How to Crte Your Own Customized Run Commands

TheRun commandon operating system allows you to directly open an appliion or document with just a single command instd of navigating to its loion and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it only works for some of theinbuilt programs such asCommand prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc)etc.So, have you ever wondered how tocrte your own customized Run commandsfor accessing your favorite programs, files and folders? Well, rd on to find out the answer.Crting the Customized Run Command:Let me take up an example of how to crte a customized run command for opening the Internet explorer. Once you crte this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typingiein the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.Right-clickon your Desktop and selectNew->Shortcut.You will see a “Crte Shortcut” Dialog box as shown belowClick on “Browse”, navigate to:Program Files->Internet Explorerfrom your Root drive (usually C:\) and select “iexplore” as shown in the above figure and click on “OK”.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”.You will see a shortcut namedieon your desktop. All you need to do is just copy this shortcut and paste it in your folder (usually “C:/”). Once you have copied the shortcut onto your folder, you can delete the one on your Desktop.That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, typeind hitEnterto open the Internet Explorer.In this way you can crte customized Run commands for any program of your choice. Sayfffor Firefox,ymfor Yahoo messenger,wmpfor 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) filewhich will usually be loed 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 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 crte your own Run commands and use them in your daily life. Pass your comments
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