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New Post 4/16/2007 2:22 AM
User is offline Vishal Gupta
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VISTA TUTORIAL: Enable Open Command Window Here Option in Context Menu by Default 
Modified By Vishal Gupta on 5/13/2007 1:42:53 PM)
Guys!

As we know that in Vista, if we press <SHIFT> key and right-click on any folder/drive in explorer, then we get an extra option "Open Command Window here". One thing was striking in my little mind that why this option isnt available by default in context menu and why we hv to press <SHIFT> key? So I opened my favorite "regedit" and started doing R&D with it.  And I found the reason behind it and I found a way to enable this option by default without having the <SHIFT> key pressed.

So here is the solution:

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd

Now in right-side pane, u'll get a String value Extended. Delete it and this option will be enabled in Directories as well as Drives context menus. 

PS: If u also want to enable this option at desktop, then do the same for following key too:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd
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New Post 10/1/2007 8:49 AM
User is offline Sasha
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Re: VISTA TUTORIAL: Enable Open Command Window Here Option in Context Menu by Default 

Awesome.  Any chance you can do something similar to make the other context menus go away?  (i.e. Previous Versions, Share, &c.)
 
New Post 10/1/2007 2:47 PM
User is offline Vishal Gupta
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Re: VISTA TUTORIAL: Enable Open Command Window Here Option in Context Menu by Default 

^^ Thanks. Do you want to show "Previous Versions", etc menus always? Or you want to delete them completely?

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