How to create your own Run Commands ???

The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to directly open an application or document with just a single command. However, it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such as Command prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc.  Have you ever thought of creating your own Run Commands ?? 

Creating the  Run Command

 

Let's create an Run command for Internet Explorer. Once you create this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typing “ie” (without quotes) 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”  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 “iex”. 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 iex and hit Enter to open the Internet Explorer.

This is how you can create your own run commands and therefore you can make computing very easy !! 

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