Open cmd.exe from Explorer

Did you ever wanted to open a cmd console directly from a folder in Windows Explorer. Nothing easier than that, but you need to Help Windows a little bit first. To do so you can use two registry entries under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and you come up with a context menu entry to open a console window from right where you are in Explorer. The solution works for 'right click' on files, folders, drives and some special folders like "Shared Documents" or "My Documents". It does not work for "Recycler", "Network", "System" and so on.

Using the code

The tool comes with two registry scripts - an installer and a uninstaller script so you easily can remove the extention from the registry if needed.

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