Windows 7: Introduce commands for the run-command

Question

Given Windows 7, you can press Win+R to open the command prompt.

How I introduce short cuts to execute commands? For example, I use Cygwin and would like to open a Cygwin terminal simpy by writing "terminal".

Answer 1

1) create a System Program Alias at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\System Programs

To do this, navigate to the key and create a new "string variable" named whatever you want to type into "Run" (in your case, "terminal"):

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2) create a registry key at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\terminal.exe

And within it, create a string variable called path with your command "C:\xxx\yyy\cgywin.exe terminal"

Once done, add the same path to the default item in the key.

• Start > Run > "Terminal"
• Terminal System Program references terminal.exe
• terminal.exe fires your command in the App Paths Key.

Hope this helps.