Open the terminal for the explorer location bar #9315

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opened 2026-01-31 01:51:35 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @arnaudlegout on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

A poorly known feature of the windows explorer is that you can open the cmd from the explorer location bar.

  1. open the explorer
  2. navigate to the desired directory (in this example C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16)
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  1. write cmd in the location bar (by replacing the directory location) and hit enter
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=> it opens the cmd in the current directory.

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This is the most convenient and streamlined way to open a cmd from the explorer, way faster and more convenient than the right click.

My proposed feature is to be able to open the terminal from the explorer location bar by entering term (instead of cmd when
you want to open the command prompt)

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depending of the default shell, it will open this shell as a Windows directory, or as a linux directory.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I don't have any hint to how to implement this feature.

Originally created by @arnaudlegout on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement A poorly known feature of the windows explorer is that you can open the cmd from the explorer location bar. 1. open the explorer 2. navigate to the desired directory (in this example `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16`) <img width="962" alt="Sans titre" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7670869/85988934-11ca9480-b9f0-11ea-8a06-c6ad0a1794bd.png"> 3. write `cmd` in the location bar (by replacing the directory location) and hit enter <img width="962" alt="Sans titre2" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7670869/85988957-1db65680-b9f0-11ea-9b41-82d5617e5c21.png"> => it opens the cmd in the current directory. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7670869/85989396-bbaa2100-b9f0-11ea-890e-b28842cb7789.png) This is the most convenient and streamlined way to open a cmd from the explorer, way faster and more convenient than the right click. My proposed feature is to be able to open the terminal from the explorer location bar by entering `term` (instead of `cmd` when you want to open the command prompt) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7670869/85989449-cc5a9700-b9f0-11ea-92f2-2b4623239d17.png) depending of the default shell, it will open this shell as a Windows directory, or as a linux directory. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) I don't have any hint to how to implement this feature.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 01:51:35 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#9315