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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Run_commands" class="mw-redirect" title="Run commands">Run commands</a>.</div>
<p>The <b>Run command</b> on an <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> such as <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> systems is used to directly open an application or document whose <a href="Path_(computing)" title="Path (computing)">path</a> is known.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>
<p>The command functions more or less like a single-line <a href="Command-line_interface" title="Command-line interface">command-line interface</a>. In the <a href="GNOME" title="GNOME">GNOME</a> (a UNIX-like derivative) interface, the Run command is used to run applications via terminal commands. It can be accessed by pressing <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">
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</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Alt</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F2</kbd>. <a href="KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a> (a UNIX-like derivative) has similar functionality called <a href="KRunner" class="mw-redirect" title="KRunner">KRunner</a>. It is accessible via the same key binds.
</p><p>The <a href="Multics" title="Multics">Multics</a> shell includes a <code>run</code> command to run a command in an isolated environment.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="Digital_Equipment_Corporation" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">DEC</a> <a href="TOPS-10" title="TOPS-10">TOPS-10</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="TOPS-20" title="TOPS-20">TOPS-20</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Command Processor included a <code>RUN</code> <a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">command</a> for running executable programs.
</p><p>In the <a href="BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a> <a href="Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a>, <code>RUN</code> is used to start program execution from <a href="Direct_mode" title="Direct mode">direct mode</a>, or to start an <a href="Overlay_(programming)" title="Overlay (programming)">overlay program</a> from a <a href="Loader_(computing)" title="Loader (computing)">loader program</a>.
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<p>Starting with <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>, the Run command is accessible through the <a href="Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> and also through the shortcut key <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⊞ Win</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">R</kbd>. Although the Run command is still present in <a href="Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> and later, it no longer appears directly on the Start menu by default, in favor of the new search box and a shortcut to the Run command in the Windows System sub-menu.
</p><p>The Run command is launched in <a href="GNOME" title="GNOME">GNOME</a> and <a href="KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a> desktop environment by holding <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Alt</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F2</kbd>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2></div>
<p>Uses include bringing up webpages; for example, if a user were to bring up the Run command and type in <code>http://www.example.com/</code>, the user's default <a href="Web_Browser" class="mw-redirect" title="Web Browser">Web Browser</a> would open that page. This allows user to not only launch <code>http</code> protocol, but also all registered <a href="URI_scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="URI scheme">URI schemes</a> in OS and applications associated with them, like <code>mailto</code> and <code><a href="File_URI_scheme" title="File URI scheme">file</a></code>.
</p><p>In <a href="GNOME" title="GNOME">GNOME</a> and <a href="KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a>, the Run command acts as a location where applications and commands can be executed.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="KDE_Plasma_4" title="KDE Plasma 4">KDE Plasma 4</a></li>
<li><a href="Start_(command)" title="Start (command)">Start (command)</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.multicians.org/multics-commands.html">Multics Commands</a></span>
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</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scandocs.trailing-edge.com/tops10-aa-0916d-tb.pdf"><i>TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1980<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-17</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/whaggard/archive/2004/04/11/111232.aspx">Customizing Windows Run command</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eightfire.com/complete-list-of-run-commands-in-windows-application-names.html">350+ Run Commands for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 & 8.1</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mypchell.com/guides/34-guides/69-156-useful-run-commands">156 Useful Run Commands</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.softwareok.com/?Microsoft/Run-Command">Alternative to the standard Windows Run-Dialog.</a></li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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