{"id":286,"date":"2009-03-03T20:41:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T00:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.net\/wordpress\/?p=286"},"modified":"2009-03-03T20:41:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T00:41:17","slug":"open-command-prompt-herein-vista-its-annoying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Open command prompt here….in Vista it’s ANNOYING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just another way in which Microsoft just keeps breaking my productivity by making me fight their systems instead of making it easy to get real work done.\u00a0 In XP – there was a handy “Open command prompt here…” Powertoy that allowed you to right-click on a directory\/folder and get a command prompt at that location (no directory switching).\u00a0 But no such luck on Vista.\u00a0 Now add the pain of UAC and you need TWO kinds – “open a command prompt here…” and “open a command prompt here (in administrator mode)…”<\/p>\n

Well, here’s how to have BOTH:<\/p>\n

“Open a command prompt here…” <\/strong>(courtesy here<\/a>)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Open regedt32.exe\/registry editor<\/li>\n
  2. Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\/Software\/Classes\/Folder\/Shell<\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Change the default REG_SZ string to whatever text you want to appear in the right-click menu. (such as:\u201cOpen command prompt here…\u201d without the quotes)<\/li>\n
  4. Create a new registry key <\/strong>type within your newly created command prompt shell named “command,” and set the default string to:
    \n<\/span>cmd.exe \/k pushd %1<\/o:p><\/span>
    \nYou may need to add %SystemRoot%system32<\/strong> before the cmd.exe<\/strong> if the executable can’t be found. <\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The changes should take place immediately. Right click a folder and your new menu item should appear.
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    “Open Command Prompt here (admin mode)…”<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Same as above – open Regedt32<\/li>\n
    2. navigate to\/create [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellrunas]<\/li>\n
    3. Set the default REG_SZ string for this key to “Administrator Command Prompt here”<\/li>\n
    4. Add a new string value in the same same key called “NoWorkingDirectory” and make sure the string is set to “”<\/li>\n
    5. Navigate to \/create [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellrunascommand]<\/li>\n
    6. Set the default string to “cmd.exe \/k “pushd %L && title Command Prompt””<\/li>\n
    7. Navigate to\/create [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellrunas]<\/li>\n
    8. Set the default REG_SZ string “Administrator Command Prompt here”<\/li>\n
    9. Create another new string value in the same key called “NoWorkingDirectory” and make sure the string is set to “”<\/li>\n
    10. Navigate to\/creat [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellrunascommand]<\/li>\n
    11. Set the default REG_SZ string to “cmd.exe \/k “pushd %L && title Command Prompt””<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Or open notepad on AdminOpen.reg and copy\/paste the following into it (courtesy of here<\/a>):
      \n
      \nWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00
      \n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellrunas] @=\"Administrator Command Prompt here\" \"NoWorkingDirectory\"=\"\"
      \n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellrunascommand] @=\"cmd.exe \/k \"pushd %L && title Command Prompt\"\"
      \n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellrunas] @=\"Administrator Command Prompt here\" \"NoWorkingDirectory\"=\"\"
      \n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellrunascommand] @=\"cmd.exe \/k \"pushd %L && title Command Prompt\"\"<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Just another way in which Microsoft just keeps breaking my productivity by making me fight their systems instead of making it easy to get real work done.\u00a0 In XP – there was a handy “Open command prompt here…” Powertoy that allowed you to right-click on a directory\/folder and get a command prompt at that location (no directory switching).\u00a0 But no such luck on Vista.\u00a0 Now add the pain of UAC and you need TWO kinds – “open a command prompt…<\/p>\n

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