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What many people don't seem to know is that the location bar in Explorer (at least on Windows 8) can act as a run dialog, and it supplies the launched program w

by Livven 13y ago

What many people don't seem to know is that the location bar in Explorer (at least on Windows 8) can act as a run dialog, and it supplies the launched program with the current folder as a parameter. So simply hit Ctrl+L and type "cmd" or "powershell" or whatever command from your PATH and hit enter.

WalterGR 13y ago
Amazing tip! FYI: On Windows 7, you need to press Alt+D to get to the location bar. (I believe that's the case for XP as well.) Ctrl+L doesn't seem to do anything.
- skrebbel 13y ago
  Alt+D is my preferred shortcut anyway, since it has the same effect in e.g. fullscreen IE10. Consistency is nice.
  - WalterGR 13y ago
    Totally. Also works in Chrome and Firefox.
TeMPOraL 13y ago
Thanks for the tip! Neither Ctrl+L nor Alt+D work for me (Win7 Ultimate, 64bit), but even with clicking manually this is extremely useful for me.
- tripzilch 13y ago
  I have been using F6 in my browsers, and it does seem to focus the address bar in File Explorer too. You need to press Enter first to be able to type commands though.