Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu ...

Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu ...

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• Many computer users, specially the programmers, need to launch a command prompt window every once in a while to execute some dos/shell commands. The problem is, when a command prompt window launched, the default path is normally the system path or the user profile's path. The users will then have to do all the "cd" commands to change the directories to the path he/she wants
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• This trick shows you how to add an option called "Command Prompt" when you right-click on a folder in Windows. With this option, a Command Prompt Window will launch and its current directory will be the path to the folder you've selected.
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• Use this trick at your own risk.
• Here's what you'll get:
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• Follow This Instructions
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•    1. Start > Run
•    2. Enter "regedit" and hit Enter
•    3. Expand to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell"
•    4. Right-click on "shell" and select New > Key
•    5. Make sure a new key is created under "shell". Change the name of this key to                 "Command Prompt"
•    6. Right-click on this new key "Command Prompt" and select New > Key
•    7. Change the name of this key to "command"
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•    8. Here's what we should have:
•    9. Double-click on the "(Default)" text on the right window to bring up the edit box
•   10. Enter this text into the Value Data field:
•       cmd.exe "%1"
•   11. Click OK and close the registry. 

How To Make your Folders Private

To Make your Folders Private

Do This...

• Open My Computer
• Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless   you have more than one drive on your computer).
• If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the   contents of this drive.
• Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
• Double-click your user folder.
• Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
• On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have   access to it check box.

Remember

• To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
• This option is only available for folders included in your user profile.   Folders in your user profile include

My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop,   Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private,   they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
• When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For   example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My   Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its   subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS