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Explorer Whilst in How to Open a Command Prompt to a Particular Directory

If you would like to open a command prompt to a directory that is selected in the whilst in Explorer You can

However, the dreaded Registry rears it’s ugly head once more

Start the Regedit program

( By now you should be familiar if you have read other tips )

Select:‐

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell

Create a new key called Command

Give it the value of the name you want to appear in the Explorer.

Similar to “ Open DOS Box “ or any other name which takes your fancy

Under this :‐

Create a new key called command

Give the new key a value of :‐ cmd.exe /k ʺcd %Lʺ ( Note the space )

Henceforth when you are in the Explorer, and you right click on a folder,

You can select Open DOS Box, and you have a command prompt which opens in the selected directory.

Now tell me that is not neat if you dare.