A few months ago I set it up so I could run all the programs I commonly use from the Run command in Windows XP. Let me tell you, it’s awesome. It was something I’d been meaning to do for a while and now I could hardly live without it. Best of all, it’s very simple to do. Here’s my process:
- Make a directory somewhere; I used “C:\run\”.
- Fill the directory with shortcuts for evey program you want quick access to.
- You now have to make Windows look in that directory when you try to Run something. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. In the ‘System variables’ section, find the PATH variable and click Edit. Scroll to the end of the ‘Variable value’ list (using Ctrl + right arrow, for example) and append a semicolon and the directory you filled with shortcuts; for example, “;C:\run\”.
And that’s it. You should now be able to run anything you’ve put in that directory with the Run command.