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Saturday, July 16, 2011

To add the ability to open a command prompt from the right click menu

I have found that amongst Windows XP users, One of the least used tools,
is the Right Click. Personally, if I cant right click on something, I almost feel
as though my computer browsing has been crippled. To add the ability to
open a command prompt from the right click menu, follow this guide.
click Start -> Run -> type regedit than click ok -> Navigate to the following
key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\Shell
On the left side, right click on the Shell Folder and select New then Key,
and name the key Command Prompt -> Now, click on the new created
key and then on the right side, double click on Default and give it a value of
Open Command Prompt -> Now, on the left side, right click on the Command
Prompt Key (the one you just created) and select New thenKey, and name the
key Command -> Now, click on the new created key and then on the right
side, double click on Default and give it a value ofCmd.exe /k pushd %L ->
Reboot your computer.

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