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 as Command prompt (cmd), Calculator
(calc) etc.
So, have you ever
wondered how to create your own customized Run commands for 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 Enter to 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. 
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