How to Open cmd in Folder Windows 10/11


key Takeaways

  • Hold the shift key and right-click to select open in PowerShell 
  • replace folder path with cmd

Need to quickly open a command prompt in a special folder while working there, here are 2 ways you can do that,

This method works on both Windows 10 and 11 PC in the same way,

It's easy to open a command prompt as the Windows start menu and start working by pasting the folder located by the cd command to work, here you can directly open cmd in File Explorer,

1. Open File Explorer and navigate folder location where you want to work

2. Hold the shift key and right-click on the empty area of the file explorer 

open in cmd option in file explorer

3. Select the option to open PowerShell windows here 

Here are alternate ways,

1. Open File Explorer and navigate folder in which you want to open a command prompt 

2. Erase the folder located path in File Explorer 

file path highlighted

3. Replace with cmd

cmd in file path

4. Press enter to open the command prompt window in that folder 

cmd window opened
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