No, I use the keyboard more often. In this particular case I was alt-tabbing to the folder just to get the path, because I kept the folder open but not the command prompts.

[quote="lexikos"] So I realized that I didn't even need the directory; when you type a command in the address bar, it uses the working directory of the folder you're looking at. So:

[b]Press Alt+D, type [c]cmd[/c] and press Enter.[/b]
[/quote]

awesome thanks

[quote="lexikos"]I'm usually [i]in[/i] the folder I want to open. You can right click in empty space instead of on a folder item, but that requires having one hand on the mouse...[/quote]

if you're using Folders, don't you usually already have a hand on the mouse? usually people using only the shell are the ones complaining about mouse usage

#c::cmdHere()

cmdHere() {
	If WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") || WinActive("ahk_class ExploreWClass")
		WinGetText, data
	Run, cmd, % RegExMatch(data, "i`am)^Address: \K.*", dir) ? dir : A_Desktop
	; You'll need to change the word "Address" to your os language.
}

[code=autohotkey file=cmdHere.ahk]#c::cmdHere()

cmdHere() {
If WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") || WinActive("ahk_class ExploreWClass")
WinGetText, data
Run, cmd, % RegExMatch(data, "i`am)^Address: \K.*", dir) ? dir : A_Desktop
; You'll need to change the word "Address" to your os language.
}[/code]
Found the idea from http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/54949-get-path-of-active-window-windows-7/?p=432380.

#c::cmdHere()
 
cmdHere() {
	If WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") || WinActive("ahk_class ExploreWClass") {
		WinHWND := WinActive()
		For win in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
			If (win.HWND = WinHWND) {
				dir := SubStr(win.LocationURL, 9) ; remove "file:///"
				dir := RegExReplace(dir, "%20", " ")
				Break
			}
	}
	Run, cmd, % dir ? dir : A_Desktop
}

[quote="garry"]this I used (XP) to open cmd
[code=autohotkey file=Script.ahk]
;-- DOSCOMMANDHERE XP ctrl+alt+d :
^!d::
ID := WinExist("A")
WinGetClass, Class, ahk_id %ID%
ControlGetText,ePath, Edit1, ahk_id %ID%
if epath=
epath=%A_desktop%
Run, %comspec%, %epath%
return
[/code][/quote]
Unfortunately, this doesn't work in WIN7.

Now I'm using this one:
[code=autohotkey file=Script.ahk]#c::cmdHere()

cmdHere() {
If WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") || WinActive("ahk_class ExploreWClass") {
WinHWND := WinActive()
For win in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
If (win.HWND = WinHWND) {
dir := SubStr(win.LocationURL, 9) ; remove "file:///"
dir := RegExReplace(dir, "%20", " ")
Break
}
}
Run, cmd, % dir ? dir : A_Desktop
}[/code]

I'm usually [i]in[/i] the folder I want to open. You can right click in empty space instead of on a folder item, but that requires having one hand on the mouse...

or shift+right click the parent folder:
http://i.imgur.com/UtK24WY.gif
[img]http://i.imgur.com/UtK24WY.gif[/img]

Nice!

You can also drag and drop a folder onto the command prompt to enter the path.

 ;-- DOSCOMMANDHERE XP ctrl+alt+d :
 ^!d::
 ID := WinExist("A")
 WinGetClass, Class, ahk_id %ID%
 ControlGetText,ePath, Edit1, ahk_id %ID%
 if epath=
    epath=%A_desktop%
 Run, %comspec%, %epath%
return

this I used (XP) to open cmd
[code=autohotkey file=Script.ahk]
;-- DOSCOMMANDHERE XP ctrl+alt+d :
^!d::
ID := WinExist("A")
WinGetClass, Class, ahk_id %ID%
ControlGetText,ePath, Edit1, ahk_id %ID%
if epath=
epath=%A_desktop%
Run, %comspec%, %epath%
return
[/code]

Ill have to try that!

I have a hotkey to open up a command prompt for the active window. Since I use git quite a bit, it opens a git shell instead of cmd if it finds a git repository. But sometimes I don't want a git shell; I want cmd.exe.

So after typing win+r, cmd, enter and cd'ing to the copy-pasted path several times in one day, I had a random idea: in the address bar, prefix the current path with [c]cmd /k cd[/c] and hit enter. It worked. Somehow that seemed easier.

The second time around, I got a message "The directory name is invalid." What was even more odd was that the command prompt was at the right directory anyway. So I realized that I didn't even need the directory; when you type a command in the address bar, it uses the working directory of the folder you're looking at. So:

[b]Press Alt+D, type [c]cmd[/c] and press Enter.[/b]

I can't believe I never thought of that before. Now, I could make a hotkey to open cmd.exe, but it's still useful to know. (But Alt+D probably depends on the OS language.)

Later, I realized the reason for the error: when you run an exe from the address bar in Windows 7, the address bar's content changes to the full path of the exe. :headwall: