Our Run command is a modern replacement for the classic Windows Run dialog. Instead of memorizing commands, you can browse, discover, and run everything your system offers, directly from Raycast.

In Raycast Run you can:

• Access and manage your run history, (backwards compatible with Windows Run dialog).
• View human readable descriptions for system tools, CPL applets and MMC snap-ins.
• Search and launch Windows applications (like notepad, calc, mspaint )
• Search and launch Windows system tools ( like regedit, cmd, taskmgr )
• Search and open Control Panel applets (appwiz.cpl, ncpa.cpl etc)
• Search and open Microsoft Management Console snap-ins (certmgr.msc, diskmgmt.msc etc)
• Navigate to directories (like C:\\Users , \\\\server\\share, %appdata%, or %appdata%\\Microsoft)
• Run registered URIs (like shell:Recent, shell:startup, shell:RecycleBin etc)
• Execute run commands directly from the root search.

Pro Tip: To keep your muscle memory, you can set the Hotkey for the Run command to win+R to open Raycast instead of the Run dialog.

Open Run

Opens the Run command interface where you can type and execute Windows commands

Browse available executables and know exactly what you’re launching