Command Prompt Trick

Did you know you can drag & drop files and folders to the command prompt windows (and to any open window in the task bar)?

For example, a trick that I use is this:

Suppose you want to run a DOS command on a particular folder (ex: "C:\Winnt\system32\drivers\etc")

1 - Open the command prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe) or use the shortcut
2 - Open a Windows Explorer window and go to the parent folder (ex: "C:\System32\Drivers")
3 - On the DOS windows type CD " (leave the quote!)
4 - From the Explorer window, drag the folder (you'll see a small square with a PLUS sign) to the taskbar over the Command Prompt window until it pops up again, then release the mouse over the command prompt.
5 - The full path to the folder is written in the command prompt. Just add the closing quote and away you go! It is faster that writing the whole path if the directory is various levels deep!

Enable or disable command extensions

When you use CMD.EXE, there are various extensions which are enabled by default. To enable/disable perform the following

1.Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
2.Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
3.Double click on EnableExtensions
4.Set to 1 for them to be enabled, or set to 0 for extensions to be disabled
5.Click OK

You can also enable/disable them for a specific command session by using the appropriate qualifier to cmd.exe

cmd /y disables command extensions for this cmd session
cmd /x enables command extensions for this cmd session