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Asked: 2026-05-20T01:15:17+00:00

Sorry if this has been asked before, I’ve been looking around and it’s hard

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Sorry if this has been asked before, I’ve been looking around and it’s hard to find what I want.

I know how to add a context menu item to a folder like so:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\console2]
@="Open Console2 Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\console2\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Console\\console.exe -d \"\"%1\"\""

but, that only works for right clicking on a folder. I want it so that you can be inside the folder, and click a blank part of that folder and get the context menu item as well. I also tried HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell as well, but it does the same.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I figured out the answer. The folder is actually Directory\Background, you have to add the empty string value of NoWorkingDirectory into it, and the %1 in the command becomes a %V

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\console2]
@="Open Console2 Here"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\console2\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Console\\console.exe -d \"\"%V\"\""

    Source:
    saviert’s comment at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/make-command-prompt-here-always-display-for-folders-in-windows-vista#comment-57856

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