The Smiling Pirate » windows run box http://www.thesmilingpirate.com Sharing Quality Freeware & Open-Source Applications Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Four Windows Run Commands That Will Save You Time (and Keystrokes) http://www.thesmilingpirate.com/2009/09/four-windows-run-commands-that-will-save-you-time-and-keystrokes/ http://www.thesmilingpirate.com/2009/09/four-windows-run-commands-that-will-save-you-time-and-keystrokes/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:28:45 +0000 thesmilingpirate http://www.thesmilingpirate.com/?p=1094

1 – Open Your Home Directory

Your home directory is located at C:\Documents and Settings\Username in Windows XP and C:\Users\Username in Windows Vista and Windows 7. The quickest way to open this directory is to open the Run box (Win+R) and type “.” (a single dot), then hit enter.

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2 – Open the Users Directory

The users directory is the directory one folder above the home directory, i.e. C:\Documents and Settings in Windows XP and C:\Users in Windows Vista and Windows 7. To open this directory, type “..” (2 dots) in the Run box and hit enter.

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3- Open My Computer

My Computer is where you can find all of the hard disk drives as well as various other drives and devices depending on what you have connected. To open My Computer, type “…” (3 dots) in the Run box and hit enter.

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4- Open the System Drive

Usually the C drive, this is the drive where Windows is installed. To open this drive through the Run box type “\” (the backslash).

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