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  • V virang_21

    Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

    Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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    Sander Rossel
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    Nice! Didn't know the shift+right click either. Now I've got to try that rm -rf * from your signature :D

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    • V virang_21

      Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

      Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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      Marc Clifton
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      Wow - thanks for that tip - it's easier than shift-right-click and find "open cmd prompt here". Marc

      V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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      • V virang_21

        Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

        Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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        Bryian Tan
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        Awesome !!!

        Bryian Tan

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        • L Lost User

          Or you can shift-right click and open a cmd right there

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          Mark_Wallace
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          Ha! And I went to the trouble of adding "command prompt here" to the registry!

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            It works for any exe reachable through the path. I use it for quite a few things.

            veni bibi saltavi

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            Rage
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            Nagy Vilmos wrote:

            I use it for quite a few things.

            Now you have said too much ! What for ?

            Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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            • V virang_21

              Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

              Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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              Rage
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              Why o why are those things never documented ? They have pages of unnecessary documentation about more unnecessary things, and those things are NEVER documented. :mad: Thanks !

              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              • V virang_21

                Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                Richard Deeming
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                Or click on "File" in the ribbon - it has options to open a command prompt or Powershell, either elevated or not.


                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                • R Rage

                  Why o why are those things never documented ? They have pages of unnecessary documentation about more unnecessary things, and those things are NEVER documented. :mad: Thanks !

                  Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                  Lost User
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                  Shhhhh, as soon as too many people find something useful, ms will take it away.

                  Sin tack the any key okay

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                  • R Rage

                    Why o why are those things never documented ? They have pages of unnecessary documentation about more unnecessary things, and those things are NEVER documented. :mad: Thanks !

                    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                    Vark111
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                    This is part of the secret handshake to the developer's clubhouse.

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                    • V virang_21

                      Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                      Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                      patbob
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                      Thanks. Learn something new every day.. OK, yeah, that's just ordinary in this profession, but I still appreciate the tip :)

                      We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

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                      • V virang_21

                        Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                        Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                        Jeremy Falcon
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                        What? Really? I never knew this. Wow. Thanks for the tip.

                        Jeremy Falcon

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                        • R Rage

                          Why o why are those things never documented ? They have pages of unnecessary documentation about more unnecessary things, and those things are NEVER documented. :mad: Thanks !

                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                          virang_21
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                          First rule of Fight Club is....

                          Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                          • V virang_21

                            Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                            Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                            Brady Kelly
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                            Command prompts are so Windows 95. Typing Alt+F,S,R does the same but gives you a PowerShell admin console from your current directory in explorer. Alf+F,R does the same but without admin.

                            Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, Erisia Information Services.

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                              Why o why are those things never documented ? They have pages of unnecessary documentation about more unnecessary things, and those things are NEVER documented. :mad: Thanks !

                              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                              den2k88
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                              Beacuse then the initiates of the secret Computers Club can astonish those around them.

                              * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                              • V virang_21

                                Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                                Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                                den2k88
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                                More: you can actually execute whatever you please like a "run" command. Try it with a ping!

                                * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                                • B Brady Kelly

                                  Command prompts are so Windows 95. Typing Alt+F,S,R does the same but gives you a PowerShell admin console from your current directory in explorer. Alf+F,R does the same but without admin.

                                  Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, Erisia Information Services.

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                                  kalberts
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                                  Brady Kelly wrote:

                                  Command prompts are so Windows 95.

                                  A shell (if I may ask, please) is a sign of advancement, sophistication, an efficient way of working... Just ask our junior employees, fresh from the University. They know - truth can't be argued, you know - that GUIs, and Windows in particular, is for amateurs, not for professionals. Editing a 7-bit ASCII configuration file (where you have to use escape codes for any character outside ASCIII and names with spaces are forbidden) in vi is just so much simpler and more efficient than having to grab a mouse to check that little square. Besides, that label on the check box wastes a lot of screen space telling me things I already know ... ... OK, I am exaggregating a litte bit. But only a tiny little bit. There is a constant battle here between these young, "advanced", newly-educated Linux fans who scorn at primitive, consumer oriented GUIs. Hey, we are professionals! We use professional tools! We write shell scripts, not for cmd.exe or powershell, we use professional shells like bash or sh! ... Essentially, we use Windows based tools, but these guys insist that bash shell scripts are perfectly fine, even though (or mayby even because) they enforce case sensitivity and rename environment variables so that they have the same casing (and in some cases: name) as is common in a Linux environment. And then they start whining about those Windows users who are so unwilling to learn how to do things the proper way in a Linux environment...

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                                  • V virang_21

                                    Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                                    Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                                    Dirk Verheijke
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                                    Cool!

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                                    • K kalberts

                                      Brady Kelly wrote:

                                      Command prompts are so Windows 95.

                                      A shell (if I may ask, please) is a sign of advancement, sophistication, an efficient way of working... Just ask our junior employees, fresh from the University. They know - truth can't be argued, you know - that GUIs, and Windows in particular, is for amateurs, not for professionals. Editing a 7-bit ASCII configuration file (where you have to use escape codes for any character outside ASCIII and names with spaces are forbidden) in vi is just so much simpler and more efficient than having to grab a mouse to check that little square. Besides, that label on the check box wastes a lot of screen space telling me things I already know ... ... OK, I am exaggregating a litte bit. But only a tiny little bit. There is a constant battle here between these young, "advanced", newly-educated Linux fans who scorn at primitive, consumer oriented GUIs. Hey, we are professionals! We use professional tools! We write shell scripts, not for cmd.exe or powershell, we use professional shells like bash or sh! ... Essentially, we use Windows based tools, but these guys insist that bash shell scripts are perfectly fine, even though (or mayby even because) they enforce case sensitivity and rename environment variables so that they have the same casing (and in some cases: name) as is common in a Linux environment. And then they start whining about those Windows users who are so unwilling to learn how to do things the proper way in a Linux environment...

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                                      Brady Kelly
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                                      Aah, yes, but I was only advocating the more modern and advanced Windows (and now Linux too) shell over the old and primitive DOS-based one usually called a Command Prompt.

                                      Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, Erisia Information Services.

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                                      • V virang_21

                                        Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                                        Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                                        Member 11010760
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                                        Typing 'cmd' in the address bar only opens up the command prompt to my "Windows" directory. If you have a folder on a file-share, it recognizes the location, does not support it, and defaults the 'cmd' prompt window to the "Windows" directory. It's still a quick way to open a 'cmd' prompt. Thanks.

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                                        • V virang_21

                                          Learned something new today. You can open a command prompt with current directory by typing cmd in address bar. No need to open cmd and then navigate to directory.

                                          Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf * Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.

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                                          TNCaver
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                                          Holy cow! Why hasn't this made all the popular lists of important Windows tips before?

                                          If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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