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Starting programs from the run window

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Citadel535

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I use the run window to start almost all my programs. However, some programs don't let me run them by their program name. Where does Windows keep a list of the programs to run on the computer?

For example:
iexplore -> Internet Explorer
winword -> Word
msimn /newsonly -> Outlook News Reader


Anyone know?
 
another option it to hotkey stuff. That is what I do. I have winamp to ctrl-alt-z and starcraft to ctrl-alt-s. You can do this by right clicking on a program in the start menu, going to properties and adding a hotkey.
 
There is no such list.

When you type the name of a file, the OS searches all directories in the system path for that file. If it's found in one of those paths, it'll run. Otherwise the system won't be able to find it.

Type "SET" at a command prompt to dump all environment variables and check out the path on the system.
 
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