Comments on: Make "Command Prompt Here" Always Display for Folders in Windows Vista

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:28:31 +0000

Did you guys figure out how to get “Copy as path” to always show in the context menu?

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:38:09 +0000

I tested this script in Windows 7 RC and it didn´t work. Someone knows why?

By: dude

dude — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:00:50 +0000

Regarding the post from saivert – how is it possible to add the open cmd here context menu entry for folder backgrounds in windows xp?

By: saivert

saivert — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:35:49 +0000

You also have to rename the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd\extended in order to get the same context menu item on folder backgrounds (right click any empty area in a explorer folder view).

By: Andy Kovacs

Andy Kovacs — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:15:17 +0000

This is great to just press shift but what if you need to open a command prompt as a administrator for vista or Windows 2008?

By: Jim Cauble

Jim Cauble — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:54:11 +0000

Thank you! I was bummed out when I couldn’t find PowerToys for Vista, and those from XP didn’t work. I use “command prompt here” a lot, and missed this facility, that should have been included in the base system.

Thanks!!!

By: Marty

Marty — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:59:28 +0000

Yes, clip.exe is available on a mapped network drive, which is included at the end of my search %PATH%.

@shelded: Your current user registry is yours to do whatever you wish. Hundreds of changes are made to your registry hive every time you log on, you just don’t know it. Admins who know what they are doing don’t use the term “hack the registry”, that’s a term used to scare off poeple who don’t know what they are doing.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:00:06 +0000

@shelded:

I imagine Marty is an admin on a network… adding tools and registry hacks into the login script is a classic technique so you’ll have the same environment everywhere you are… makes it much easier to work on a user’s system.

I used to be an admin… a long time ago.

By: shelded

shelded — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:37:28 +0000

Fine, Marty, don’t install anything; instead, hack the registry on every computer you use. (?)

By: The Geek

The Geek — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:22:50 +0000

@Marty:

Do all the machines have clip.exe on them, or can you do a mapped drive?