Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/12/03/08:00:58
Very nice. I like this. I've wished for this type of thing for a while, but
didn't know how to do it. Thanks. . .
Robert Seeger
At 10:27 AM 12/2/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Have you ever wanted to simply click on a directory in the Windows explorer
>and open a bash shell in that directory, well now you can. Save the
>attached file as ShellHere.inf, then right click on it and select Install.
>This then makes a few registry changes and the next time that you right
>click on a directory or a drive on explorer you will see a "Shell Prompt
>Here" option. Voila.
>
>I took the concept from the Microsoft Dos-Here powertoy and then adapted it
>to work with bash, though the idea could easily be extended to work with
>any shell.
>
>Hopefully someone else will find this useful, if anyone wants to put this
>on a web site so that it remains generally available then please go ahead.
>
>Guy
>
>
>Attachment Converted: "C:\Eudora\ATTACH\ShellHere.inf"
>
>--
>'The time has come,' the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things:
>Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax - Of cabbages - and kings -
>And why the sea is boiling hot - And whether pigs have wings.'
>Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and the Carpenter
>
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