I was trying to open an instance of command prompt by typing 'cmd' on the windows explorer's address bar and pressing Enter but nothing happens.
Normally, an instance of the command prompt with the path where you opened it would appear. What might've stopped it from working?
--UPDATE--
Entering powershell
into the address bar does not work as well.
--UPDATE 2--
Sample file path where I'm trying to access the command prompt: C:\Projects\Python
--UPDATE 3--
Entering cmd
from Windows + r
creates an instance of the command prompt.
--UPDATE 4-- After attempting to open powershell on the file directory, I got this error: Screenshot of Powershell
--UPDATE 5--
I am using an administrator account. Shift + Right Click
and pressing the
Open powershell window here.
returns an error stating that the directory cannot be found.
--UPDATE 6-- I have made a factory reset on my laptop as the problem might be more severe than first perceived.
What is causing this error?
Windows
+r
and type cmd does it work? I don't think powershell has ever launched from file explorer but I don't remember ever trying.Windows-r
is faster so I do it that way if I want to use the keyboard.