How to Create Your Own Customized Run Commands? ~ Hacking Tricks Tweaks And Tips By Parth Nimavat

Monday, September 12, 2011

How to Create Your Own Customized Run Commands?

Parth Nimavat

The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating arrangement allows you to anon accessible an appliance or certificate with aloof a distinct command instead of abyssal to it’s area and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it alone works for some of the built-in Windows programs such as Command alert (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc. So, accept you anytime wondered how to actualize your own customized Run commands for accessing your admired programs, files and folders? Well, apprehend on to acquisition out the answer.

How to Create Your Own Customized Run Command

Let me booty up an archetype of how to actualize a customized run command for aperture the Internet explorer. Once you actualize this command, you should be able to accessible the Internet charlatan aloof by accounting “ie” (without quotes) in the Run chat box. Here is how you can do that.

Right Click on your Desktop and baddest New -> Shortcut.
You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box as apparent below

3. Click on “Browse”, navigate to: Program Files -> Internet Explorer from your Root drive (usually C:\) and baddest “iexplore” as apparent in the aloft amount and Click on “OK”.

4. Now Click on “Next” and blazon any name for your shortcut. You can accept any name as per your choice; this will be your customized “Run command”. In this case I name my adjustment as “ie”. Click on “Finish”.

5. You will see a adjustment called “ie” on your desktop. All you charge to do is aloof archetype this adjustment and adhesive it in your Windows Folder (usually “C:/Windows”). Once you accept affected the adjustment assimilate your Windows folder, you can annul the one on your Desktop.

6. That’s it! From now on, aloof accessible the Run chat box, blazon ie and hit Enter to accessible the Internet Explorer.

In this way you can actualize customized Run commands for any affairs of your choice. Say “ff” for Firefox, “ym” for Yahoo messenger, “wmp” for Windows media amateur and so on.
To do this, back you bang on “Browse” in the Step-3, aloof baddest the ambition program’s capital executable (.exe) book which will usually be amid in the C:\Program Files folder. Give a simple and abbreviate name for this adjustment as per your best and archetype the adjustment book assimilate the Windows Folder as usual. Now aloof blazon this abbreviate name in the Run dialog box to accessible the program.