Windows XP - Paint and Calculator Commands

You could do like the rest of us, go to start>all programs>accessories. From there you can right click on the item you want and select your option to "pin to start menu", which will put it above the divider on your list.

That should help you a bit!

Entering the executable file names in upper case on the command line will, and rightfully should, cause the error message you are receiving....because the command processor, try as it may, will not find those file names in that case.

Always enter command and command arguments in lower case. (Even if, say, an executable file is named in upper case, the lower case command argument will find it. However, a command argument entered in upper case [any letter or all] will cause the command processor to filter strings [including mspaint and calc] that do not match in case.)

tHIS IS ACTUALLY INCORRECT. i TRIED IT WITH CAPS LOCK ON AND IT WORKED ANYHOW!

hehe - and you can PROVE you tested it... that's funny. #2 was probably the most absurd thing I've ever heard.. hehe. Oh well, at least I got a decent laugh on a Monday morning.

thx - Rudy

you need to check your path to make sure the wildcards are there...

Right Click - My Computer Icon - go to properties

When the System Properties Popup appears, Select the "Advanced" tab

On this window, Select the "Environment Variables" button

On the bottom of this popup, you will see "System Variables". Scroll down until you see "Path", select it, the choose to Edit.

A popup appears, as a single line. Ensure the following text appears in your path...

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;

Be very careful editing the path. It does have a character limitation, and each component must be followed by a semicolon. You will have to restart before this new Path is read by the OS. After that, typing MSPAINT, etc from the Start/Run prompt will work.

thx - Rudy

Actually, what you need is a path to where the executables are located if you want to run them from the "run" command. In my case this is "C:\WINDOWS\system32" which is actually the first entry in my system variables. If you do not have a path to "C:\WINDOWS\system32" you can enter the path to run the program (such as: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CALC) or enter the path into the system variables. In order to enter the path into system variables you use the cryptic "%SystemRoot%\system32;" instead of "C://WINDOWS/system32." Again, don't forget to seperate entries with a semi-colon and a space and reboot for changes to take effect.

check...

That is what %SystemRoot% translates to when you finish editing. If you edit the path, you will see systemroot, but when you are looking at the path from the pre-edit screen you will see .... <shrug> maybe it's just me..?

Haven't seen <shrug> yet but I'll keep looking? Now that's funny right thar, I don't kare who U R!