How to automatically set the command prompt to last focused explorerwindow?

[David Lorenz]

Hello Newsgroup,

I recently worked on a WinXP SP2 PC which had a nice feature enabled.

Let's assume I open the Windows Explorer and navigate by mouse to the
folder: C:\temp\test

Now I press [WIN]+R type "cmd" [ENTER]

The commandline opens AND the prompt looks like that:
C:\temp\test>

(If theres no Windows Explorer open the prompt points to: C:\Documents
and Settings\username\Desktop)

No matter what folder I open in Explorer, the command prompt alwalys
points to the folder which was last focused in Explorer.


Note:
- I already know the solution to add a entry to the context menu in
explorer but that's not what I want.

- There is no possibility to ask the owner of this PC, because it
is used by several persons.

Thanks in advance

Greetings, David

 

[Anteaus]

A slightly lateral answer, you could try Servant Salamander. This provides a
commandline which always works in the present context, and makes copying of
files, etc so much easier than with Explorer's awkward methods. It's the
first thing I put onto new computers (well, after the OS of course) the rest
gets installed from it.

The free version (1.52) is good enough for most purposes, though it's worth
buying 2.5 for the extra features.

http://www.altap.cz

 

[David Lorenz]

you could try Servant Salamander

Thanks for your tip.

I know, there are a lot of tools that can do this task but I try to
install as less as possible to keep my system "clean".

So, I'll wait for further answers

Greetings, David