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“DOS Prompt” option in context menu of any drive.

This setting enables you to have “DOS Prompt” option in the right-click menu of any drive.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

Context menu is a very useful tool to make your working quite easy. You have many choices for working on a drive. This setting can open the Command Prompt with the current drive selected.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “\Shell\DOSHere\” is not present, create it as explained below. Now, change the String value of “Default” to “DOS Prompt” under “DOSHere” key.

Then, create another sub key under “DOSHere” with the name “Command” and change its String value “Default” to the data “cmd.exe /k”.

However, if you want to revert to the original context menu condition, delete the subkey “Shell”.

Refresh view of your system for the changes to take effect.

NOTE:
The Windows 98 and ME users should change the String value “Default” to the data “command.com /k”.

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'DOS Prompt Here' command in context menu for drives.reg

The ".reg" file can show the 'DOS Prompt' command in the context menu for drives.

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'DOS Prompt Here' command in context menu for drives (default).reg

The ".reg" file can hide the 'DOS Prompt' command in the context menu of drives.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Shell

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

DosHere

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

DOS &Prompt

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 4 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Command

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 5 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere\Command\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

cmd.exe /k

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "DOS Prompt" option is visible in the context-menu of the drive.

The "DOS Prompt" option is not visible in the context-menu of the drive.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\] key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "Shell".

Third, right-click on the 'Shell' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "DosHere".

Fourth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Fifth, enter the value "DOS &Prompt" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Sixth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "cmd.exe /k" in the text box and click on 'OK'.