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Windows 7 Tip: Elevated Command Prompt Anywhere

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

When running Windows 7, I found that I really missed the Window XP Power Toy, Command Prompt Here. It allows you to open up a command prompt in a specific directory  from Windows Explorer by pointing to the directory and right clicking.  This was very useful when I needed to run a console program or script from a specific directory. Well, I found out that this feature is now built into Windows 7,  along with some extra goodies. Check it out! Click to continue »