When I was in my engineering
college, the one thing that impressed me a lot is command prompt. I saw my
professor using command prompt so effectively. So I decided to learn command
prompt so that I can make most out of it. So I started playing with it and discovered
some different ways to open it.
So here
are those different ways to open command prompt. Let’s get started.
#1 Use Run box to open command prompt
Go to
start menu open run box then type cmd and hit enter. You can open run box by
simply pressing ‘win + R’ key. Also Run box stores the history. So next time
you want to open a cmd, just open Run box and use UP/Down arrow to find
history. This will save a lot of your time.
#2 Use Task Manager to open command Prompt
So
there might be a case when your computer might not responding and you need to
open cmd , So in this case just open a task manager by pressing “ctrl+alt+del”.
After this click on file then click on new run, here type “cmd and hit enter”,
this will open a command prompt for you.
3# open cmd in any directory
You can even open a command
prompt by right clicking in any directory. Just right click while holding shift
button and select open command prompt here. This will open a command prompt in
current directory.
#4
Open Command Prompt from start menu
So far this is most widely used
way to open command prompt. Just go to start menu, in search box type cmd and
then click on cmd icon.
To run command prompt as
administrator, Right click on cmd icon and select run as administrator.
#5
Create a Command Prompt Shortcut on the Desktop
If you love to use shortcuts,
then you can create a shortcut to command prompt and paste that shortcut on
desktop. From here by double clicking on shortcut, you will be able to access
cmd easily. To create a shortcut just go to start menu type cmd, right click
and copy it. Once copied paste it to desktop.
#6
Pin it the Start Menu/Taskbar
If you don’t want shortcut to
be on your desktop, then you can pin it to taskbar. Just go to start menu
search for cmd, Right click on it and then select “pin it to taskbar”.
Similarly you can also pin it to start menu.
These are all the ways that
I know to open command prompt. If you know other ways, don’t hesitate to share
it in the comment section. Also see my other articles for tech tips and tricks
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