Creating new "Run"/Program Aliases

I was just curious if it is possible to create new "Run" alises IE: Start, Run, "notepad" "cmd" "winword".

I've seen a few artificial run programs that allow you to make your own, but having the functionality with the normal would be nice.

Just curious if there is a program to do it, or would it just be too much a pain in the ass and involve a lot of regedit?

All "run" does, when you don't specify a specific executable path, is check for the application in the registry in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Applications\foo.exe, and if it's not a program in the System32 directory, checks the default string value within ...\foo.exe\shell\open\command\, which will be the path to the program. Most progs add their own entry there when you install them, so all you need do is find out the name of executable or check the above location in the registry, and enter just the executable name in the run box. If not, try making your own - follow the pattern of another (non-default system tool) executable already in there.