Revert to WinXP Taskbar

[SC Tom]

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Tip number 5 on that page is to shift-right-slick on a folder to
bring up a context menu that includes "open command prompt here".

When I just plain right-click on a folder, the context menu includes
"open command prompt here". When I shift-right-click, it includes
"open command prompt here" and "open command window here". The two
LOOK like they do the same thing, but what is the difference between
them?

I've got Home Premium, in case that matters.

Sounds like you "installed" something to create the "open command prompt
here" entry. The "Open command window here" entry is the Win7 default.
So the difference could be nothing, but could be whatever the settings
are due to the method you used to create it.

Well, I might be missing something, but the settings appear
identical, including the text in the title bar. I'm not aware of
installing anything that would have done this. I have installed
TCC/LE, but that has its own right-click item: "TCC/LE prompt here".

I tried searching the Registry for "command window here", with
Keys/Values/Data checked and "whole string" not checked, and it came
up empty. That seems weird to me, too.

Did you upgrade to Win7 from Vista? Mine behaves like yours with "CMD here"
(I changed it to that) on a simple right-click, and "Open command window
here" when doing a shift-right-click. I had installed an XP tweak for
"command prompt here" when I had Vista and it carried over when I upgraded
to Win7. Just an idea. . .

 

[Dave-UK]

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Tip number 5 on that page is to shift-right-slick on a folder to
bring up a context menu that includes "open command prompt here".

When I just plain right-click on a folder, the context menu includes
"open command prompt here". When I shift-right-click, it includes
"open command prompt here" and "open command window here". The two
LOOK like they do the same thing, but what is the difference between
them?

I've got Home Premium, in case that matters.

Sounds like you "installed" something to create the "open command prompt
here" entry. The "Open command window here" entry is the Win7 default.
So the difference could be nothing, but could be whatever the settings
are due to the method you used to create it.

Well, I might be missing something, but the settings appear
identical, including the text in the title bar. I'm not aware of
installing anything that would have done this. I have installed
TCC/LE, but that has its own right-click item: "TCC/LE prompt here".

I tried searching the Registry for "command window here", with
Keys/Values/Data checked and "whole string" not checked, and it came
up empty. That seems weird to me, too.

As Bob I has said, 'Open command window here' is built-in
to Win7's shift-right-click menu so I don't think there will be
a registry entry for it.
Your other entry, ' open command prompt here' sounds like
it's been installed somehow.
Have a look around here for any clues:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell

 

[Stan Brown]

On 10/2/2010 16:50, Stan Brown wrote:
//blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx[/url]

Tip number 5 on that page is to shift-right-slick on a folder to
bring up a context menu that includes "open command prompt here".

When I just plain right-click on a folder, the context menu includes
"open command prompt here". When I shift-right-click, it includes
"open command prompt here" and "open command window here". The two
LOOK like they do the same thing, but what is the difference between
them?

I've got Home Premium, in case that matters.


Sounds like you "installed" something to create the "open command prompt
here" entry. The "Open command window here" entry is the Win7 default.
So the difference could be nothing, but could be whatever the settings
are due to the method you used to create it.

Well, I might be missing something, but the settings appear
identical, including the text in the title bar. I'm not aware of
installing anything that would have done this. I have installed
TCC/LE, but that has its own right-click item: "TCC/LE prompt here".

I tried searching the Registry for "command window here", with
Keys/Values/Data checked and "whole string" not checked, and it came
up empty. That seems weird to me, too.

Did you upgrade to Win7 from Vista? Mine behaves like yours with "CMD here"
(I changed it to that) on a simple right-click, and "Open command window
here" when doing a shift-right-click. I had installed an XP tweak for
"command prompt here" when I had Vista and it carried over when I upgraded
to Win7. Just an idea. . .

Nope, it was a clean install, already on my brand-new Dell when I
bought it.

Just to clarify, I have "Open command prompt here" on a simple right-
click; but on a shift-right-click I have BOTH "open command prompt
here" AND "open command window here".

 

[Stan Brown]

As Bob I has said, 'Open command window here' is built-in
to Win7's shift-right-click menu so I don't think there will be
a registry entry for it.
Your other entry, ' open command prompt here' sounds like
it's been installed somehow.
Have a look around here for any clues:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell

Thanks for the tip. It's there all right, and the associated command
is "cmd.exe /k pushd %L".

I have to admit the %L baffles me. It's obviously meant as an
argument to the pushd command, but where does "L" get its value, and
why isn't there a closing % sign? I looked in help for CMD and for
PUSHD to see if %L might be a special case, but came up empty.

 

[SC Tom]

On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:35:44 -0500, Bob I wrote:

On 10/2/2010 16:50, Stan Brown wrote:
//blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx[/url]

Tip number 5 on that page is to shift-right-slick on a folder to
bring up a context menu that includes "open command prompt here".

When I just plain right-click on a folder, the context menu includes
"open command prompt here". When I shift-right-click, it includes
"open command prompt here" and "open command window here". The two
LOOK like they do the same thing, but what is the difference between
them?

I've got Home Premium, in case that matters.


Sounds like you "installed" something to create the "open command
prompt
here" entry. The "Open command window here" entry is the Win7 default.
So the difference could be nothing, but could be whatever the settings
are due to the method you used to create it.

Well, I might be missing something, but the settings appear
identical, including the text in the title bar. I'm not aware of
installing anything that would have done this. I have installed
TCC/LE, but that has its own right-click item: "TCC/LE prompt here".

I tried searching the Registry for "command window here", with
Keys/Values/Data checked and "whole string" not checked, and it came
up empty. That seems weird to me, too.

Did you upgrade to Win7 from Vista? Mine behaves like yours with "CMD
here"
(I changed it to that) on a simple right-click, and "Open command window
here" when doing a shift-right-click. I had installed an XP tweak for
"command prompt here" when I had Vista and it carried over when I
upgraded
to Win7. Just an idea. . .

Nope, it was a clean install, already on my brand-new Dell when I
bought it.

Just to clarify, I have "Open command prompt here" on a simple right-
click; but on a shift-right-click I have BOTH "open command prompt
here" AND "open command window here".

Yep, I have both, too, on the shift-right-click.

I thought mine was a carryover from Vista, but maybe it's just that way in
Win7 natively, and I assumed it was a carryover.

 

[Joe Morris]

Thanks for the tip. It's there all right, and the associated command
is "cmd.exe /k pushd %L".

I have to admit the %L baffles me. It's obviously meant as an
argument to the pushd command, but where does "L" get its value, and
why isn't there a closing % sign? I looked in help for CMD and for
PUSHD to see if %L might be a special case, but came up empty.

I just now checked a Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit system's registry and didn't
find any such entries under HKCR\Folder\Shell. Like others here I'm leaning
toward the idea that someone has run <something> that thinks it's on XP and
has installed the XP Registry hack.

As for the %L - it appears to be a token representing the fully-qualified
LFN of the folder. Try setting the command entry in the Registry to

cmd.exe /k "echo **%L**"

and you'll see it in action. No, I've never seen it documented in any MS
material, and replacing %L with %S doesn't yield the SFN but does yield the
digit 1...no idea why.

Joe Morris