For example, write.exe is the file name for the WordPad program in Windows 8, so you can start that program by executing the write run command. Similarly, the run command Windows uses for Command Prompt is simply cmd.
List of Run Commands in Windows 8
[2] The fontview run command must be followed with the name of the font that you want to see.
[3] This run command can not be executed from the Command Prompt because the file is not in the default Windows path. However, it can be run from other areas in Windows 8 that allow execution of files when typed, like Run and Search.
[4] The regedt32 run command forwards to regedit and executes it instead.
[5] This run command is not available in 64-bit versions of Windows 8.
