Right-click a folder icon (or the empty background area inside an already open folder)
and click either "Open in Terminal" or "Open in Terminal (Admin)".
You can also right click files to execute them with a command window.
When the file is done running you are left with a command window that is navigated to the files directory.
Open_in_Terminal.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Admin versions.
; Right click on a folder in a directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator]
@="Open in Terminal (Admin)"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator\command]
@="cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -Command \"Start-Process cmd -Verb runas -ArgumentList '/k pushd \"%1\"'\""
; Right click on nothing in a directory, i.e. the "background" of the directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator]
@="Open in Terminal (Admin)"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator\command]
@="cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -Command \"Start-Process cmd -Verb runas -ArgumentList '/k pushd \"%V\"'\""
; Right click on nothing in a library directory, i.e. the "background" of the library directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator]
@="Open in Terminal (Admin)"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHereAsAdministrator\command]
@="cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -Command \"Start-Process cmd -Verb runas -ArgumentList '/k pushd \"%V\"'\""
; Right click on a file in a directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithCommandWindowAsAdministrator]
@="Open in Terminal (Admin)"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithCommandWindowAsAdministrator\command]
@="cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -Command \"Start-Process cmd -Verb runas -ArgumentList '/k pushd \\\"%W \\\" && \\\"%1\\\"'\""
; Non-Admin versions.
; Right click on a folder in a directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere]
@="Open in Terminal"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd \"%1\""
; Right click on nothing in a directory, i.e. the "background" of the directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere]
@="Open in Terminal"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd \"%V\""
; Right click on nothing in a library directory, i.e. the "background" of the library directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere]
@="Open in Terminal"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\OpenCommandWindowHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd \"%V\""
; Right click on a file in a directory.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithCommandWindow]
@="Open in Terminal"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"Position"="middle"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithCommandWindow\command]
@="cmd.exe /k pushd \"%W\" && \"%1\""