Runner

This plugin can start programs and open files and websites as well as run other shell actions.

• Runner
  • RunTile
    • Settings
      • Program
      • Arguments
      • UseShellExecute
    • Examples
  • OpenWebsiteTile
    • Settings
      • Program
    • Examples

RunTile

Runs a program by specifying an executable file or shortcut file.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Program	null	The program, shortcut or action to run.
Arguments	null	The arguments sent to the program.
UseShellExecute	false	Set to true to run using the shell.

Program

The name of the application to start, the name of a document, a folder or website.

Arguments

The set of command-line arguments to use when starting the application.

UseShellExecute

A value indicating whether to use the operating system shell to start the process. This must be set to true for most actions except running an executable file using its full file name.

Examples

Run calc.exe:

    {
        "Plugin": "Runner",
        "Tile": "RunTile",
        "Settings": {
            "Program": "calc.exe",
        }
    }

Open Network Connections:

    {
        "Plugin": "Runner",
        "Tile": "RunTile",
        "Settings": {
            "Program": "ncpa.cpl",
            "Arguments": null,
            "UseShellExecute": "true"
        }
    }

OpenWebsiteTile

Opens a website. This tile is a wrapper for using RunTile with a website address as the Program and UseShellExecute set to true.

This tile also tries to fetch the favicon of the website and use that as the tile image unless the image property has been overridden in the configuration.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Url	null	The website to open.

Program

The address of a website to open.

Examples

Open the Code Deck website:

    {
        "Plugin": "Runner",
        "Tile": "OpenWebsiteTile",
        "Settings": {
            "Url": "https://heinandre.no/code-deck"
        }
    },