If you’re feeling geeky, these tips work in Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The Windows Run Dialog is still a useful tool even in Windows 10 where it has largely been supplanted by taskbar search. But some of these more \u201cgeeky\u201d commands have to be run from a Windows Run box\u2026 but not all.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s open a Run dialog (or Run box as we call it):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Right-click on the Windows 10 or 11 start button and click \u201cRun\u201d. Or press the Windows key + R<\/span><\/p>\n Now that we have that out of the way, let\u2019s do some geeky stuff!<\/span><\/p>\n Open the C: Drive<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Open a Run box<\/span> Open your Users folder<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Open a Run box<\/span> Check your PC for performance issues<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Open a Run box<\/span> (Hey, you\u2019re right! You can also type this in taskbar search and run it.)<\/span><\/p>\n Search directly from a Run box<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Open a Run box<\/span> You can use your favorite browser instead of Chrome. Type Firefox instead of Chrome to use Firefox; type; type MSEDGE to use Microsoft Edge… you get the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019re not sure how useful these tips are, but you can dazzle your friends, confound your enemies, or just have fun playing around with them. Who knows?\u00a0 You might even discover your own geeky tricks! Easy Windows Tips for When You’re Feeling Geeky If you’re feeling geeky, these tips work in Windows 10 and Windows 11 The Windows Run Dialog is still a useful tool even in Windows 10 where it has largely been supplanted by taskbar search. But some of these more \u201cgeeky\u201d commands have to be run from a\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,10],"tags":[4399,4397,2888,4398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23811,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809\/revisions\/23811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Type a backward slash \u2013 (that would be this: \\ ) in the Run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/run-c.png\")
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\n2. Type two dots in the Run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span>
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\n2. Type RESMON in the Run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/run-resmon.png\")
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\n2. Type CHROME \u201c?Search\u201d in the Run box \u2013 replacing the word Search with whatever you are searching for<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/run-search1.png\")
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