On the other side of the fense, I have escalated this concern internally so the Windows team understand this implications of the Start menu change to the use of the Startup folder. Go ahead: press Win+R, type cmd in the text field, right-click it and now where do you see Properties? Should I just add my own tags? Vic runs a Windows blog called and also operates a for more items like this. Equivalent bash command Linux : bash - run the bash shell also csh, ksh, sh. For my needs, that is, just the short cut there obviously won't be side effects because no commercial software will ever try to use my shortcut. First, locate the item to which you want create your shortcut.
I have loads of music folders that have been updated in various ways and I need to know where I'm at! This will inherit variables from the calling shell, but any variable changes will be discarded when the second script ends. When I run from Win+R, it starts from the users folder. I knew there had to be a shortcut to the logged-in user's Startup folder, and when I recalled that it was a Shell command, I figured I should write an article about it. This tips section is maintained by Vic Laurie. Which means the window will remain after the command is run.
Starting a new process with , will run in the same shell environment as the calling script. Then why not have it published here and receive full credit? Then tomorrow after that i open my laptop. Something about using simply a different string to make PowerShell give me my list. So, creating a shortuct of cmd. Hidden in the Windows 10 architecture is a whole host of special shortcuts known as Shell commands.
I suspect I need to change the registry or an environment variable. Fortunately, this technique of accessing the Applications folder fits in nicely with the technique I'm about to show you. You may prefer that your Outlook opens up every time you log in to your computer in the morning at work, or you may want a custom batch file to run every time the desktop loads. When you do, Windows will automatically create a shortcut. Keep in mind that some computers, such as school computers, will not be able to run Command Prompt due to restrictions.
Some Windows apps configure themselves to automatically start whenever Windows boots. Others have answered the question to my satisfaction already. This means that the window will remain after the command has been run. Figure B Use the shell:common startup command to access the All Users Startup folder. I would like to know if anyone has a way to change all folder icons within a single folder to one specific icon without performing each one individually. Sounds a safer way to proceed compared to RegEdit which a quick Google shows is how some people deal with picking the starting folder. The uploaded pics are the property boxes for cmd.
This example assumes the specified node has at least four logical processors. If you want Windows Explorer to open the parent folder of the current location, just type start. I tried, but it wouldn't allow me to type in the tags box. Normally it would bring up the default, already created tags that others created when I would type in that tags text box. The following solution worked well for me. Note also, though, that the more programs you start on boot, the longer the startup process will appear to take. I go into this already knowing the location this folder sits on disk.
I then created a batch file in that directory to change dir to the one I was after. Just open a second File Explorer window and find the executable, file, or folder you want to start at boot. You can do pretty much everything in that you can do in Command Prompt, plus a lot of other useful things. Task Scheduler In recent versions of Windows, we geeks no longer have to configure a hack or workaround to make a program run at boot, because can use the Task Scheduler utility provided in Windows. Use the original environment passed to cmd. Microsoft Weekly Newsletter Be your company's Microsoft insider with the help of these Windows and Office tutorials and our experts' analyses of Microsoft's enterprise products. There are several ways to do this, from simply searching in the Start menu to using a Run command.
Anyway, I like your version of the trick too. You can search for Command Prompt on all supported versions of Windows. Document files can be invoked through their file association just by typing the name of the file as a command. The next time you start Windows, your app, file, or folder will launch right along with it. The period is used in the Command Prompt as a shorthand for the current folder, so this will open the current folder in File Explorer. See the and commands for how to create these associations from within a command script.
When searching for an executable, if there is no match on any extension, then looks to see if the name matches a directory name. In addition to the task manager looking a bit nicer and cleaner in Windows 8 and Windows 10, it also forgoes the checkboxes and gives you a column called Startup Impact to help you gauge how that startup item affects the boot time. To show you an example of what you can do with Task Scheduler, we will go through the steps required to make Event Viewer open up when you log in. It will open on startup the next time you boot. There seem to be some warnings on the internet about using RegEdit for this purpose. Thereafter, repeated pressing of the same control key will cycle through the list of matching paths. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and validated that they work.