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!
The command PROMPT here power toy was a feature that a lot of users requested be built-in to Windows 7. Microsoft listened, and added it to a secondary context menu. By holding shift and right-clicking a folder, you ll see additional commands not listed on the standard menu, such as OPEN in new process, copy as path, and OPEN command window here. Suppose you need a command window with elevated privileges. Then what? In Windows Vista, it could be done through the start menu by typing cmd into the search box and holding shift+control and hitting enter. This works in Windows 7 as well. Combine the two, and you ve got a right-click elevated command window shortcut: shfit+control+right click on a folder and choose OPEN command window. Check your title bar: if it starts with Administrator, you re set! Some other sites have posted registry hacks to add a context menu entry for the admin option, but why bother? It s already there – just hidden!
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