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I know that for file search on Windows CMD one can use the following command:
dir /S /P "PATH/FILENAME"
Is there an easy way to go straight to the result directory. For example, the requested file is found in:
C:\Program Files…………….\myProgram\Readme.txt
How to quickly go to that directory via CMD (any commands)? Or one has to simply mark and copy/paste the path on the next prompt?
For .url files (or any other shortcut) to appear under Programs in the Windows Start Menu search, they need to be located somewhere in the Start Menu directory (which means they'd appear under All Programs).
The easiest way to access the Start Menu directory is to right-click on All Programs in the Start Menu and choose Open. (Alternatively, choose Open All Users to make it appear as a search result for all user accounts on the system, not just the one you're currently logged into. Administrative privileges are required in this instance.) You can then put them wherever you like in that directory.
The actual location on disk on default Windows configurations is C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu for the per-user directory or C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu for the systemwide directory.
Start / Run / regedit
Navigate to the following keys in turn:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd
Under each in the right pane you'll see a REG_SZ string value called Extended. Just rename this to something else (in case you want to easily undo the change) or delete it (just that value):
Now you can simply right-click a drive or directory and have the Command Prompt option show up without having to press Shift.
Best Answer
I know this is not the exact solution for your question, but you can always open a command prompt at a specified location by navigating to the desired location using windows explorer and then by pressing shift + right click and clicking "Open command window here".
If you already knew this, please disregard this.
Hope it helps.