Where to find context-sensitive "Open DOS" prompt

L

LeftCoast_Dave

Hi,
Years back someone, an MVP I think, pointed to a site (his?) where we
could get "Open DOS" to appear by right-clicking on any drive or folder,
and the CMD window would open up with a path to that spot.

Can anyone please tell me where that might be? Would it be a shell
script? I have this on one XP Pro machine, would like to get it on my
wife's XP Home machine. I couldn't find "Open DOS" in the registry to
get a clue as to where the script/program might be, and don't know how
to determine what is connected to that particular context-sensitive
command (as I might with "Find Target" in alias properties.

Many thanks in advance for any help,
Dave
 
D

David J. Braden

Thanks, Leonard.
I know that DOS doesn't exist on WinXP, but cmd.exe certainly provides a
DOS-like experience, and more importantly, "Open DOS" or "Open DOS here"
makes for a tighter, even if inaccurate, context menu. Guess I'll use
the power toy for now.

I still want to know how I can determine what gets fired by a particular
context-sensitive command without actually firing it. Is there a spot
in the Registry where this info is stored? If so, where?

Regards,
Dave
 
A

AAM

You can access and edit these menu choices through the Folder Options
dialog, File Types tab. Look for "Folder" and "File Folder".

Check out these registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects

(Set a restore point before you change anything)
 
J

ju.c

Correction:

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programs.
- Send To "Clipboard (as name)" copies the name of the file or
files to the clipboard. Hold down the CTRL key to change the
settings for this extension.
- Send To "Clipboard" command line utility copies the output of a
command to the clipboard. Type SENDTOCLIP /? at the command
prompt for more information.
- Send To "Command Prompt" opens a DOS console window, setting the
current directory to the selected folder. If the selection was a
file, the folder containing the file will be the active directory
and the name of the file will be typed for you at the prompt.
Hold down the CTRL key to change the active directory to a
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ju.c
 
T

Tim Meddick

Just open up your registry at:-

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory

....then under a sub-key called "Shell" that you will find there
create another sub-key (by either right-click or Menu>Edit>New)
and name it say "DOS_From_Here" - First step done!
Now, create another sub-key within that you have just made and
call this one "command" (it must be "command"), that's step two.
Now in the default value within this sub-key either double-click or
select Menu>Edit>Modify and type in the full path to the file CMD.EXE
e.g. C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe and that's it.
On each folder's right-click you will have an entry called
"DOS_From_Here" which will open on the appropriate folder when
selected.
If in doubt over any of this, look at how other entries are constructed
under the Shell key within HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory
 
T

Tim Meddick

P.S. Someone will surly point out to me the need for a /c cd "%1"
parameter at the end of the line pointing to the file CMD.EXE like:-

"c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c cd "%1""

However - I have found this not to be at all necessary in WinXP it works
just as well without it, but if you have a problem with this, please add it.
 
T

Tim Meddick

P.P.S. My mistake, again, it should be a /k not a /c in the line. The
line should have read:-

"c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /k cd "%1""

sorry bout that!
 
T

Tim Meddick

To "ju.c",
Thankyou for your informative suggestions not to "delete previous
posts". After reading a post from "Al Falfa" I now know what you're on
about. To inform you that I never "deleted" anything - it is just that I
chose not to have checked the box marked "include message in reply" in
Outlook Express. So it was a case of me NOT doing something I should have
done, rather than DOING something I should not have. Please note that I
have now included the message text in my reply and for which I had to alter
settings in order for that to happen. I do hope you are pleased. One more
I will say it - I have never deleted anything - just not included your
message in the reply, so it seems, is a bit of a crime around here!
 

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