15 Awesome Windows Run Commands You Might Not Know About: by Ashish

15 Awesome Windows Run Commands You Might Not Kno...
15 Awesome
Windows Run
Commands You
Might Not Know
About
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By Ashish
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Last updated 2 Jul, 2012
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The everyday Windows user believes

that both command prompt, and the
Run dialog box is meant for geeks and
nerds. Well, without doubt using them
sure gives a vibe that you fall in the
higher IQ pool, but they really arent all
about codes and the geekiness that the
average user tends to associate them
with. There are many ways a normal
user could use them, especially the Run
box, to speed up things and thats
exactly what this post is all about.
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faster in your daily usage of Windows.

Do note that the Run hasnt
disappeared in Windows 8 either. It
might not show up like it did in its
predecessors, but a simple Win+R
keystroke would bring it up. Hence
knowing how to use it is only going to
help you.
I think its safe to assume that almost all

of you have used the Run box at least
once to open up tools quickly that are
embedded deep into the system.
Commands like Calc, Regedit, winword,
notepad, etc. are pretty famous among
the masses, and they are definitely
helpful at times. We are going to go a bit
beyond these very general commands
today and share the ones that you
probably dont know about.
Note: Again, to run these

commands, press Win+R button
to open the Run box, type in the
command you want to run and
press the enter key.
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Lets begin ladies and gentlemen.
1. %programfiles%
We have to open program files most of
the time to run and manage installed
applications. This command will open
your Program Files folder directly no
matter on which drive Windows is
installed on your computer. Its better
than opening Windows Explorer and
then navigating to the folder manually.
2. %userprofile%
Just like the previous command, this
will open up the user profile directory
for the particular user. You can access
your picture, music, videos and other
personal folders easily from here.
3. control
If you want to open your system Control
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called geeky friends had no notion

about this one.
We will be seeing how to open certain
Control Panel settings directly as we
proceed.
4. cleanmgr
Probably, the easiest way to clean up

the junk files accumulated in your
computer. Run the command to open
up the Windows Disk Cleanup Manager,
select the drive you want to clean and
click ok. Computer will then scan the
particular drive for junk files and give
the option to clean them.
5. compmgmt.msc
The command will open Computer
Management, directly which you open
conventionally by right-clicking on My
Computer (or Computer), and selecting
Manage. One can manage shared
folders, manage disk services and take
care of other management stu using
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Want to disable or enable firewall

quickly? Type in firewall.cpl in the Run
box and press enter. Takes you right into
Windows Firewall.
7. fsmgmt.msc
Keep track of all the shared folder and

devices using this command. You can
control sharing on your computer easily
from here.
8. Open Web Browser

(iexplore, chrome,
firefox, opera)
These commands will open up Internet
Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera on
your system respectively if they are
installed on your computer. Thats not
all. You can append the URL of the
website at the end of the browser name
to open the website directly. For e.g. if
you want to open Guiding Tech on
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is my personal favorite (no points for

guessing why).
9. msinfo32
Probably, the easiest way to see your

computers complete system info. Here
you can find all the hardware and
soware information you will need to
know about your computer.
10. Netplwiz
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configuration and configure any

account they would like. Other users,
however, can edit and change their
personal account preferences.
11. osk
Abbreviation for On Screen Keyboard,

this one opens it on your computer
screen. You can use these on screen
keyboards to fight keyloggers while
browsing through a shared public
computer.
12. Logo/shutdown
As the name speaks, these commands
quickly logo a user or shut down the
computer respectively. You can also use
shutdown a to abort a system
shutdown, but you have to be very quick
while using the command.
13. utilman
We have seen how osk can open the on
screen keyboard Windows utility, but if
you want to use magnifier or a narrator,
this command will open up the full
utility manager for you.
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This command will open up the

Windows Update Manager for you. You
can then install and configure your
Windows updates from here.
15. write
Last but not the least. Just as the
notepad command is used to open
Windows Notepad, write launches the
default Windows WordPad. Oh, you
never knew this existed, did you? Try it
out.
Conclusion
Those were few of my favorite Run
commands out of hundreds of them.
Now, we are counting on you, our
intelligent readers to expand the list.
Come on, chip in with some of the cool
Run commands youve been using all
this time. Drop a comment!
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