Opening Command Line ('cmd') From Explorer

Question

Say I want to go to my documents folder and open a cmd session that starts in that folder. How might I do that? :)

Answer 1

In Windows 7 and Vista, hold shift and right-click in/on a folder. You'll get a new context menu option called "Open Command Window here".

There is an eponymous Windows XP PowerToy which adds exactly that feature to Windows XP.

Answer 2

The PowerToy will do it, but I prefer to use cmdopen, which can be found here.