portable substitute for "Open command window here"

[Onesimus Prime]

Hey,
I've recently been playing with Executor, and made it partially simulate the MS PowerToy "Open command window here."

Command:
cmd.exe

Start in (working folder):
$C$
(this is Executor's variable for the Windows clipboard)

Hotkey (whatever you want):
Win+Alt+C

So when I'm in a Win. Explorer window, I hit Alt+D to highlight the path, Ctrl+C to copy it, Win+Alt+C to open the command prompt there.
Hope that's helpful to somebody.

Next question...
Any AutoHotKey geniuses maybe want to do a simple script that sends the Alt+D then Ctrl+C if the currently focused window is Win. Explorer? (or Internet Explorer too, 'cause the same shortcut works there - or maybe checking the window type at all is a bad idea, as it would limit functionality - I don't know.) Pretty please? It'd be nice to only have to use one key combo instead of 3. Of course, this request could also be more complicated than I realize... never mind, if so.

I tried to use NirCmd's "sendkey" to send the key combos, but I think it stole the focus away from the Explorer window or something. It didn't seem to work, anyway, for whatever reason.

[garbanzo]

if nobody here can do this (i know i can't), then try over at donation coder in their request section. someone there could throw this together in a heartbeat.

[lautrepay]

PromptHere is the solution.

[m^(2)]

Creating a button or something with this functionality should be easy in any reasonably good file manager. I can attest that it is with Double Commander and Total Commander, but I'm sure that most competitors support it just as easily.

[SYSTEM]

7plus can do that as well. (The hotkey is Win-C.)

[freakazoid]

So can Open++:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2084

[lautrepay]

Creating a button or something with this functionality should be easy in any reasonably good file manager. I can attest that it is with Double Commander and Total Commander, but I'm sure that most competitors support it just as easily.

I'll see if Q-Dir is a "reasonably good file manager"

7plus can do that as well. (The hotkey is Win-C.)

Correct, thanks. However, PromptHere can do one little thing more. Inside a folder, if you select a subfolder and press the hotkey, the command prompt will open with the selected subfolder path.

So can Open++:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2084

As I really like playing with the context menu, I have Open++, FastExplorer, KuShellExtension and FileMenu Tools installed, but it seems that none of them allow me to solve the problem that Onesimus Prime propunded. Could you please explain your solution?

[freakazoid]

but it seems that none of them allow me to solve the problem that Onesimus Prime propunded. Could you please explain your solution?

Sorry! I misread the original post!

Re: hotkey - check out this Lifehacker article:
http://lifehacker.com/5306401/open-a-ne ... h-a-hotkey

Should be able to turn this into a simple program using AutoHotKey.

Also check out this SuperUser thread:
http://superuser.com/questions/205359/h ... d-shortcut

[lautrepay]

but it seems that none of them allow me to solve the problem that Onesimus Prime propunded. Could you please explain your solution?

Sorry! I misread the original post!

No problem, I feared to be missing some hidden feature of Open++

Re: hotkey - check out this Lifehacker article:
http://lifehacker.com/5306401/open-a-ne ... h-a-hotkey

Should be able to turn this into a simple program using AutoHotKey.

Also check out this SuperUser thread:
http://superuser.com/questions/205359/h ... d-shortcut

Thanks for the links! Although both PromptHere and 7plus are written in AutoHotKey, is impressive to see how much is possible to do with a very few lines of code.
By the way, 7plus is a very complete set of tools, including a nice launcher in the style of Launchy/FARR. Thanks, SYSTEM.