When you press shift from the keyboard and then right-click on any folder, you will have the ‘Open command window here’ option on the Windows 10 Context Menu.Īdding ‘Open command window here’ Option to the Context Menu of Background Step Ten: Rename the DWORD from HideBasedOnVelocityId to ShowBasedOnVelocityId, then hit Enter from the keyboard. Step Nine: Inside the cmd key (right window), right click HideBasedOnVelocityId and then click Rename. Step Eight: In ‘Permissions for cmd’ window, select the Administrator account. Step Seven: Check ‘Replace owner on subcontainers and objects’. Step Six: Type your user account name and click ‘Check Names’ to verify it. Type regedit and then hit enter from the keyboard to open the registry. Step One: To enable the Windows 10 open command prompt here, first press Windows key and + R from the keyboard to open the Run command. Here's how to bring back the option to launch the Windows 10 'Open command window here' prompt from the right-click Windows 10 context menu.Īdding ‘Open command window here’ Option to the Windows 10 Context Menu of a Folder Microsoft has hidden the command prompt from the Power User menu (Windows key + X), file menu for file explorer, and the extended or right-click Windows 10 context menu (Shift + Right-click).
