Win 10 command line. Using the start icon

“Where did they hide everything? Why have familiar and constantly needed applications disappeared from their places? - something like this is what users who switched to Windows 10 from the "seven" and "piggy" think. Where did the command console go?

In fact, she didn't go anywhere. It lies in its original place, but for some reason it has become more difficult for many to launch it. Perhaps out of habit. In order to make it easier for you, today I will tell you about how to open the command line in Windows 10 7 in the easiest way and share some tricks “for the lazy”.

The method is simpler than simple: through the RMB menu of the Start button

If you did not have time to update your "top ten" to version 1703, right-click on Start (RMB) or press the Windows key combination and X. The console opening commands are located at the bottom of the first part of the menu.

For some reason, in build 1703, the command line in the Start RMB menu was replaced with PowerShell. Here's what happened:

You can use this application in the same way as the console, but if the familiar black window is closer and dearer to you, let's return it to its place:

• Let's open the system utility " Options"and go to the section" Personalization».
• Select from the list of subsections " Task bar". Right next to the command " Replace command line with shellPowerShell...»Move the slider to the position « Off».

The ancient way: through the directory of installed programs

You have most likely used this method before, and it may seem unusual because in the “top ten” there is a catalog installed applications changed a little. So:

• Go to Start and open the list " All programs". We go down almost to the very bottom - to the letter "C".
• Expanding the section Office - Windows» – and here she is, dear, in front of us.

If you are going to use the console for administrative tasks, click on " command line» with the right mouse button, select « Additionally" and " Run as administrator».

Quick way: through the "Run" dialog

• To open the above dialog box, press a combination of Windows and R on the keyboard, or go to the context menu of the Start button and select " Run».
• Enter the command " cmd” (without quotes) and click OK.

Universal way: using the system search function

• We click on the magnifying glass icon in the taskbar or press on the Windows keyboard and S - both actions do the same thing - open the search window. Enter in the field " Search inWindows» already familiar command « cmd". A list of files and folders that contain this word will appear at the top. And the first number in it will be what we were looking for.

If you want to run the console as an administrator, click on the found RMB file and select the appropriate command. Or after entering " cmd» in the search field, press the combination Enter-Shift-Ctrl on the keyboard.

The Tricky Way: Creating Shortcuts

If you use the console all the time, you may find it convenient to open it with a shortcut on the taskbar, desktop, or Start. Let's figure out how to create it.

On the taskbar

Let's find cmd using the Windows search (you already know how to do this), right-click on it and select " Pin to taskbar". The shortcut will be placed at the bottom of the screen near the Start button.

By default, the command line starts from account current user. To open it once with administrative rights, click on the RMB shortcut, right-click again on the item “ Command line' and select ' launch from admin».

If you want the utility to run with administrator rights all the time, open it through the same menu " Properties". On the tab " Label» of the window that appears next, click « Additionally».

In the advanced properties box, check the box " Run as administrator” and save the setting.

In Start

We find the console through the search and open its context menu - just like to create a shortcut on the taskbar. Choose " Pin to home screen". After that, a shortcut (more precisely, a tile) will appear in the right half of the Start menu.

To call the console with admin rights, you will again have to get into the right-click menu. The option is hidden under " Additionally».

On desktop

To create a command line shortcut on the desktop, you first have to open the storage location of its executable file - cmd.exe. It hides deep in the bowels of the \Windows\system32 system directory. In order not to look for it through the explorer, create a shortcut on the taskbar according to the instructions above (you can delete it later), go to the properties and click the button " File location»

Having opened in the target directory and found the desired object, right-click on it with the "rodent" button. From the drop-down menu, select " Create Shortcut” and confirm your consent to save it to your desktop.

The lazy way: assign hotkeys to launch the console

Is it inconvenient to click on the shortcut? Or maybe lazy, like me? Assign a keyboard shortcut to open the command prompt. To do this, go to the properties of the previously created shortcut, place the cursor in the " Quick call» and press any keys 2-3 together.

After saving the setting, the command line will open with this combination.

The most practical way: create a command to open CMD in the explorer context menu

About one of the most practical ways to call frequently used system utilities I consider adding the appropriate commands to the explorer context menu. For example, desktop. This is done very simply.

To enable the command line in the desktop RMB menu, copy the instructions below into notepad or a program that replaces it. Save the file with an arbitrary name. Specify as an extension. reg(To assign a custom extension to a notepad text document, press Shift+Ctrl+S and change the file type from "txt" to "all").

empty line

@="Command line"

If you want to delete the command, copy to Text Document following the instructions, save it as a reg file and execute.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

empty line

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\1]

In a second, there will be no trace of her.

I hope this is more than enough. Now you will definitely not have problems with opening a black window in Windows 10.

