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I am running Windows 8.1 and in explorer I cant open cmd from any folder via file menu. The option is unavailable.

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  • One option to add command prompt to the menus was an unofficial extra in the PowerToys package? I dunno if that will work on Win8 or if theres a Win8 equivalent.
    – cjb110
    Jun 2, 2014 at 7:22

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In Windows Explorer, hold down the SHIFT key and right-click in the blank area in the right-hand pane (i.e. not on a file). The pop-up menu will include "Open command window here".

Added in response to OP request: to make "Open command window here" work without having to press SHIFT, you need to edit the registry (you must be an administrator to do this). Delete the value 'Extended' from the following key:-

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd

Once this is done, the right-click menu will include "Open new command window here" (as long as you right-click on a folder). You can make this work for drives as well by deleting 'Extended' from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd.

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  • that is alright but is there any way I could restore the option in the file menu
    – Punk 32
    Jun 2, 2014 at 8:36
  • I've added the method for restoring the option to the normal right-click menu to my answer. Hope that's OK.
    – mmmason
    Jun 2, 2014 at 14:00

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