One of our favorite Windows keyword launchers, Launchy, can run terminal commands like Mac's Quicksilver. Reader Ammar writes in with how he does it - using a batch file: I simply created a file in my Launchy indexed folder called " run.bat" which contains: cd c:\ cmd /K "%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 Now, all I have to do is type "run" in Launchy, hit tab, and enter whatever command I want with up to s
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