Things You'll Need

Instructions

1

Visit the Computer Productivity website to determine which command you need to use to open the program you want to open. Popular commands include "Calc" to open the calculator, "Notepad" to open the notepad, "Wordpad" to open wordpad, "Winword" to open Microsoft Word, "Iexplore" to run Internet Explorer and "Control Panel" to open the control panel.
2

Click the "Start" button on your Windows desktop to open the "Start" menu.
3

Choose "Run" from the bottom of the second column of the "Start" menu to open the "Run" dialog box.
4

Type the command code to open the program you want to open in the "Open" text box in the "Run" dialog box.
5

Select the "OK" button to open the specified program and close the "Run" dialog box.
6

Use the program as needed and close it as normal when you are finished.