The RUN window helps us to run the programs in an easy and quick way , the programs include notepad,command prompt,control panel,disk cleaner and other windows default programs.
       But how can we run our own installed software programs.This is the drawback.Well dont worry.We TipsnTricks4All have invented a nice trick that could make your own programs get executed in the RUN window.All you need to do is to follow these steps :

  • Right click on My Computer and then click properties
  • A new window appears then click on Advanced on the left side bar ( for windows 7 ) or Advanced Tab (for Windows XP)
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  •  Then the System Properties window appears and then click on Environment Variables
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  • Then Environment Variable dialog opens and in the System Variables select Path and click on edit button
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  • Then , Edit System Variable dialog appears and then in the Value text field go to the end ( go to last character ( click end button on keyboard ) ) and then give the path of the folder or file which you want to execute it in RUN window and then after typing the path put ” ;.; “ ( without ” ” ) and then click OK
 
  •  Here , in the above image , i wanted to execute CCleaner from RUN and this CCleaner is located in D:\Program Files\CCleaner in my system and at the end i kept ;.; and then click on OK.
  • Click OK in the Environment Variables Dialog and in the System Properties dialog
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  • Thats it now you can execute whatever programs you want in the RUN window.
    • Now to see your program , Go to RUN and then type the program you want ( note that only exe files are executed without file extension , in case if you want to execute other files with other extensions , then you need to describe its extension also )
    • Here , i executed CCleaner and said its path in my system ..
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    •  Here CCleaner is the program name and it is with .exe file extension , so no need to specify .exe
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    •  When you specify a folder , you can access every file from it , when you specify a file , then you can access only that particular program.
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