Run Command - Create Shortcut

How to Create a "Run" Command Box Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Run command dialog shortcut that you can pin and use where you like in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

   Note

The default keyboard shortcut to open the Run dialog is Windows + R.

EXAMPLE: Run command dialog

OPTION ONE

To Download a "Run" Command Dialog Box Shortcut

1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the Run.zip file.

Download


2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Open the .zip file and extract the Run shortcut to the desktop.

4. Right click or press and hold on the Run shortcut, and click/tap on Properties, General tab, and on the Unblock button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5 or 6 below.

5. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.

OPTION TWO

To Manually Create a "Run" Command Dialog Box Shortcut

1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

3. Type Run for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.

4. Right click or press and hold on the new Run shortcut on the Desktop, and click/tap on Properties.

5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab. To the right of Run, click/tap on the drop down menu, select Minimized, and click/tap on Apply. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This is so the command window will not be seen flashing quickly open and closed when you use the Windows Update shortcut.

6. Click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot above)

7. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll

8. Select the Run icon, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)

9. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

10. In Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

11. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn

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[Dinesh]

that's nice.

 

[Lanthus20]

nice.

 

[dafatkid]

I was also able to pin this by clicking the Run command from my Start Menu. While the run dialog box is open I then right clicked the taskbar button and was able to select "Pin to Taskbar" from there.

 

[Brink]

Hello Dafatkid,

That is definitely another great way to pin Run to the taskbar.

Thank you,
Shawn

 

[jmanjeff]

why not just hit the windows key + R

 

[Brink]

Hello Jeff,

It's just an alternative for those that want a shortcut instead that can also be pinned to the taskbar and Start Menu. That's all.

 

[dw96]

Pretty good, but why do something so complicated?
Easier solution:
Right Click the start menu and select "Properties". Go to the "Start Menu" tab and click "Customize". Scroll down to the checkbox "Run Command" and check it (it is located after "Recorded TV"). Then open up the start menu and drag the "Run" button to the desktop. If you want you can then disable the "Run" command from the menu even after the creation of the shortcut.

Still, rep+, any effort is good!

 

[Brink]

Pretty good, but why do something so complicated?
Easier solution:
Right Click the start menu and select "Properties". Go to the "Start Menu" tab and click "Customize". Scroll down to the checkbox "Run Command" and check it (it is located after "Recorded TV"). Then open up the start menu and drag the "Run" button to the desktop. If you want you can then disable the "Run" command from the menu even after the creation of the shortcut.

Still, rep+, any effort is good!

Hello Stefan,

That's fine if you just wanted to use the Customize settings for the Start Menu to have the Run button there on the dark right side.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/13234-run-command-add-remove-start-menu.html

This is just another option that will allow you to easily pin the shortcut to the taskbar, Quick Launch, and/or Start Menu instead.

 

[dafatkid]

Pretty good, but why do something so complicated?
Easier solution:
Right Click the start menu and select "Properties". Go to the "Start Menu" tab and click "Customize". Scroll down to the checkbox "Run Command" and check it (it is located after "Recorded TV"). Then open up the start menu and drag the "Run" button to the desktop. If you want you can then disable the "Run" command from the menu even after the creation of the shortcut.

Still, rep+, any effort is good!

I also found that this method worked if I was wanting to copy the run command to a custom toolbar or to the Quick Launch. However I was unable to drag and drop it and automatically pin itself to the taskbar. I had to use one of the methods listed above but I might have been missing something though.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Brink]

Hello dafatkid,

However I was unable to drag and drop it and automatically pin itself to the taskbar.

That was one of the main purposes of the shortcut in the tutorial instead.

The normal way of creating a RUN shortcut like that above does not have the option to pin it.

 

[ktell]

Why have I not done this before? I use "start>run" probably 30 times a day. This has saved at least 90 seconds a day = 7.5 minutes a week = 6.25 hours per working year.

