{"id":26165,"date":"2023-06-19T07:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=26165"},"modified":"2023-06-19T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:41:29","slug":"be-a-windows-commander-some-commands-for-the-geek-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/be-a-windows-commander-some-commands-for-the-geek-in-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Windows Commander! Commands For the Geek In You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Be a Windows Commander! Commands For the Geek In You<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All of these work in Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Windows Run Dialog is still a useful tool even in Windows 10 and Windows 11 where it has largely been supplanted by the taskbar search. But some of these more \u201cgeeky\u201d commands must be run from a Windows run box\u2026 some but not all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s open a Run dialog (or Run box as we call it):<\/span><\/strong><\/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><\/p>\n

1. Open a run box<\/span>
\n2. Type a backward slash \u2013 (that would be this: \\ ) in the run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Open the Users folder<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Open a run box<\/span>
\n2. Type two dots in the run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span>
\n\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Open your User folder.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Open a run box<\/span>
\n2. Type one dot in the run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Your<\/span><\/p>\n

Check your PC for performance issues<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Open a run box<\/span>
\n2. Type RESMON in the run box<\/span>
\n3. Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

(Hey, you\u2019re right eagle eye! You can also type RESMON in the taskbar search and run it)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Search directly from a Run box<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Open a run box<\/span>
\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

You can use your favorite browser instead of Chrome. Type Firefox instead of Chrome to use Firefox;\u00a0 type Microsoft-Edge to use Microsoft Edge, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Search<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not sure how useful these tips are, but maybe you can dazzle your friends, confound your enemies, or just learn something new about your Windows computer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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