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		<title>Opening a Windows Command Prompt in Windows Explorer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever used Linux and gotten used to having a command prompt, then going back to the Windows command line is a difficult and frustrating change.  Luckily, there&#8217;s an amazing program called PowerShell that can alleviate your stress. To open a command prompt in any directory in Windows Explorer, follow these steps to add [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve ever used Linux and gotten used to having a command prompt, then going back to the Windows command line is a difficult and frustrating change.  Luckily, there&#8217;s an amazing program called <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx">PowerShell</a> that can alleviate your stress.</p>
<p>To open a command prompt in any directory in Windows Explorer, follow these steps to add a list item to the context menu:</p>
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<li>Open up Windows Explorer</li>
<li>Click &#8220;Tools&#8221; -&gt; &#8220;Folder Options&#8221; -&gt; &#8220;File Types&#8221;</li>
<li>Select the &#8220;Folder&#8221; file type</li>
<li>Click &#8220;Advanced&#8221; -&gt; &#8220;New&#8230;&#8221;</li>
<li>The Action will be displayed on the context.  For example, I entered &#8220;PowerShell Here&#8221;.</li>
<li>Now enter &#8220;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -NoExit -Command Set-Location -LiteralPath &#8216;%L&#8217;&#8221; for the program to use or &#8220;C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe&#8221; if you don&#8217;t have PowerShell installed.</li>
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<p>If you want to later remove the entry from your menu and the &#8220;Remove&#8221; and &#8220;Edit&#8230;&#8221; buttons are grayed out as they were for me then you can open up regedit and delete the corresponding entry from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/FOLDER/shell</p>
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