#what is run command

What Is Run Command?

Almost all the Windows XP Users will know Windows Run Command in the Start menu. Windows Run Command is a very useful tool to launch a windows application/service or access to document that path is known. In short, Windows Run Command is a single line command line which actually can save a lot of time to perform your daily tasks.

How To Run Command?

There are two ways to open Windows Run Command; one is via Start Menu as shown below or using shortcut key (Windows Key + R)

Many people do not utilize Windows XP Run Commands service because they don’t know the command lines. Some people claimed that they can access through all Windows Services via Control Panel and Task Manager. Anyway, if you know some of these useful Run Commands, I believe you can perform your work faster and more efficient than those people who do not know command lines. For example, you can easily type “mstsc” command to launch remote desktop service.

However, I’m quite disappointed with Windows Vista and Windows 7 because Run Command does not appear directly on the Start Menu anymore. However, you can still type ‘run’ on Windows Search box to launch Windows Run Command.

Here I would like to present you a full complete list of Windows Run Commands to help you in mastering Windows functions and services. All 183 Run Commands listed below follow Alphabetical order.

Functions Run Command Accessibility Controls access.cpl Accessibility Wizard accwiz Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools control admintools Adobe Acrobat (if installed) acrobat Adobe Designer (if installed) formdesigner Adobe Distiller (if installed) acrodist Adobe ImageReady (if installed) imageready Adobe Photoshop (if installed) photoshop Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Basic Media Player mplay32 Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt Calculator calc Ccleaner (if installed) ccleaner C: Drive c: Certificate Manager certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility chkdsk Clipboard Viewer clipbrd Command Prompt cmd Compare Files comp Component Services dcomcnfg Computer Management compmgmt.msc Control Panel control Create a shared folder wizard shrpubw Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl Displays stats and current connections using NetBios over TCP/IP nbtstat Displays all active network connections netstat DDE Shares ddeshare Device Manager devmgmt.msc Direct X Control Panel (if installed)* directx.cpl Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr Disk Defragment dfrg.msc Disk Management diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager diskpart Display Properties control desktop Display Properties desk.cpl Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) control color Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32 Driver Verifier Utility verifier Ethereal (if installed) ethereal Event Viewer eventvwr.msc Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz File Signature Verification Tool sigverif Findfast findfast.cpl Firefox (if installed) firefox Folders Properties control folders Fonts control fonts Fonts Folder fonts Free Cell Card Game freecell Game Controllers joy.cpl Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) gpedit.msc Hearts Card Game mshearts Help and Support helpctr HyperTerminal hypertrm Iexpress Wizard iexpress Indexing Service ciadv.msc Internet Connection Wizard icwconn1 Internet Explorer iexplore Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid Java Control Panel (if installed) jpicpl32.cpl Java Control Panel (if installed) javaws Keyboard Properties control keyboard Local Security Settings secpol.msc Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc Logs You Out Of Windows logoff Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt Microsoft Access (if installed) msaccess Microsoft Chat winchat Microsoft Excel (if installed) excel Microsoft Diskpart diskpart Microsoft Frontpage (if installed) frontpg Microsoft Management Console mmc Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk Microsoft Narrator narrator Microsoft Paint mspaint Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed) powerpnt Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync Microsoft System Information Utility msinfo32 Microsoft Word (if installed) winword Minesweeper Game winmine Mouse Properties control mouse Mouse Properties main.cpl MS-Dos Editor edit MS-Dos FTP ftp Nero (if installed) nero Netmeeting conf Network Connections control netconnections Network Connections ncpa.cpl Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl Notepad notepad Nview Desktop Manager (if installed) nvtuicpl.cpl Object Packager packager ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl On Screen Keyboard osk Opens AC3 Filter (if installed) ac3filter.cpl Outlook Express msimn Paint pbrush Password Properties password.cpl Performance Monitor perfmon.msc Performance Monitor perfmon Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl Phone Dialer dialer Pinball Game pinball Power Configuration powercfg.cpl Printers and Faxes control printers Printers Folder printers Private Character Editor eudcedit Quicktime (If Installed) QuickTime.cpl Quicktime Player (if installed) quicktimeplayer Real Player (if installed) realplay Regional Settings intl.cpl Registry Editor regedit Registry Editor regedit32 Register/De-register DLL/OCX/ActiveX regsvr32 Registration Wizard regwiz Remote Access Phonebook rasphone Remote Desktop mstsc Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) rsop.msc Returns local DNS Server nslookup Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks Security Center wscui.cpl Sends data to a specified host/IP ping Services services.msc Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc Sharing Session rtcshare Shuts Down Windows shutdown Sounds Recorder sndrec32 Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl Spider Solitare Card Game spider SQL Client Configuration cliconfg System Configuration Editor sysedit System Configuration Utility msconfig System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At The Next Boot) sfc /scanonce System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot System File Checker Utility (Return Scan Setting To Default) sfc /revert System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache System File Checker Utility (Sets Cache Size to size x) sfc /cachesize=x System Information msinfo32 System Properties sysdm.cpl Task Manager taskmgr TCP Tester tcptest Telnet Client telnet Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host tracert Tweak UI (if installed) tweakui User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl Utility Manager utilman Volume Serial Number for C: label Volume Control sndvol32 Windows Address Book wab Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig Windows Backup Utility (if installed) ntbackup Windows Explorer explorer Windows Firewall firewall.cpl Windows Installer Details msiexec Windows Magnifier magnify Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc Windows Media Player wmplayer Windows Messenger msmsgs Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected) wiaacmgr Windows System Security Tool syskey Windows Script host settings wscript Windows Update Launches wupdmgr Windows Version (to show which version of windows) winver Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart Wordpad write Zoom utility igfxzoom