"Start>>Run...."

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William B. Lurie

I like cmd and msconfig and a few other
choices selectable there. Today, without me doing
anything exceptional, they're gone. I can put 'em
back, but I'm curious as to what I did to clear
them. Any clues?
 
William said:
I like cmd and msconfig and a few other
choices selectable there. Today, without me doing
anything exceptional, they're gone. I can put 'em
back, but I'm curious as to what I did to clear
them. Any clues?
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Maybe deleting temporary files, hard disk cleanup wizard or a privacy
function of a anti malware/adware/spyware program. Could probably also
occur with switching OS user logins or creating a new OS login.

Do the commands persist in the drop down after you retype them in the
"Run..." pop-up?

You can create a shortcut for any executable file by right clicking on
the executable's icon in Windows Explorer and selecting "Create
Shortcut". You can then drag the new shortcut to the "Start" menu, the
quick launch area of the task bar or the desktop. Once on the Start menu
or any of it's sub menus you can right click on the shortcut to "pin" it
to the left column of the "Start" menu. You might need to adjust the
properties of shortcuts for command window executables like cmd so they
don't close as soon as they finish running.
 
1. Right-click on Taskbar - choose Properties
2. Click Start Menu tab - then Customize button
3. Click Advanced tab

Here is a button called "Clear List" which we use to clear the list of My
Recent Documents from Start Menu. This button also clear the history of Run
command window. Maybe, you recently click this.

Let us know!
 
I think that's it, Raj. I believe that I recently
ran a 'clear list of recently-run programs', and that
may have cleared my 'run' list as well. I'll keep an
eye out for it, and if I see it again, I'll do a
before-and-after on the Run list. Thank you.
 
William B. Lurie said:
I like cmd and msconfig and a few other
choices selectable there. Today, without me doing
anything exceptional, they're gone. I can put 'em
back, but I'm curious as to what I did to clear
them. Any clues?
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Doesn't the PATH environment variable control where cmd looks for programs?
Perhaps somehow or other this variable has changed.

Jim
 
Jim said:
Doesn't the PATH environment variable control where cmd looks for programs?
Perhaps somehow or other this variable has changed.

Jim
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I know nothing of the PATH environment variable; I use CMD to
give me a DOS-looking prompt where I can do operations like
CHKDSK/R and search/p/o:-d ....
 
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