I installed Cmder with the chocolatey:
and I would like to have a shortcut in my context menu to open cmder in the current directory. I followed [the official wiki]:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder] @="Open Cmder Here" "Icon"="\"%CMDER_ROOT%\\icons\\cmder.ico\",0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder\command] @="\"%CMDER_ROOT%\\Cmder.exe\" /START \"%v\""
() but even though the icon to start Cmder does show up in the context menu, it however throws an error in a message box saying:
Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
The path of the Cmder executable is in: C:\tools\Cmder\Cmder.exe
The environment variable seems to be fine (been set with setx CMDER_ROOT "C:\tools\Cmder"):
echo %cmder_root%
C:\tools\CmderI can't really figure out what's wrong here, any idea?
35 Answers
Use this REG file instead:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder]
@="Open Cmder Here"
"Icon"=hex(2):22,00,25,00,43,00,4d,00,44,00,45,00,52,00,5f,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,\ 00,54,00,25,00,5c,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,6e,00,73,00,5c,00,63,00,6d,00,64,00,\ 65,00,72,00,2e,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,22,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,43,00,4d,00,44,00,45,00,52,00,5f,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,43,00,6d,00,64,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,\ 20,00,2f,00,53,00,54,00,41,00,52,00,54,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,76,00,22,00,00,\ 00I tried adding to the registry as per suggested answers and searches. I couldn't get it to work. Finally, on the Cmder wiki I stumbled across the answer:Shortcut to open Cmder in a chosen folder
Shortcut to open Cmder in a chosen folder:
- Open a terminal as an Administrator.
- Navigate to the directory you have placed Cmder.
- Execute
.\cmder.exe /REGISTER ALL
If you get a message "Access Denied" ensure you are executing the command in an Administrator prompt. In a file explorer window right click in or on a directory to see "Cmder Here" in the context menu.
5I had the same problem and I solved it using the plain path (without references to environment variables) and I got it working. So my .reg file looks like:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder]
@="Open Cmder Here"
"Icon"="C:\\path\\to\\Cmder\\cmder.ico,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder\command]
@="\"C:\\path\\to\\Cmder\\Cmder.exe\" /START \"%v\""The "Icon" path indicates the file ".ico" path followed by the icon index to use.
If you do not want to use environment variable use this as registry file or batch file.
Let assume Cmder installation path is C:\MyFiles. Change that path as your setup.
- Registry file (.reg):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder]
@="Open Cmder Here"
"Icon"="\"C:\\MyFiles\\icons\\cmder.ico\",0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder\command]
@="C:\\MyFiles\\cmder.exe /START \"%v\""- Batch file (.bat):
reg add "HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder" /ve /d "Open Cmder Here"
reg add "HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder" /v "Icon" /d "C:\MyFiles\icons\cmder.ico,0"
reg add "HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Cmder\command" /ve /d "C:\MyFiles\cmder.exe /START \"%v\"" Command Options:
REG ADD KeyName [/v ValueName | /ve] [/t Type] [/s Separator] [/d Data] [/f] [/reg:32 | /reg:64] /v The value name, under the selected Key, to add. /ve adds an empty value name (Default) for the key. /t If omitted, REG_SZ is assumed. /d The data to assign to the registry ValueName being added./START [start_path] Folder path to start in.%v For verbs that are none implies all. If there is no parameter passed this is the working directory.
I use Easy Context Menu, add de cmder.exe and select where you want to appear. I solved it this way.
Regards.
