During daily use of Windows, to be true masters (very geeky or nerdy) of the computer, you should know some of the commands to be typed in the " Run " box . The Run command is clearly visible by pressing the right mouse button on the Windows 10 Start button, while in Windows 7, by default, it is hidden because it is replaced by the search box. You can display the Run text box in Windows 7 by pressing the right mouse button on the Start button at the bottom left, entering the properties and then clicking on Customize to find, among the options, the box with which to enable the Run command .
To do this first (also in Windows 10) you can directly press the combination of Windows-R keys on the keyboard.
Knowing the most common Windows commands allows you to launch some configuration panels and some programs very quickly.
Since in the guides we often speak of commands to be typed in "Run", in this post we see the 30 most useful, which are used most frequently, to make jobs faster in everyday use of Windows. After each written command, just press the Enter key to execute it.
1) % Programfiles% opens the Windows programs folder and it doesn't matter which disk the system is installed on because it is an automated variable.
2) % Userprofile% is very important to know because, both in Windows 7 and in Windows 10, it is the real location of folders such as documents, music, images, the desktop and all personal folders.
The% Userprofile% folder can be C / Users / pomhey / or C / Users / userX /
The profile folder opens simply by typing. and pressing Enter.
3) control is the command that opens the Control Panel.
4) Regedit opens the registry key editor.
5) cleanmgr is the command to open the hard disk cleaning utility
6) compmgmt.msc opens the important "Computer Management" configuration window where you can manage users, shared folders, disks and much more.
7) firewall.cpl opens the configuration panel of the Windows firewall which can thus be deactivated and activated quickly.
8) fsmgmt.msc allows you to see all the active shares of the computer: folders and printers which can also be accessed on the network from other PCs. With this command you can control sharing on your computer easily.
9) 4 commands to open the internet browser if they are installed on the computer: iexplore, Chrome, Firefox, Opera
You can also add a website address to the end of the browser name to open it directly.
For example, you can write the iexplore www.navigaweb.net command in the "Run" text box and press Enter to open this site.
10) msinfo32 is the easiest way to view complete computer information, with all hardware and software details.
11) Netplwiz opens the user management configuration window, to add new ones or to remove them (if performed by the administrator).
If it is run by a non-administrator user, it can change some account preferences such as password.
12) OSK opens the keyboard on the screen which always remains the best protection against keyloggers. This command must be remembered as such, when using a public or non-public computer, to avoid any risk, you can use the on-screen keyboard to type in a password.
13) Logoff and shutdown are the commands, respectively, to log off as a user and to turn off the computer. It is important to remember the "shutdown-a" command, to be written quickly to abort a system shutdown if you were wrong or if a program forces the computer to restart.
14) utilman quickly opens the Windows accessibility center which, as seen, hides many useful things for everyone (see article Best hidden functions in the Windows accessibility center, not only for the disabled)
15) wuapp will open the Windows update manager .
16) write very useful this command to quickly open a sheet in which to write a document via Wordpad.
17) notepad opens the notepad instead.
18) WinWord opens Microsoft Word if it is installed on the computer
19) The Calc command opens the calculator
20) mstsc is the command to start a remote desktop session.
21) To open the DOS command prompt, you must run the CMD command, if you then want to open the prompt with administrator rights, write cmd and then press the CTRL SHIFT ENTER keys together.
22) winver is the command to know everything about the version of WIndows installed.
23) resmon is the command to open resource monitoring, to know how computer hardware resources are used, in real time.
23) wf.msc opens the settings of the Windows Firewall.
24) fsquirt opens file transfer via bluetooth.
25) appwiz.cpl allows you to open the Programs and Features window in Windows 7 or Application Installation in Windows 10, to uninstall apps and programs.
26) shrpubw opens the shared folder creation wizard, to share folders and files on the network.
27) credwiz opens the password backup tool stored by Windows.
28) sysdm.cpl opens the system properties.
29) perfmon opens the performance report tool.
30) lusrmgr.msc opens the user management.
Bonus trick: Typing the / in the Run box and pressing Enter opens the main disk folder .
Con. opens the profile while with .. opens the users folder .
Many of these commands work because they are configured as abbreviations in the so-called " environment variables " of Windows (see article Change the TEMP and TMP environment variables on Windows to move temporary files).
To add new commands or to modify existing ones for the Windows Run key, you can use the easy-to-use Win + R Alias program, with which you can create abbreviations to start any program or website.
