How to Create Your Own Customized Run
Commands
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 its location and double-clicking the executable icon. However,
it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such asCommand
prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc.
So, have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run commandsfor
accessing your favorite programs, files and folders? Well, read on to find out
the answer.
Creating the
Customized Run Command:
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 in
the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.
1.
Right-click on
your Desktop and select New -> Shortcut.
2.
You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box as shown below.
3.
Click on “Browse”, navigate to: Program Files -> Internet
Explorer from your Root drive (usually C:\) and select
“iexplore” as shown in the above figure 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 case I name my shortcut as “ie“. Click on “Finish”.
5.
You will see a shortcut named ie on
your desktop. All you need to do is just copy this shortcut and paste it in
your Windows folder (usually “C:/Windows”). Once you have copied the
shortcut onto your Windows folder, you can delete the one on your Desktop.
6.
That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, type ie and
hit Enterto
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 and copy the shortcut file onto the
Windows folder as usual. Now just type this short name in the Run dialog box to
open the program.
I hope this post has helped you create your own Run commands and
use them in your daily life. Pass your comments.