Hello! It would seem, why a separate note with instructions on how to open the command line in Windows 10? - In fact, many users (especially after switching to Windows 10) there are many questions, where did this damn command line go from our usual place ?! Since I had to tune in to the story, I decided to reveal this issue in as much detail as possible and show you as many as 10 different ways to run the command line in latest Windows 10.

Surely you are already familiar with some methods, but I think even an advanced user will find some interesting and useful points for himself. This note is written for Windows 10, but most of what is described in the article works fine on earlier versions of Windows - I just don’t see the point in scribbling for outdated systems ...

I was inspired to write this note about all the ways to open the command line by your questions in the missing note, where in the last paragraph we considered a way to fix the problem through the command line.

Of course, modern systems are quite simply controlled with the mouse and we rarely use the input of various commands, but sometimes you need to do something specific and often this is done by simply entering a command into the terminal, and we will consider how to run it today (all options I know of). We will call the line on behalf of the Administrator and with a limited account.

Open a command prompt window from the Win + X menu

This is probably the easiest way to open the command line on Windows 10 - press the combination "Win + X" on the keyboard and select the desired item in the menu that appears.

Convenience this method in that you can select several modes of operation of the command line at once - these are:

1. Command line - normal, with limited rights;
2. Command Prompt (Administrator) - Unlimited (be careful)

There are a lot of interesting things in this menu, and I recommend that you familiarize yourself with it in detail, sometimes it helps a lot and saves time.

Opening a Command Prompt Window from the Task Manager

Open "Task Manager" and switch to verbose mode (Click for details). Click "File" in the top left corner and then go to "Run new task". Type CMD or cmd.exe and click OK to open a command prompt. In addition, you can check the box that will launch a command prompt with Administrator rights.

Command Prompt in Administrator Mode Using Task Manager - The Secret Way

Here, almost everything is the same as in the previous paragraph, to run the command prompt as an administrator - just hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while clicking File\u003e Create a new task, thereby you will open a command prompt with admin rights (no commands required)

Opening Command Prompt from Search Results

You can easily open a command prompt window by simply typing "CMD" in the search field (Keys Win + S on keyboard). Perhaps when Cortana is brought to Russia, we will be able to command the computer with our voice, but for now we can do without it ...

To run the terminal in this way with administrator rights, then type CMD in the search field and right-click and select "Run as administrator". Alternatively, in order not to touch the mouse at all, use the arrows to select the command line and press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER to open a command prompt window in administrator mode.

Launching Command Prompt from All Applications in the Start Menu

Open the Start menu by clicking on the Windows icon in the bottom left corner. Go to all applications and find "System Tools - Windows" there, and then click on "Command Prompt"

Open Command Prompt from Explorer

The command line can also be opened through Windows Explorer - just go to C:\Windows\System32 and find the cmd.exe file there. You can either double-click or right-click to select "Run as administrator" - it all depends on you and what rights you want to run the terminal with.

Command line from the Run menu

Press the buttons Win + R” on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. Type CMD command and press OK button (or Enter on the keyboard).

Open Command Prompt from Explorer's Address Bar

Open Windows Explorer and click on the address bar (or press the keyboard shortcut ALT + D on keyboard). Just type CMD in the address bar and by doing so you will launch a command line with the path of the current folder (where were you when you called the terminal)

Command line from File menu in Explorer

Open the standard Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder or drive that will be selected as the starting one on the command line. Click File on the ribbon and select Open Command Prompt. Here you have two launch options:

1. Open command line - opens the command line in the folder of our choice with standard permissions;
2. Open command prompt as administrator - opens a command prompt window in the folder of our choice with administrator rights.

Open command window in Windows Explorer

To open a command prompt window in any folder or drive you need, just go there through the standard explorer. Right-click on a folder or any empty space on the right side of Windows Explorer while holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard, and select "Open command window" from the context menu. The terminal will start with the path to the folder in which we were.

Create a command line shortcut on the desktop

Well, here we figured out how to open the command line in Windows 10 and similar systems, I hope you don’t have any questions - as a bonus, I decided to tell you how to create a shortcut on the desktop or in any other place convenient for you to launch.

Right-click in an empty space on the desktop, select "New > Shortcut" from the context menu

In the "Specify the location of the object" field, enter "cmd.exe" and click "Next"

Give any name to the created shortcut and click "Finish" (I, for example, called the Command Prompt Administrator, because I plan to run it with extended rights and I will tell you how to do the same)

If you, like me, want to run the command line from a shortcut as an administrator, then go to the shortcut properties (right-click on the shortcut and select Properties from the context menu). Click the "Advanced" button at the bottom and check "Run as administrator".

So you have created a shortcut that will open a command prompt window by double clicking on it. I hope that you no longer have an urgent question - how to open a command prompt window in Windows 10, but just in case - I'm waiting for your comments ...

In today's article I will tell you in what ways you can. These methods are suitable for opening the command line both as an administrator and in normal mode.

