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View, Edit And Purge (Remove) Run Command History In Windows

We often use Windows Run Commands to quickly launch applications and for accessing network paths. For instance, System administrators bring it up to quickly access network systems by entering the network path e.g. \\192.168.1.254\d$ or \\server\d$. Windows, by default, maintains MRU list of Run commands, however, using a system cleaner or entering too many path [...] (more…)

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SuggestRun – Windows Run Dialog Box With Suggestions

Before Windows 7, Run dialog box used to be a very important part of Windows operating system. Now half of the commands can be used in Start Search without having to visit the Run dialog box but still the importance remains. With suggestions becoming an increasingly important part of search, Microsoft have failed to implement [...] (more…)

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Open Any File/Program From Windows Start Menu’s Run Command

To open a windows tools from the Run command, you will have to learn some specific commands. To open Registry Editor you will  have to type regedit, for Command Prompt it is cmd, and so on. But what if you want to open 3rd party tools such as FileZilla, Steam, Thunderbird, or any application from [...] (more…)

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Use Task Scheduler To Tweak Automatic Disk Defragmentation In Windows 7/Vista

With Windows 7 / Vista many standard applications such as Windows Firewall got a face lift, the Disk Defragmenter interface changed to a dialog box with an added task scheduler support to schedule defragmentation of your hard drive. Since now it works on scheduled time, it automatically starts defragmenting as soon as the scheduled time [...] (more…)

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How To Disable Windows Task Manager Using Registry

Note: If you are looking to enable your task manager if it got disabled by your administrator or some virus, then have a look at this post. This tip is for disabling your task manager, not enable it. Sometimes one needs to disable the task manager to give clients limited access in a network or [...] (more…)

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Run Application Or Program Which Is Incompatible With Windows 7 / Vista

Have you ever encountered a program or an application that just won’t run in Windows 7 / Vista? Either it gives a Blue Screen of Death(BSoD) or prompt a windows error, whenever this problem arises, a window pops up and informs that you can no longer run the program as the “.dll” files are not [...] (more…)

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How To Restore The Run Command In Windows Vista Or Windows XP

When I first started using Vista I felt that Microsoft had done a great thing putting the Search bar instead of usual start menu in Windows Vista but it became one of my major hang-ups, they made it so that we could launch our favorite programs with just one click instead of two. I was [...] (more…)