A shortcut for RUN (W-7)

[Valorie *~]

I read the helpfiles and can't find anything on creating a shortcut for RUN.
It's been moved to an inconvenient place in W-7 so I would like a shortcut
for it on the desktop and cannot find the exe for it to create one. Agent
Ransack and Search can't find the run.exe either. How/where is it found?
It's not under Programs and I don't see it under windows.

 

[Mcwm]

Den 12-11-2010 03:26, Valorie *~ skrev:

I read the helpfiles and can't find anything on creating a shortcut for
RUN. It's been moved to an inconvenient place in W-7 so I would like a
shortcut for it on the desktop and cannot find the exe for it to create
one. Agent Ransack and Search can't find the run.exe either. How/where
is it found? It's not under Programs and I don't see it under windows.

IF you click START, just type what you want to run above eg. cmd

http://www.blogsdna.com/2040/how-to-enable-run-command-in-windows-7-start-menu.htm

Kindly
Mcwm

 

[Bob I]

WinKey+R

 

[Jasper]

?Right click the taskbar, go to properties, start menu, customize, scroll
down to run in the list and check it.
It will be in the same place as it is in XP.

 

[Sunny]

I read the helpfiles and can't find anything on creating a shortcut for
RUN. It's been moved to an inconvenient place in W-7 so I would like a
shortcut for it on the desktop and cannot find the exe for it to create
one. Agent Ransack and Search can't find the run.exe either. How/where
is it found? It's not under Programs and I don't see it under windows.

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. Right Click on a empty space on the Start Menu and select Properties.

3. Click on the Start Menu Tab and click on Customize.

4. Tick the Run Command and OK.

 

[Nil]

I read the helpfiles and can't find anything on creating a
shortcut for RUN.

I don't believe you. I typed the word "run" into Windows help, and it
was the third or forth entry down.

It's been moved to an inconvenient place in W-7

It's in the exact same place it was in Windows XP and Vista.

Agent Ransack and Search can't find the run.exe either.
How/where is it found? It's not under Programs and I don't see it
under windows.

It doesn't exist.

 

[Jeff Layman]

I don't believe you. I typed the word "run" into Windows help, and it
was the third or forth entry down.


It's in the exact same place it was in Windows XP and Vista.


It doesn't exist.

Not as such. What actually is "Run"? Does it link to cmd.exe?

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I don't believe you. I typed the word "run" into Windows help, and
it
was the third or forth entry down.


It's in the exact same place it was in Windows XP and Vista.

Only if enabled, which it isn't by default.

 

[Nil]

Only if enabled, which it isn't by default.

I believe it wasn't enabled by default in XP, either.

 

[Nil]

Not as such. What actually is "Run"? Does it link to cmd.exe?

I don't believe it has anything to do with CMD. I assume it's part of
Explorer, not a separate program.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I believe it wasn't enabled by default in XP, either.

And it's easy to enable from the Properties of the Start Orb - but at
the moment I'm too lazy to look, to remind myself of exactly where it is


Frankly, I'm quite happy without it.

 

[Nil]

And it's easy to enable from the Properties of the Start Orb - but
at the moment I'm too lazy to look, to remind myself of exactly
where it is


Frankly, I'm quite happy without it.

I use the Run command all the time. Maybe not in Vista/Win7 as much,
but I spend most of my time in XP, so I like to have it consistent
between the OSs.

 

[Char Jackson]

I use the Run command all the time. Maybe not in Vista/Win7 as much,
but I spend most of my time in XP, so I like to have it consistent
between the OSs.

I use it frequently, even in Win 7. I remember being happy to learn
that it was so easy to put back on the Start menu.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I believe it wasn't enabled by default in XP, either.

Actually it is enabled by default in XP, but that changed with Vista.
Either way, easy enough to add.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

I use the Run command all the time. Maybe not in Vista/Win7 as much,
but I spend most of my time in XP, so I like to have it consistent
between the OSs.

The only benefit I've seen that the Run command has over Vista and
Windows 7's search box is that Run maintains a history but search
doesn't. To each his own, of course.

--
Zaphod

Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster: A cocktail based on Janx Spirit.
The effect of one is like having your brain smashed out
by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

 

[Leon Manfredi]

Start --> Control Panel --> Task Bar and StartMenu --> Start Menu -->
Customize --> Select "Run" and other choices....

 

[Stan Brown]

I use the Run command all the time. Maybe not in Vista/Win7 as much,
but I spend most of my time in XP, so I like to have it consistent
between the OSs.

Winkey+R works in XP also. I like to keep my Start Menu lean, so I
always use Winkey+E for My Computer and Winkey+R for Run.

 

[SC Tom]

I use the Run command all the time. Maybe not in Vista/Win7 as much,
but I spend most of my time in XP, so I like to have it consistent
between the OSs.

I agree. It's a simple and easy way to bring up programs like regedit, event
viewer, services, etc., without having to either move the shortcuts to one
place or running through all the start menu folders to find each one.

 

[Nil]

Winkey+R works in XP also. I like to keep my Start Menu lean, so
I always use Winkey+E for My Computer and Winkey+R for Run.

I still use my old '90s-vintage clicky IBM keyboard on my main
computer. I love it, and it's built like a tank. No Win key,
unfortunately.

 

[Char Jackson]

I still use my old '90s-vintage clicky IBM keyboard on my main
computer. I love it, and it's built like a tank. No Win key,
unfortunately.

We use the same kind of IBM keyboard throughout the house. I was able
to pick up 11 of them for $10 at a local recycling center about 11-12
years ago and still have most of them in a box. They never wear out.