In this manual - step by step about how to return the "Open command" window of Windows 10, called in the Explorer when calling the context menu with holding the SHIFT key and employee to start the command line in the current folder (if you call the menu in the empty location of the conductor window) or In the selected folder. See also: How to return the control panel to the Windows 10 Start Context menu.
Return the command "Open commands window" using the registry editor
In order to return the specified context menu item in Windows 10, do the following:
- Press Win + R keys and enter the REGEDIT to start the registry editor.
- Go to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ Shell \ CMD registry section, right-click on the section name and select the Permissions menu item.
- In the next window, click the "Advanced" button.
- Click "Change" next to the "Owner" item.
- In the "Enter the names of the selected objects", enter the name of your user and click "Check Names", and then "OK". Note: If Microsoft account is used, enter the email address instead of the username.
- Mark the item "Replace the owner of subspe engines and objects" and "replace all records of the child object permissions", then click "OK" and confirm the action.
- You will return to the Security Settings window of the Registry section, select "Administrators" in it and set the "Full Access" mark, click OK.
- Returning to the registry editor, click the HideBaseDonVelocityIID value (on the right side of the registry editor) right-click and select Delete.
- Repeat steps 2-8 for partitions HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ Background Shell \ CMD and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ DRIVE \ SHELL \ CMD
Upon completion of the specified actions, the "Open command window" item will be back in the form in which there was previously present in the context menu of the conductor (even without restarting Explorer.exe or reboot the computer).
Additional Information
- There is an additional opportunity to open the command line in the current folder in Windows 10 explorer: while in the desired folder, enter the CMD conductor in the address bar and press ENTER.
The commands window can be opened on the desktop: SHIFT + Right click Mouse - Select the appropriate menu item.