One thing you may notice about Windows 10 Creators Update is that the open command window here option in your context menu has been replaced with Powershell. You can do a lot more with Powershell than from cmd.exe but there are many commands which do not immediately translate and you may not want to take a bash at new things.
You can follow the instructions here to restore the option to your context menus, as with most things Windows the feature has not been lost but only hidden. It does involve rooting around in the registry please do back up before trying either of the methods here at Winareo. You will have your beloved cmd back and also retain the Powershell option in case you are feeling adventurous.
"Starting with Windows 10 build 14986, Microsoft enabled PowerShell by default in the context menu in File Explorer. The good old command "Open command window here" was removed. You can get the command prompt back in the context menu of File Explorer in Windows 10 Creators Update with a simple Registry tweak."
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I haven’t installed the
I haven’t installed the Creators update, but I’ve noticed that I don’t have the “Open command prompt here” option at all. Following these directions, but instead renaming the “Extended” key to “_Extended” restored the option for me. This on 1607 build 14393.
good to know, thanks.
good to know, thanks.
Nice of you to squeeze bash
Nice of you to squeeze bash in this article as well!
Thanks for noticing! I
Thanks for noticing! I pondered making it a link, but I had faith in our readers observational skills.
Why don’t you just type
Why don’t you just type cmd.exe in the Powershell window? It’s not that hard.
That is far too reasonable a
That is far too reasonable a solution, we only want long and intricate ones!
Or even faster, press the
Or even faster, press the Start key and press C M D [Enter]. The more you do that, the fewer letters you have to type (e.g. after a few times, [Start] C [Enter] will get you there.
Just keep in mind the
Just keep in mind the features that have been disabled over the past few years and have had to be returned! And remember that after 2020/2023 there will be no other options under windows and things will start to be depreciated rather quickly. Don’t let the here and now folks plot any plausible deniability mindsets into your thinking as it’s better to just plot the trends for forced updates and adware/spyware appearing in the OS and that UWP TIFKAM rename all over again. And those trends need to be watched. It’s a one step forward and 1.5 steps back sort of thing with M$, until windows 7 and 8.1 go full on EOL, so watch the steps from the folks in Redmond.
Watch those half-steps they can trip you up!
I wonder how many of your
I wonder how many of your readers get the Dire Straits reference in the article title?
Nice. Glad I’m not the only one getting old.
It better be 100%, or the
It better be 100%, or the banhammer will need to be deployed.
The song is 31 years old, a
The song is 31 years old, a good portion of the people using this site were born after radio stations stopped playing it and MTV stopped showing the video.
Ha ha! Those 1980’s kids are
Ha ha! Those 1980’s kids are getting old and those big hair 1980’s hairstyles are giving way to some emerging chromedomeuses. And as far as music is concerned with respect to M$ and it’s nefarious practices, I prefer some Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
And they wandered in
From the city of St. John
Without a dime
Wearing coats that shined
Both red and green
Colors from their sunny island
From their boats of iron
They looked upon the promised land
Where surely life was sweet
On the rising tide
To New York City
Did they ride into the street
See the glory
Of the royal scam
They are hounded down
To the bottom of a bad town
Amid the ruins
Where they learn to fear
An angry race of fallen kings
Their dark companions
While the memory of
Their southern sky was clouded by
A savage winter
Every patron saint
Hung on the wall, shared the room
With twenty sinners
See the glory
Of the royal scam
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I will have to fit some
I will have to fit some Steely Dan lyrics into a title some day. You are not the only ones feeling old lately!
that’s weird because at the
that’s weird because at the search bar i type cmd and i see the command prompt. with the update they added search functionality in the registry.
If you are comfortable using
If you are comfortable using CMD.exe and don’t want to invest in learning, we continue to make it available to you.
It is not longer the default and there is a strong message there.
Consider using the opportunity to upgrade your skillset and learn PowerShell. I think you’ll find PowerShell fun (and powerful) and there is a great community of people that can help you learn and provide you scripts to manage your systems.
Cheers!
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]