Open a DOS Box

A shell-extension to open a DOS box in the current folder.

Contents

1. Introduction.
2. Listing of this shell-extension.

Introduction

This very simple and easy to install shell-extension will add a new item to the context-menu (right-click menu) of folders in Explorer. This new menu item, Open DOS Box, allows a DOS prompt to be opened directly into any folder. This avoids the need to run MS DOS Prompt and then change directories to the location that you want.

For anyone who uses DOS regularly, this is a very useful customisation. Windows 95 really should have been shipped with this feature.

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Listing of this shell-extension

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\Open_DOS_Box]
@="Open DOS Box"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\Open_DOS_Box\command]
@="COMMAND.COM /K CD %1"

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