Have you ever roamed around your computer, wishing to open a command line program from a location, but were too lazy to type its path into the prompt itself? One of the beautiful things about some Linux distributions is the ability to open the terminal from any file location within the GUI. Windows can do this also, but doesn’t do it by default. Instead, you’re going to have to get in the system’s innards and actually improvise.
The registry contains an “Extended” property to every shell command key, so what we’re going to do here is rename the property to nullify it. First, go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd
in the registry and have a look at the right-side of the editor. Rename “Extended” to anything you want, like “Extended-BAK.” Do the same at “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd”. Now, when you restart your computer, you’ll be able to see “Open Command Window Here” in the context menu when you right-click on any icon on your computer.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd
in the registry and have a look at the right-side of the editor. Rename “Extended” to anything you want, like “Extended-BAK.” Do the same at “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd”. Now, when you restart your computer, you’ll be able to see “Open Command Window Here” in the context menu when you right-click on any icon on your computer.
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