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> Shell window from any directory: Adds a Windows Explorer shell window (screenshot) so that you can right-click on any directory and open a command (cmd.exe) w
by UnoriginalGuy 12y ago
> Shell window from any directory: Adds a Windows Explorer shell window (screenshot) so that you can right-click on any directory and open a command (cmd.exe) window from that directory.
Windows already has that, hold down shift and right click either on a subfolder or in the white space/nothing within an open folder.
Since, I dunno, XP maybe? I don't think 2000 had it. I know Vista did.
- fencepost 12y agoThat was almost certainly the "Command Prompt Here" powertoy for XP, but it was then integrated into Vista and 7.
- vram22 12y agoYes, it was probably that. Some of those powertoys were cool. I remember installing and using that one. Didn't know that it was integrated into Windows 7 with that Shift+Right-Click shortcut though, thanks.
- pjc50 12y agoWell, that's kind of undiscoverable; it really ought to be on the shell extension context menu.
- UnoriginalGuy 12y agoMuch like Mac, Windows is designed for consumers primarily, power users/programmers/etc secondarily. It can be reconfigured to appear without shift: http://superuser.com/questions/240279/windows-open-command-prompt-window-without-holding-shift http://superuser.com/questions/240279/windows-open-command-p... Although the Windows 8.1 right click bottom left for the new Power Users Menu was a welcomed addition that consumers could inadvertently run across.
- gentlebend 12y agoWhile we're on the topic, here's a cute tip: To make the opposite move -- from the command prompt to an explorer window of the current directory -- use "start ."
- arthurfm 12y agoXP didn't have this feature. It was in Vista onwards.