Method 1: Win+R. In the Run window that opens, enter the command cmd– then click “OK”:

The command line will be launched:

Method 2: Press the keyboard shortcut Win+X. A menu will open on the left, in which you can select the item we need: Command line, or Command Prompt (Admin):

Method 3: You can use Windows search . Click on the magnifying glass icon next to the Start button. Then here in the search bar enter the words: command line . Immediately on top, “Command Prompt” will be found - if you right-click on it, you can run it as an administrator:

Method 4: The command line can be found as a separate executable file cmd.exe in the folder C:\Windows\System32, or in a folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64(if you have 64-bit Windows version). Those. just go into any of these folders and run the file cmd.exe. If you right-click on it, you can select the context menu item “Run as administrator”:

So the new operating room Windows system 10 gives its users . And what about the old proven interfaces that make working with a computer much easier? For example, through the command line, you can do a lot of operations that are difficult to implement through windows. Naturally, a lot of work has been done on bugs in Windows 10. The wandering mayhem from previous versions of systems, like piling up tiles in the Start menu, has been stopped. Therefore, it was decided to leave the command line.

Of course, in itself, such an interface is unusual for a typical user. Nevertheless, it is very convenient to work through the command line, remembering primitive commands. No need to click the mouse, everything is done by hand. And with your hands you can do everything faster if you develop the skill. Now we will tell you how to find the command line in the latest Windows 10 and start working through it.

Instant start

For advanced computer users, hotkeys have long existed. These simple combinations open any applications that do not need to be searched for several minutes through the windows. The command line in this case is opened by pressing Win + X. You can also easily right-click on the Start menu in Windows 10. A context menu will pop up, in which you should select a special item.

Looking for search

To facilitate work in Windows 10, there is a special search. Yes, the developers have implemented such a function through the image of a magnifying glass on the taskbar. The hand wants to click on an attractive icon. Let's do it. A search bar will open, in which you need to type: cmd. If you want to run as administrator, which is very necessary almost always, then just right-click on the search results and select the appropriate launch.

Familiar windows

In Windows 10, there is no escape from the familiar windowed interface. Actually, the system is based on this principle. Therefore, there is an easy way to launch the command line through the standard explorer. In any folder there is a File menu, which opens with a mouse click. Naturally, an item with the desired name will appear, where you can open the command line even as an administrator with one click.

Such simple ways you can open the command line so that later it is easy to work through it. And how to do it? It is enough to type typical commands on the network. Of course, you can't remember everything all at once. But if you train regularly, then after a while the hands themselves will write the necessary commands. After all, the graphical interface not only eats up a huge amount of computer resources, but also loads the human brain with additional information, which is often superfluous.

This is the reason why many professionals prefer to work through concise interfaces that do not distract the user from the current tasks. So the system requirements can be reduced, and the speed of work software increase. We have already talked about. It is important to remember that not only powerful components can give a good result, but the user himself must do fine tuning to keep your computer working properly at all times.

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The command line is a Windows element that allows you to perform operations with files and components, bypassing the system's graphical interface. Do not confuse the command line with the "Run" function. The latter is only responsible for opening programs and components. But the command line can completely replace the standard Windows Explorer and change the settings operating system, make changes to file properties, and format connected media.

Therefore, in order to effectively manage your computer even in a situation where the OS graphical interface has failed, you need to know everything about the command Windows line 10: how to summon and how to use it.

launch

In the Windows family of operating systems, there are three ways in which you can start the command prompt.

Using the start icon

The first method involves using the context menu of the Start button. To run the command line in this way, you must:

1. Right click on the Start button.
2. In the list that appears, the user should select the "Command Prompt" menu item, preferably with the addition of "Administrator".

Advice! You can call up a similar menu by pressing the Win + X key combination.

Using the built-in search

To launch the required component, you can also use the updated search, which is available on the Taskbar. For this you need:

1. Click on search line(or press the key combination Win + Q).
2. Enter the words "Command Prompt" in the text field.
3. Select the component of the same name from the search results.

Through the Run command

The third method involves using the Run command mentioned above. To run the desired component, you should:

1. On the keyboard, press Win + R at the same time.
2. Enter "cmd" in the text field that appears and press "Enter".

File Location

You can call the command line in Windows 10 directly from the cmd.exe file, which is located at "C:\Windows\System32".

Also, shortcuts for quickly opening this program are located in the Start menu -> All applications -> System Tools - Windows.

You can easily pin a shortcut to the taskbar, (tile area) or desktop as you wish.

Video instruction

Popular ways to call the command line are described and shown in the video.

Finally

To get started with command line functions, use the "Help" command, which will display the main keys for working with this tool.

By learning how to use cmd.exe, the user will gain even more control over his device and will be able to independently restore the OS even in case of critical failures.