In part 1 of this presentation, I explained 3 windows run commands that are certainly useful to every computer user out there. I also explained that the quickest way to launch the run dialogue window is by hitting **Win + r on the keyboard. But that is not the only way to open the dialogue. Another method to launch the dialogue is shown below:
Launch run dialogue (Method 2): You need to right-click the start menu and from the menu options listed, select run as shown below:
Now we want to lean more run commands that may prove really useful as we use our computer every day. Remember that no matter your version of windows, you should be able to execute the run commands.
More run commands you want to remember always
- Windows version: If you want to quickly know the version of windows your computer is running, you can use the run command below to check that out:
Winver
- Disk management: This feature of windows is not too popular with many users, but it is definitely useful. Disk management is a utility that helps you to identify and organize all the disk installed on your computer. It lists all the disk drives on your device including any partitions on you hard drives.
The disk management window offers a lot of functionality as regards the drives installed. for example, you can format any of your hard disks, change the letters of the drives, create, delete or even extend a hard drive partition. These are really some of the many useful actions you can take on your drive through disk management window. Below is the run command that can be used to launch disk management window:
Diskmgmt.msc
- Device manager: The device manager is a common place to go especially if you have basic knowledge of installing hardware or troubleshooting. This windows utility provides a list of all recognized hardware installed in your computer. A lot of activities can be done through the device manager. The most frequent one is to check, install and update device drivers.
The device driver helps users identify any devices that are having issues, not properly installed or missing some drivers. Users are able to run basic troubleshooting of faulty devices and perform other functions through the device manager. There are several ways to open the device manager. One of the ways is to run the command shown below:
Devmgmt.msc
- Power options: This utility is very important for every computer user as it lets you make settings that determines how your computer uses its power. If you use a laptop, you can make settings here too for it. For example, you can choose what happens when you close the lid of your laptop - choosing options such as sleep or standby.
Other settings that can be made in this window includes what happens when you press the power button, when the system is plugged to DC power source, or even at what level of power the computer should sleep or standby. These and many other settings are done under power options. You can launch the power options window with the run command below:
powercfg.cpl
Conclusion
Windows commands are a great way of not stressing yourself much when you want to get some stuffs done. Just try to memorize the commands or save a list of them and you wont have to use the mouse all the time.
Note: All Images are my screenshots including the thumbnail.
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