card probably won’t help if it works on another PC, so I’d suggest taking a look at these two pieces of advice provided by the Sandisk support:

       detecting your device and formatting your device.

       Regards,

       Michal

175. Jonathan 25 May 2013 at 5:24 am

     hello, my search “thru clicking start then search” in windows xp no longer runs, what is the command to type in the run box to execute windows search?

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176. sabaattitute 5 June 2013 at 8:18 am

     what is the command to type in the run box to execute windows search?

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177. Robert 5 June 2013 at 9:26 pm

     How can I turn off print dialog box when I print from IE8 webpage. I want to disable for a Kiosk. thanks.

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     • Michal 13 June 2013 at 5:36 pm

       Hi Jonathan, Hi sabaattitude,

       the fastest way of executing windows search is either the function key F3 or the hotkey Windows logo key+F.

     • Michal 13 June 2013 at 5:58 pm

       Hi Robert,

       please take a look at this guide. Hope it helps!

178. rene 15 June 2013 at 2:11 am

     thank you!!! very useful command..

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179. Peter 15 June 2013 at 6:40 pm

     Hi,

     A very useful site, many thanks. One query please, is it possible to turn off (toggle) the LAN connection with XPSP3 from the keyboard.

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     • Michal 8 August 2013 at 10:16 am

       Hi Peter,

       we’re glad you like it. I think Windows logo+R and then ipconfig /release should do. The command ipconfig /renew enables the connection again.

180. Jack 15 July 2013 at 8:28 am

     This is useful for all, thank you very much.

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181. ETHAN BIRADAR 26 July 2013 at 12:30 pm

     Hi Buddy…!!! It’s an awesome list of shortcut keys and ya i like it very much (Y)

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182. Valentin 22 August 2013 at 12:18 am

     I need to find out the specs. of my sound card : 96khz? 192khz? 24bit capable ? Does anyone know the cmd line for sound card specifications? Thanks.

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183. Jaison 7 September 2013 at 7:39 pm

     Dose any one know how to change the icon of local disk ? pls help me¤

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184. Vikram Rana 13 September 2013 at 7:52 pm

     thanks for these shortcut keys

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185. Bashir 21 September 2013 at 10:40 am

     Can ne one help me with this problem.Whenever I type history in the run command I get this error message”Windows cannot find ‘history’.Make sure youtyped the name correctly,and then try again.To search for a file,click the start button,and then click search.”Please help me to fix this problem.My OS is winxp(Professional) sp3 32 bit .Thnx in advance

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186. biju 24 September 2013 at 11:41 am

     Dear Bashir, if you are looking for Command line history, open cmd prompt and type: , it ll give you the history of the commands you used. there is no History command available in dos command. or please give us more details about what history your are looking at

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187. MD HABIB 11 October 2013 at 2:58 pm

     dear brother.

     thanks for support that run command is easy to operate any system. so best of luck to u. and many more thanks for your run commands.

                                        THANKS

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188. sameer 17 October 2013 at 8:51 am

     thanks for all commands

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189. Dave F 12 November 2013 at 9:33 pm

     please can you help me with a problem? I’m running Windows 7 Pro. when i use the RUN command and systeminfo, i do get the box come up and it starts to scan and then the box disappears.? Is there any way to keep this black box on the screen so that i can read the info provided, please? Many thanks in advance

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190. l.rajeshpandian 13 November 2013 at 7:00 am

     thanks for all commands then this is very usefull tome…………

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191. vikram 13 November 2013 at 7:23 am

     thanks for all commands and utility

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192. DOT 23 November 2013 at 10:14 am

     try it W-logo+R and type

     control userpasswords2

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193. sandeep nag 13 December 2013 at 4:39 pm

     Excellent and comprehensive set of shortcuts. Thanks!

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194. assad 21 December 2013 at 4:52 pm

     very very good.

