How to Run a Program on Command Prompt

Posted by MUKESH KUMAR on 31 Jan 2013





This is something very easy, but requires just a little bit of knowledge. Anyone can do this. It is like clicking on that picture of firefox and watching it open up, except you tell your computer to open it 'the manual way'.
EditSteps

1You must first know what the program is called. Firefox would be "firefox.exe" and Internet Explorer would be "iexplore.exe". The best way to learn this is to open task manager, click on Processes, and look for the program. (note that you must run it first)


2Next, open up Command Prompt. Vista and 7 users, click on start and search "Command Prompt", XP users click on Run and type in "cmd.exe" and click Run.


3Set the command. It should always start with the command which is 'start', (a space) and the .exe you wish to open. For example, for Firefox users: "start firefox.exe".


4Click enter, and the program that you told Command Prompt to open should open.





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