Win+R Window Replacement

[PowerWindowsXP]

Instead of having just the textbox for run what if we made it like the open file window and had a list of directories in a default library and users could select from there. I have never made anything for windows but I think I might try.

[lemonade1947]

I really think it should function similar to dmenu on linux.
Currently the way I, and a lot of power users, open programs, is to hit WinKeym, type the first few letters of the name of an app, lets say notepad, then hit enter.

WinKey > "notep" > Enter

This has a few disadvantages that I think could be addressed with this new Win+R menu.

• Windows search is kind of trash
• If you mistype, it tries to search whatever you typed in Edge. Which is a perfectly reasonable feature even if I don't personally use it, but it'd be nice to be able to know when it was going to happen.
• Files and folders also come up in this menu, so sometimes you end up opening these up instead.

Honestly, I think a slightly more user friendly "clone" of dmenu would be perfect for this.

[graemechapman]

Couldn't you just open explorer?

[CSaratakij]

Definitely dmenu or rofi ways.
Actually, there is something close to rofi in Windows, Wox

[PowerWindowsXP]

Yes, we could use file explorer but if it's a program in the let's say program files, set that to the default directory and you can easily select Wich program you want to start.

[ExE-Boss]

This is likely a duplicate of #44.

[Ronsss]

I'd like to see a MRU, Most Recently Used list displayed all the time rather than as a drop down on the input box.

[crutkas]

dup of #44