How do I change "Open with Powershell" to "Open with Command Prompt" when shift-rightclicking in Explorer?

Open regedit.exe, go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd, take ownership of the key, add your user account full permissions and change the name of the DWORD from HideBasedOnVelocityId to ShowBasedOnVelocityId to enable the command prompt entry again.

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Or apply Andrew Richards tweak to have both shown (cmd and PowerShell, also with entry to have elevate (running as admin) version),

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by importing his .reg file (create a new txt file, paste the content and rename the file extension to reg):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Command Prompt

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\01MenuCmd]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompts"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\MenuCmd"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\01MenuCmd]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompts"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\MenuCmd"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuCmd\shell\open]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompt"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

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

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuCmd\shell\runas]
"MUIVerb"="Command Prompt Elevated"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""

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


; PowerShell

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\02MenuPowerShell]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell Prompts"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\MenuPowerShell"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\02MenuPowerShell]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell Prompts"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\MenuPowerShell"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuPowerShell\shell\open]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuPowerShell\shell\open\command]
@="powershell.exe -noexit -command Set-Location '%V'"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuPowerShell\shell\runas]
"MUIVerb"="PowerShell Elevated"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"
"HasLUAShield"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ContextMenus\MenuPowerShell\shell\runas\command]
@="powershell.exe -noexit -command Set-Location '%V'"


; Ensure OS Entries are on the Extended Menu (Shift-Right Click)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
"Extended"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\cmd]
"Extended"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Powershell]
"Extended"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\Powershell]
"Extended"=""

As a quick alternative to the other answers, you can type cmd on the address bar of Explorer to open a command prompt cd'd to the current directory. (If you are more of a keyboard person, you can use the Ctrl + L shortcut to focus the address bar and then type cmd.)

This works for powershell too.


This is extremely easy to accomplish

  • In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window, go to the Navigation tab and uncheck the Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell option.
  • Click Apply for the change to take effect.

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Sources:

  • Replace Command Prompt With PowerShell On Power User Menu In Windows 10

  • Show Command Prompt or PowerShell in Win+X Power User Tasks Menu in Windows 10

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Additional Source:

  • Microsoft Replaces Command Prompt With PowerShell As Windows 10 Default Shell

Tags:

Windows 10

Windows 10 V1703

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