Jayson Go

Have you ever wanted to launch the Command Prompt from a specific folder in Windows Explorer?  Working with more command-line type of tools with my current company has prompted more of this behavior in my day to day tasks.

 

There may be a number of ways to do this, for example, PowerToys DosHere (do a search for it).

However, if you want to do it manually, you can perform these few steps.

 

1. Launch Windows Explorer.

2. On the main menu, go to 'Tools->Folder Options' and then navigate to the 'File Types' tab.

3. The list of file types you see have two columns: 'Extensions' and 'File Types'.  Look for an extension of "(NONE)" and a File Type of "Folder" and select that entry.

4. Click the 'Advanced' button.  An 'Edit File Type' dialog will pop up.

5. Click 'New...' and a 'New Action' dialog will pop up.

6. Under 'Action', call it what you want.  For example, "Command Prompt" (w/o the quotes).

7. Under 'Application used to perform action', enter in "C:\Windows\System32\Cmd.exe /k cd" (w/o the quotes).

8. Click OK to get out of all the dialogs.

9. Done.  Now, when you right click any folder, you should see your new action.  In these steps, I used "Command Prompt".  Clicking the new action will open Cmd.exe with a default directory of the folder you clicked from Windows Explorer.

 

 

 

Final Note:

If you ever need to remove this or modify the settings, you will have to delete the appropriate key from the Registry.  Typical "Registry Disclaimer" applies here so don't try this if you're not comfortable messing with the Registry.

 

The registry location is:

HKCR/Folder/shell/<action name>

where <action name> is the Action Name you gave it from step #6.

 

To remove, delete the <action name> key.

To rename, rename the <action name> key.

To modify the command, go to <action name>/command and modify the (Default) String value.

Well, I've been away from Spaces for a while, but I think I will start getting on here a bit more.  Why?  I have no clue.  Call it build up and a need to release.  Call it a life with things happening and this being a the medium of choice.  Call it what you may but I think I'm back.

Wow, I'm getting tired blogging about all these newly released apps from Microsoft... should I even keep doing this?  Well, I only blog about apps that I like ;)

 

Anyways, I've been using MP11 Beta1 and 2 and they have been okay.  I definitely saw some quirkiness with Beta2 but I think it was an isolated case and haven't seen it occur since.  Well, without further ado, Microsoft has released Media Player 11.  Go get your copy!

 

 

Windows Defender was released yesterday by Microsoft.  This is Microsoft's antispyware application, which I used for a while when it was still in Beta.  I stopped using it for a while but decided to install it yesterday after its release.  So far so good.  Actually, I loved the beta back then, so my guess this is just as good or even better.  The best thing about it, is that it's free!

 

You can learn more about it here:

First of all, how many "Jayson's" do you really know with that kind of spelling??  Now, how many Jayson's were born in the Philippines?  Wait scratch that... how many "Jayson Go's" do you know are from the Philippines... no no no wait scratch that again... how may Jayson Go's do you know were born in Cebu City, Philippines?? I only know of one!  Me.

 

WRONG!

 

Look at that link... apparently there's some other Jayson Go, born at the same exact city I was, same spelling and everything that moved to Canada when he was 3.  Crazy... All this from doing a search for "Jayson Go" on Windows Live.