"Open Command Prompt Here"?

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Does anyone know of a registry hack to get this on a context menu?

TweakUI has always had that in the past, but since there's (not yet) a
TweakUI for Vista, I was wondering how to achieve this manually.

Speaking of TweakUI. it's too bad MS didn't include these features by
default in Vista (or at least give you the option of using them via an
"advanced options" .cpl or some such thing). I've been griping about
that with every Windows version.
 
Go to Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu | Customize. Place a check in the
appropriate box.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Roll your own *.reg file:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add command prompt to right click context menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd %L"




Marty
 
Richard Urban spake thusly on 12/16/2006 8:44 AM:
Go to Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu | Customize. Place a check in
the appropriate box.
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Um... no. But thanks for playing! ;-)
 
Martin spake thusly on 12/16/2006 8:57 AM:
Roll your own *.reg file:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add command prompt to right click context menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd %L"
Click to expand...

PERFECT! Thanks. :-)
 
You're welcome. :)

Marty


Scott said:
Martin spake thusly on 12/16/2006 8:57 AM:
Roll your own *.reg file:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add command prompt to right click context menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd %L"
Click to expand...

PERFECT! Thanks. :-)



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Scott http://angrykeyboartder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
Click to expand...
 
Oops. Sorry. You are right. I was thinking about the run command.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
It was something that we picked up on the beta, I suppose this is as close
as you get to an Easter egg.
 
But most people interested in a thread have ALREADY read thru the thread and
having the new info at the top saves hunting time.


Scott said:
Martin spake thusly on 12/16/2006 8:57 AM:
Roll your own *.reg file:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add command prompt to right click context menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd %L"
Click to expand...

PERFECT! Thanks. :-)



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Scott http://angrykeyboartder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for the correction! The missing run command was one of my minor
peeves with Vista. Now I have it.

Dale
 
<grin> Glad I helped someone. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Dale spake thusly on 12/16/2006 3:21 PM:
Thanks for the correction! The missing run command [entry on the start menu] was one of my minor
peeves with Vista. Now I have it.
Click to expand...

I never used it in prior versions of Windows. I always used Win+R. That
works in Vista as well.
 
Opinicus spake thusly on 12/16/2006 10:26 AM:
Will there be one, I wonder (hopefully)?
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I'd be very surprised if there weren't. There's been one for every
version of Windows since 95.

What I wish is that Microsoft would just have included these functions
in Windows in the first place, including Vista. There are a number of
TweakUI functions in the WinXP version that would be most helpful if
they were a part of Vista. Granted some might be "advanced" so then
just make the access to them advanced in some fashion.
 
Hi Scott,

It's registered as an "extended" verb by default, but you can configure it to show always.

How to add "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/109/1/

More details on the term "extended verb" is available at MSDN documentation.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Scott said:
hold down Shift when Right clicking on a folder.
Click to expand...

That's a start. :-)

Thanks.

BTW, where did you learn this?
 
Agreed. (Sadly, you and I of this opinion are far too rare.) Unfortunately,
this is a debate that has zero relevance to the thread.

Jon

John Barnes said:
But most people interested in a thread have ALREADY read thru the thread
and having the new info at the top saves hunting time.


Scott said:
Martin spake thusly on 12/16/2006 8:57 AM:
Roll your own *.reg file:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add command prompt to right click context menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd %L"
Click to expand...

PERFECT! Thanks. :-)



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Scott http://angrykeyboartder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Well I install my old doshere.inf file that I used to use in Windows 95
powertoys and it works a treat!
 
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