Open Command Prompt

Here is a simple code to edit registry setting to add a context menu for the directory. When you right click on the directory in the explorer it show an additional menu item to open the command prompt at the selected directory. I found this as a handy way of opening a command prompt. Following is the content of the reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Folder\Shell\Command Prompt] @="Open Console here" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Folder\Shell\Command Prompt\Command] @="Cmd.exe /k pushd %L"

In case you use Power-Shell, the content of the reg file would look something like as below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\powershell] @="PowerShell Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\powershell\command] @="C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -NoExit –Command Set-Location -LiteralPath '%L'"

Save the content in a file with .reg extension and then double-click on the icon of the file. It would give you a warning message indicating that changing the registry setting may cause components to stop working correctly. So, though I would say it is safe to make such change in registry, use this utility at your own risk. :-)