That's it I'm storming in my boss's office and demanding a raise.

 

[Brink]

Hello ktell, and welcome to Seven Forums.

LOL, hopefully your boss will not give you the other type of raise.

 

[natsumerio]

Hi everybody.

First of all, to Brink I'd like to say "Thank you, Brink!". I've been looking for EXACTLY this kind of tutorial for a while now. It's obscenely frustrating to try to find this but to only find tutorial after tutorial about how to enable it instead, even when the words that you use for the search DON'T use "enable".

Anyway, I want to say "Thank you, Brink", but it turns out that your tutorial doesn't work in Windows 7 64-bit. I can only assume that it does work in Windows 7 32-bit.
Luckily, dw96's advice (in post 7) does work in Windows 7 64-bit, so "Thank you, dw96!".

Just so that anybody who thinks that NOBODY will ever need this kind of thing knows, I actually NEED it. I'm making my very own "Start Menu" because the real "Start Menu" lacks the kind of customization that it should have had BEFORE I used a .reg patch to tell the Library system "You're fired!", & what little customization options it had before that also got fired when the Library got fired. I now have the following things linked to my new "Start Menu".
Computer
Control panel
Device manager
MS-config
Run
System info
Task manager
& the easy-to-find (not to mention easy-to-make-shortcuts-to) things like my account, my pictures, my videos, & so on.

Now I just need to make some shortcuts to the power button's functions, use something from here
Get the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7 - How-To Geek
to hide Microfail's "Start Menu", & then pin my new "Start Menu" to the task bar, so that my new "Start Menu" will be complete.

 

[karlsnooks]

For those who simply want to run a program:
WIN + R key combo brings up the run box

WIN is the key with the Microsoft logo on top.

 

[natsumerio]

& for those who simply want to make their own, FULLY customizable "Start Menu" to replace Microfail's "Start Menu", that doesn't even begin to do what dw96's advice does.

 

[karlsnooks]

very true.

 

[Brink]

Hi everybody.

First of all, to Brink I'd like to say "Thank you, Brink!". I've been looking for EXACTLY this kind of tutorial for a while now. It's obscenely frustrating to try to find this but to only find tutorial after tutorial about how to enable it instead, even when the words that you use for the search DON'T use "enable".

Anyway, I want to say "Thank you, Brink", but it turns out that your tutorial doesn't work in Windows 7 64-bit. I can only assume that it does work in Windows 7 32-bit.
Luckily, dw96's advice (in post 7) does work in Windows 7 64-bit, so "Thank you, dw96!".

Hello Natsumerio,

I'm not sure what may have happened on your end, but the tutorial on the first page does work just fine in all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 editions.

What happened for you? Did you try the download for the shortcut in OPTION ONE?

 

[natsumerio]

I tried #2, which is the one that failed for me. I completely forgot that there even was a #1 after #2 failed me. Anyway, I can confirm that #2 didn't work on my Windows 7 home premium 64-bit OS. I was surprised that it didn't work for me, because the shortcut that #2 uses looks like it's both 32-bit & 64-bit compatible. There is one thing that I did before I tried #2 that might have affected it's success/failure rate in my 64-bit OS. Long before trying #2, I downloaded & used a .reg file to tell the "Libraries" system "You're fired!". I guess I'll never know now if that was a factor, but at least it all worked out for me anyway (just not with #2).

This is off-topic, but before it slips my mind to ask, does anybody know of a guide that tells how to make some shortcuts to the power button's functions, & also to the real "Start Menu's" type-&-search box? I've already got my new "Start Menu" pinned to the task bar (it invokes the new "Start Menu" too, not windows explorer), & I've given it a custom icon. After I put some shortcuts to the power button's functions & to the type-&-search box in my new "Start Menu", I'll be able to hide the real "Start Menu's" icon using that link that I posted & my new "Start Menu" will be OFFICIALLY finished (& fully customizable).

 

[Brink]

Did #1 work for you?