You know where we can Shift-Right-Cick on a folder and Open a command prompt here? Can anyone come up with Open a command prompt here as administrator? It wouldbe very convenient!

This will work in Vista, but not sure about 2008, I haven't tried it.

Copy and paste the code into a new file in Notepad, save it as a .reg file then double-click the .reg file. This will add the Open Command Window Here (Administrator) option to the context menu for file system folders.



Dave

I found that I was getting erors with:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Open Command Window Here (Administrator)"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

so after extensive research I found that:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Open Command Window Here (Administrator)"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd %L"

works in 2008 R2 and probably 2008 as well.

Good stuff Glad you got it working.