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    start - run - ?!?!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by masterchef341, Jun 16, 2007.

  1. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i have been running mac osx for a few days, and i completely forgot the useful "windows - start - run" entries. all of them.

    i had to look up msconfig and regedit.

    there is one more that i forgot, but basically it opens up a window and displays system information, but its not msinfo32, is like, something else. it starts with a d i think? something like that. its frying my BRAIN ARGHH.

    can anyone help me?!??!
     
    masterchef341, Jun 16, 2007
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  2. LFC

    LFC Ex-NBR

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    LFC, Jun 16, 2007
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    claytron11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    dxdiag is the one your looking for
     
    claytron11, Jun 16, 2007
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    ahhh yes of course.

    i swear 4 days on osx and i forget how to use a computer.

    upsetting.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 16, 2007
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  5. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Yep I think dxdiag is the one.
     
    mattireland, Jun 16, 2007
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  6. Matt

    Matt Notebook Deity

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    Very nice, thanks for the link. *Adds to bookmark collection* ;)

    Matt
     
    Matt, Jun 16, 2007
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    hoggie old boy

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    top link...*Big Smiley* ;)
     
    hoggie, Jun 16, 2007
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    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Great Link :)
     
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    lol the only command I know is msconfig. What I don't get it, is there one for solitaire? Not spidey solitaire, although both have their own little charms
     
    LFC, Jun 17, 2007
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    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    Rep this gentleman, he deserves it :). A lot of these also work in Vista, btw, and they are huge timesavers.
     
    DrewN, Jun 17, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    ...you can use the run dialog to run ANY program on your computer. For solitaire, I think the executable is called "sol.exe", so just type in "sol" at the start->run prompt and it will work.

    There's a variable on your computer called your PATH. It contains paths to all of your common executables. It includes things like c:\Windows\system32 (which is where I believe sol.exe lives), and c:\Windows, etc. So when you type in "msconfig", the computer looks for a program named msconfig.com, msconfig.exe or msconfig.bat (in that order) in every directory in the path.

    If you want to mess with someone, make a copy of dxdiag.exe and name it msconfig.com ;) They'll likely not know why it starts the wrong program.
     
    Pitabred, Jun 17, 2007
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