Run a Command Prompt command from Desktop Shortcut

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Is it possible to create a desktop shortcut that  when pressed  will open command prompt and run a pre-defined command

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Yes  One option you have is to create a batch file containing the command     cmd -c  your command     or      cmd -k  your command    The shortcut will then be to this batch file

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first goto that folder from where you to what to open command prompt where its desktop or some other location make a text file in that location just write cmd -c  and save name bat double click so your CMD path will be of that folder

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Yes  make the shortcut s path   comspec   k  lt command gt    where    comspec  is the environment variable for cmd exe s full path  equivalent to C  Windows System32 cmd exe on most  if not all  Windows installs  k keeps the window open after the command has run  this may be replaced with  c if you want the window to close once the command is finished running  lt command gt  is the command you wish to run

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Create new text file on desktop  Enter desired commands in text file  Rename extension of text file from   txt  --    bat

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You can also create a shortcut on desktop that can run a specific command or even a batch file by just typing the command in  Type the Location of Item  bar in create shortcut wizard   Right click on Desktop  Enter the command in   Type the Location of Item  bar  Double click the shortcut to run the command    Found detailed Instructions here

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I tried this  all it did was open a cmd prompt with  cmd -c  my command    and didn t actually run it   see below     C  windows System32 cmd -c  powercfg  lastwake  Microsoft Windows  Version 6 1 7601  Copyright  c  2009 Microsoft Corporation   All rights reserved   C  windows System32      Update I changed my  bat file to read  cmd  k  powercfg  lastwake   and it worked   You can also leave out the    and it works too

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Using the Drag and Drop method   From the windows search bar type in cmd to pull up the windows bar operation  When the command line option is shown  right click it and select Open File Location  The file explorer opens and the shortcut link is highlighted in the folder  If it is not highlighted  then select it  Hold down the Control key and using the mouse drag the shortcut to the desktop  If you don t see Copy to Desktop while dragging and before dropping  then push down and hold the Control key until you see the message   Drop the link on the desktop  Change properties as needed

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Create A Shortcut That Opens The Command Prompt   Runs A Command   Yes  You can create a shortcut to cmd exe with a command specified after it  Alternatively you could create a batch script  if your goal is just to have a clickable way to run commands   Steps    Right click on some empty space in Explorer  and in the context menu go to  New Shortcut   When prompted to enter a location put either     C  Windows System32 cmd exe  k your-command  This will run the command and keep   k  the command prompt open after   or   C  Windows System32 cmd exe  c your-command  This will run the command and the close   c  the command prompt   Notes    Tested  and working on Windows 8 - Core X86-64 September 12 2014 If you want to have more than one command  place an   amp   symbol in between them  For example   C  Windows System32 cmd exe  k command1  amp  command2

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This is an old post but I have issues with coming across posts that have some incorrect information syntax     If you wanted to do this with a shorcut icon you could just create a shortcut on  your desktop for the cmd exe application  Then append a  K  your command  to the shorcut path   So a default shorcut target path may look like   windir  system32 cmd exe   just change it to  windir  system32 cmd exe  k  commands   example   windir  system32 cmd exe  k powercfg -lastwake  In this case i would use  k  keep open  to display results   Arlen was right about the  k  keep open  and  c  close   You can open a command prompt and type  cmd     to see your options   http   www microsoft com resources documentation windows xp all proddocs en-us cmd mspx mfr true  A batch file is kind of overkill for a single command prompt command     Hope this helps someone else

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The solutions turned out to be very simple     Open text edit  Write the command  save as  bat  Double click the file created and the command automatically starts running in command-prompt

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