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195. Wasim Aamir 27 January 2014 at 8:59 am

     Excellent and comprehensive set of shortcuts. Thanks!

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196. Nebojsa 31 January 2014 at 11:11 am

     With shortcut “Alt + Print Screen” is possible to take a screenshot of active window Is exist shortcut to take copy only of all text in active window(when active window is popup window with error or information message )?

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197. wolfram72 5 February 2014 at 5:29 am

     Is there a shortcut in cmd to run web browsers? e.g. IE, chrome, firefox, safari..

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198. nirbhay singh gahmari 24 February 2014 at 6:11 pm

     thank you

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199. Ed Karlow 5 April 2014 at 1:14 am

     The command “inf” produces a list of Precompiled Setup Information and Setup Information. What is this stuff?

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200. faisal 18 April 2014 at 5:02 pm

     the fastest way of executing windows search is either the function key F3 or the hotkey Windows logo key+F

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201. Jiten 13 May 2014 at 10:14 am

     Hi,

     How to open cutePDF professsional from run command?

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202. Swapnil Shinde 29 June 2014 at 11:26 am

     thanks for providing this useful cmds

     Reply
203. Steven 26 September 2014 at 7:36 pm

     Is there a way to spawn or trigger an application from a clipboard event?

     thanks

     Reply
204. olumide odofin 3 March 2017 at 5:59 pm

     pls how do i run this on my system. (Run a CMD (as administrator) and locate to desktop (use ‘cd‘ command, ‘/?‘ to get the command help) am not a programmer so am not good at doing it can u pls explain it to me .

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205. Michael 27 July 2017 at 2:13 am

     I would like to create a desktop icon on XPSP3 that runs SFC /SCANNOW on click.

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206. Windows Guy 1 August 2017 at 11:45 am

     I prefer run commands over other ways as it seems faster to me. Here are some run commands which I use daily for opening various windows applications . On screen Keyboard – osk Calculator – calc WordPad – write Windows Media Player – wmplayer Windows Fax and Scan – wfs Snipping Tools – snippingtool Paint – mspaint Notepad – notepad Task manager – taskmgrt/ Sticky Notes – stikyno

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207. pankaj 3 March 2018 at 3:27 pm

     I prefer run commands over other ways as it seems faster to me. Here are some run commands which I use daily for opening various windows applications . On screen Keyboard – osk Calculator – calc WordPad – write Windows Media Player – wmplayer Windows Fax and Scan – wfs Snipping Tools – snippingtool Paint – mspaint……. always

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208. ashubais 7 March 2018 at 7:12 pm

     From the list i found very interesting command that i use daily. Thank you so much.

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209. ELIAS SALINAS 10 May 2018 at 7:51 pm

     Can one still send out messages via cmd / net send

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210. Alec Kinnear 11 May 2018 at 10:55 pm

     Thanks for your question, Elias. I wish I could answer you. Perhaps someone else on this list can.

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211. Michel J 11 February 2019 at 10:59 am

     Thanks a lot for this awesome shortcut tips for Windows run commands and shortcuts…

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212. Windows person 1 October 2020 at 12:00 am

     You would be surprised the amount of IP/networking based commands you shared for command-prompt are used in InfoSec too for flaky tasks such as the environment commands with the variables you shared above and they STILL work in Windows 10 after over a decade!

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213. Marco 16 December 2020 at 7:50 pm

     Hi, This is a very useful list of shortcut keys and the comments are also very useful for all, thank you very much. I have the same problem as Jonathan and sabaattitude, but it seems never answered. What is the command to type in the run box to execute windows search? more precisely I have to write a command in a batch that open the windows search with the starting path from a variable. I guess something like ‘explorer ‘. Many thanks in advance!

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214. printer not activated error code 20 21 December 2020 at 8:57 am

     Great post! I am actually getting ready to across this information, is very helpful my friend. Also great blog here with all of the valuable information you have.Keepup the good work you are doing here.

     Reply