I prefer run commands over other ways as it seems faster to me. Hereare some run commands which I use daily for opening various windowsapplications .
On screen Keyboard – osk
Calculator – calc
WordPad – write
Windows Media Player – wmplayer
Windows Fax and Scan – wfs
Snipping Tools – snippingtool
Paint – mspaint
Notepad – notepad
Task manager – taskmgrt/
Sticky Notes – stikyno
source: -http://merabheja.com/101-windows-10-run-commands-shortcuts-to-find-hidden-features/