65 Windows 10 Run Commands

Note to those of you running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1: Most of these commands will work for you too!

Here is a list of 65 Run commands that work on Windows 10. These run commands can save you time (sometimes) and they show you that there is almost always more than one or two ways to do things in Windows.  All you need to do to run the commands we’ve posted here is to open a Run dialog.

To open Run dialog (or Run box as we like to call it):

Hold down the Windows key and tap the R key, or right-click the Windows 10 start button, click “Run” and type in any of the commands below:

1. Accessibility Controls – access.cpl
2. Accessibility Wizard – accwiz
3. Add/Remove Programs – appwiz.cpl
4. Administrative Tools – control admintools
5. Calculator – calc
6. Character Map – charmap
7. Check Disk Utility – chkdsk
8. Google Chrome (if installed) – chrome
9. Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd
10. Command Prompt – cmd
11. Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
12. Control Panel – control
13. Date and Time Properties – timedate.cpl
14. Desktop  – desktop
15. Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
16. Direct X Troubleshooter – dxdiag
17. Disk Cleanup Utility – cleanmgr
18. Disk Defragment – dfrg.msc
19. Disk Management – diskmgmt.msc
20. Desktop Properties – control desktop
21. Display Properties – desk.cpl
22. Documents folder – documents
23. Downloads folder – downloads
24. Driver Verifier Utility – verifier
25. Event Viewer – eventvwr.msc
26. File Explorer – explorer
27. Firefox (if installed) – firefox
28. Folder Properties – control folders
29. Fonts – control fonts
30. Fonts Folder – fonts
31. Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro) gpedit.msc
32. Iexpress Wizard – iexpress
33. Internet Explorer – iexplore
34. Internet Properties – inetcpl.cpl
35. Keyboard Properties – control keyboard
36. Log Out Of Windows – logoff
37. Microsoft Paint – mspaint or pbrush
38. Mouse Properties – main.cpl
39. Music folder
40. Network Connections – ncpa.cpl
41. Notepad – notepad
42. On Screen Keyboard – osk
43. Opera (if installed) – opera
44. Performance Monitor – perfmon
45. Pictures folder – pictures
46. Power Options – powercfg.cpl
47. PowerShell (Windows PowerShell) – powershell
48. Printers and Faxes – control printers
49. Regional Settings – intl.cpl
50. Registry Editor – regedit
51. Remote Desktop – mstsc
52. Restart Windows – shutdown /r
53. Scheduled Tasks – control schedtasks
54. Security Center – wscui.cpl
55. Services – services.msc
56. Shut Down Windows – shutdown
57. Sounds and Audio – mmsys.cpl
58. System Configuration Utility – msconfig
59. System Information – msinfo32
60. System Properties – sysdm.cpl
61. Task Manager – taskmgr
62. Telnet Client – telnet
63. Utility Manager – utilman
64. Videos folder  – videos
65. WordPad – write

There are many more of these, but that’s enough for now. How do you like these? Don’t you feel more in “command”?