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How To Add Run Command To Start Menu or Taskbar In Windows 10

Last Updated on November 18, 2016 by admin 4 Comments

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At first glance, the Start menu in Windows 10 looks significantly different from Windows 7’s Start menu. It is because, with default settings, the Start menu in Windows 10 is wider than the previous generation Start menu (you can make it smaller), and also, the app tiles on the right-side of the Start menu make it look different.

In Windows 7 and previous Windows versions, we could easily add or remove the Run command to the Start menu or taskbar for quick access. Although most users prefer launching the Run command box using Windows logo key and R keyboard shortcut, tablet users as well as users who navigate Windows using mouse might want to pin Run command to the Start screen or taskbar for the quick access.

Add Run command to Start Menu in Windows 10

While Windows 10’s Start menu allows you pin various items including the Run command and Control Panel to the Start menu, the procedure to add new items to the Start menu or taskbar is different and easier than the procedure in Windows 7.

Add Run command to taskbar in Windows 10

NOTE: When you add Run command to the Start menu, it appears as a tile on the right-side of the Start menu, and there is no way out there to add it to the left-side of the Start menu, below or above the power button.

Pin Run command to Windows 10’s Start menu and Taskbar

To add Run command to the Start menu and taskbar in Windows 10, complete the given below steps.

Step 1: In the Start menu or taskbar search box, type Run to see Run in the search results.

Add Run command to Start Menu in Windows 10 step1

Step 2: Right-click on the Run in the search results and then click Pin to Start to pin Run command tile to the Start menu. And, if you want to pin it to the taskbar, please click Pin to taskbar option. As simple as that!

Add Run command to Start Menu in Windows 10 step2

Add Run command to Start Menu in Windows 10 step3

As mentioned before, it’s not possible to add Run shortcut to the left-side of the Start menu. The newly added item will appear on the right-side of the Start menu. You can move the newly added Run tile to the top of the Start menu for your convenience.

Add Run command to taskbar in Windows 10 pic5

How to add downloads and documents to the Start menu guide might also interest you.

Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Customize Windows 10, Start Menu

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Comments

  1. Windows Guy says

    August 1, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    I prefer run commands over other ways as it seems faster to me. Here are some run commands which I use daily for opening various windows applications .
    On screen Keyboard – osk
    Calculator – calc
    WordPad – write
    Windows Media Player – wmplayer
    Windows Fax and Scan – wfs
    Snipping Tools – snippingtool
    Paint – mspaint
    Notepad – notepad
    Task manager – taskmgrt/
    Sticky Notes – stikyno

  2. Kevin says

    October 6, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    Hi,

    Actually you can get the Run shortcut on the left side of the Start menu. Start an instance of Windows Explorer and navigate to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools. In there, you should see a shortcut labeled ‘Run’. Copy that shortcut to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\.

    In your Start menu, click on ‘All apps’ and the ‘Run’ command should appear under ‘R’

    Regards,

  3. LaRock says

    August 8, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    Is there a way to make a tile ‘run as administrator’ ?

  4. Actionjksn says

    August 4, 2015 at 6:28 am

    What I did was made a Start Menu group and named it Utilities. So far I’ve put in it Computer Management, Control Panel, This PC, and Run. And then on my task bar I have I have Task Manager, Settings, Mobility Center, Calculator, and I also have Control Panel pined there too. Also by Having Computer Management in my start menu, it gives me quick access to several other things like Device Manager, Disk Management, System tools which contains several other things. I can get to a bunch of stuff now with one or two clicks. Some of the stuff in Computer Management requires a double click.

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