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feat!: Merge tutorials into blog
A good amount of tutorial pages are more akin to blog posts than
tutorials. And even for the ones that are very much a "quick how-to", I
feel many blogs would include them as blog posts.
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[url #commands Commands] - .numbered - 1. [url #folders Folders] - 2. [url #programs Programs] - 3. [url #windows-settings Windows settings] - -3. [url #for-more For more] - - - -On Windows, most often you run an application by finding and double-clicking it's `[.exe]` file. What a lot of people don't realise is that you can launch any application or open any file you want by typing a single command. That can be achieved inside the =[Run dialog]=. - -## Opening the Run dialog - -To open the Run dialog, you can either: - -*[A)]* Press `[Win + R]` key combination - -or - -*[B)]* Right click on the Windows menu, and then press `[Run]` - -[image ./img/open-run-windows-menu.png] - -## Commands - -[image ./img/run-dialog.png] - -### Folders - -You can open any folder by typing in it's =[full path]=. So, if you have a folder named `[Work]` inside your `[Documents]` folder, the full path will be something like `[C:\Users\John\Documents\Work\\]`. - -If your desired folder is directly in your account folder, so `[Desktop]`, `[Documents]`, `[Pictures]`, etc. you can just type in the name of the folder. For example, if you want to open your `[Pictures]` folder, just type in `[pictures]` and it will be opened. - -There are, of course, some more special location, some of which are: - -.table -|=Command=||=Location=| -|:`[%ProgramFiles%]`:||:Program Files Folder:| -|:`[%AppData%]`:||:User's App Data Folder:| - -=[Bonus]=: `[%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu]` will open the Start Menu folder, from which you can edit what goes inside your start menu. - -### Programs - -You can always run any application by typing in it's full path. So, to launch something like FireFox, you'll need to type in `[C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe]`. - -But, whats more important is that you can more easily launch some Windows apps, like Calculator or Control Panel. Here is a list of commands and the application they launch: - -.table -|=Command=||=Application=| -|:`[calc]`:||:Calculator:| -|:`[mspaint]`:||:Microsoft Paint:| -|:`[snippingtool]`:||:Snipping Tool:| -|:`[notepad]`:||:Notepad:| -|:`[sndvol]`:||:Volume Mixer:| -|:`[soundrecroder]`:||:Sound Recorder:| -|:`[wuapp]`:||:Windows Updates:| -|:`[shutdown]`\*:||:Shutdown or restart computer:| -|::||::| -|:`[cmd]`:||:Command Prompt:| -|:`[powershell]`:||:Windows PowerShell:| -|:`[control]`:||:Control Panel:| -|:`[taskmgr]`:||:Task Manager:| -|:`[msinfo32]`:||:System Information:| -|:`[winver]`:||:Windows Version Window:| -|:`[cleanmgr]`:||:Disk Cleanup:| -|:`[dfrgui]`:||:Disk Cleanup (defragmentation):| -|:`[mstsc]`:||:Remote Desktop Connection:| -|::||::| -|:`[regedit]`:||:Registry Editor:| -|:`[msconfig]`:||:System Configuration Settings:| -|:`[dcomcnfg]`:||:Component Services:| -|:`[sigverif]`:||:File Signature Verification Tool:| - -\*: The `[shutdown]` command [url https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown requires parameters]: - -.bulleted -- `[/s]` will shutdown in one minute -- `[/r]` will restart in one minute -- `[/t]` specifies after what amount of time to shutdown or restart (a number needs to be entered afterwards, so `[/t 0]` for immediate execution) -- `[/f]` forces running applications to close (might result in data loss!) - -### Windows settings - -There are also many "shortcuts" to different Windows settings windows. Those include: - -.table -|=Command=||=Setting=| -|:`[mmsys.cpl]`:||:Sound Properties:| -|:`[powercfg.cpl]`:||:Power Options:| -|:`[timedate.cpl]`:||:Time and Date Options:| -|:`[ncpa.cpl]`:||:Network Connections:| -|::||::| -|:`[inetcpl.cpl]`:||:Internet Properties:| -|:`[compmgmt.msc]`:||:Computer Manager:| -|:`[devmgmt.msc]`:||:Device Manager:| -|:`[diskmgmt.msc]`:||:Disk Management:| -|:`[firewall.cpl]`:||:Windows Firewall:| -|::||::| -|:`[sysdm.cpl]`:||:System Properties:| -|:`[services.msc]`:||:Services:| -|:`[comexp.msc]`:||:Component Services:| -|:`[gpedit.msc]`:||:Group Policy Editor:| -|:`[lusrmgr.msc]`:||:Local Users and Groups:| -|:`[certmgr.msc]`:||:Certificate Manager:| -|:`[taskschd.msc]`:||:Task Scheduler:| -|:`[fsmgmt.msc]`:||:Shared Folders:| - -=[Note]=: `[cpl]` stands for *[Control Panel Item]* and `[msc]` stands for *[Microsoft System Configuration]*. - -## For more - -For more commands, check out [url https://windowsruncommands.com/ windowsruncommands.com]. They have a much bigger list of commands and shortcuts you can use. |