Launch Tabs from Run Box

In need of a quicker way to launch Firefox with a series of tabs? You can quickly do so in Windows by clicking on the start button, then go to run (or just hit Win+R) and type in:

Firefox from the Run Command

Been playing with this for a while, and have yet to break it. Seems to work flawlessly each and every time. If you jut type in “firefox keyword” then you will get the same effect as just typing a phrase into the address bar.

Bonus: In Window Vista, the same trick works for me from the Vista search box in the start menu too. Whoo hoo for one less step!

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View Comments to “Launch Tabs from Run Box”

  1. Roby Jan 02, 2008 at 9:39 am #

    it doesnt work in XP.

  2. Mitch Jan 02, 2008 at 10:08 am #

    Very odd Roby, worked for me in Vista and XP.

  3. Jasper Jan 02, 2008 at 1:18 pm #

    Roby must be doing something wrong, it works perfect.

    Just typed in firefox google.com yahoo.com and it did what it should do: open 2 tabs in a new firefox window. Very cool trick!

  4. baracuda Jan 06, 2008 at 6:59 pm #

    Works great in Kubuntu linux!

  5. Donkey Jan 06, 2008 at 7:09 pm #

    Why doesn’t this work in batch?

  6. Mirzas Jan 07, 2008 at 3:43 am #

    Location of firefox.exe must be inside the PATH environment variable for it to work from a batch file.

  7. Macr Jan 07, 2008 at 5:54 am #

    Why don’t you set your start up page in options like so:

    in pipes

    Then when you restart it, it will start with 3 tabs running. You can set up as many tabs as you like. I run with two.

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  11. Lizette Catterton Aug 30, 2010 at 2:57 pm #

    Brilliant post. I wish other folks had simple and on target stuff just like the ones you have. Thanks :)

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